Cars provided to judges not insured
In case of accident, judges have to bear the expenses themselves.
KARACHI:
Official cars provided to judges are not insured by any insurance company and the judges have to pay for compensation in case of any accident.
According to details, the Sindh High Court provided Toyota Corollas to 70 session judges, Cultus to 88 additional sessions judges and Mehran to 80 civil and 174 judicial magistrate judges a few months back, but none of the cars have been insured. In case of accident, the judges have to bear the financial loss or the burden falls on the judiciary.
This can be estimated by the letter written by Anti-Drug Special Court Judge Sanaullah Ghauri to the high court.
The judge, in his application, has appealed to the court that on November 6, he was heading back home with his gunman and his driver when he was confronted with a funeral rally in Federal B Area. He maintained that the protesters damaged his car.
A case was registered against the incident and the car was sent to a workshop for repair which cost around Rs153,000. The judge said that he had appealed for that amount to be reimbursed but to no avail.
The original story appeared in Roznama Express on November 22, 2012.
Official cars provided to judges are not insured by any insurance company and the judges have to pay for compensation in case of any accident.
According to details, the Sindh High Court provided Toyota Corollas to 70 session judges, Cultus to 88 additional sessions judges and Mehran to 80 civil and 174 judicial magistrate judges a few months back, but none of the cars have been insured. In case of accident, the judges have to bear the financial loss or the burden falls on the judiciary.
This can be estimated by the letter written by Anti-Drug Special Court Judge Sanaullah Ghauri to the high court.
The judge, in his application, has appealed to the court that on November 6, he was heading back home with his gunman and his driver when he was confronted with a funeral rally in Federal B Area. He maintained that the protesters damaged his car.
A case was registered against the incident and the car was sent to a workshop for repair which cost around Rs153,000. The judge said that he had appealed for that amount to be reimbursed but to no avail.
The original story appeared in Roznama Express on November 22, 2012.