Islamabad:
Despite an increase in the number of judges, dependence in the Supreme Court could not be significantly reduced as the number of pending cases increased since February when six judges were raised to the point of view, according to the available data on the Supreme Court’s site on Thursday.
The data showed that 57,089 cases were pending from August 6, despite the fact that seven judges have been appointed in the last six months. At the moment, the point of point does not work with full strength due to the summer holidays, and addiction increases day by day; 56,892 cases were pending just last week.
When Chief Justice (CJ) Yahya Afridi took over the office, 59,435 cases were pending in the point of point, which then consisted of 16 regular and two ad hoc judges. Subsequently, six new judges were appointed in February, followed by the increase of a Lahore High Court judge to the Point Court in April.
Despite these seven new agreements, addiction has not been significantly reduced. In March, 55,702 cases were pending, which has now risen to over 57,000. However, it is also a fact that 60,507 cases were pending last September, which shows a slight improvement over time.
CJ Afridi has accelerated the disposal of criminal cases, especially those involving death sentences. A lawyer commented that if addiction is reduced by 3,000 cases each year, then over the next three years, the total reduction will be significant.
There may be several reasons for the lack of significant reduction in addiction. One of them is that the Supreme Court has been visibly divided since the adoption of the 26th constitutional amendment.
A full court meeting held on October 28 last year had adopted the case management plan 2023 – the brain child to Justice Mansoor Ali Shah – to tackle the growing backlog. However, it is taught that this plan is no longer followed.
The constitutional benches created after the 26th change have devoured a lot of time to hear cases related to the military lawsuits for civilians, the transfer of judges to Islamabad High Court (IHC) and the allocation of reserved seats.
These constitutional benches have not yet made detailed assessments in these three crucial cases whose results have affected the judiciary, fundamental rights and democracy in the country significantly.
Two minority judges have issued detailed statements in the military court cases, but the detailed majority judgment is still awaited.
