The 442 Model Courts set up to provide speedy justice and clear the massive backlog of cases decided 140 cases on Saturday. Director General Supreme Court Monitoring Cell Sohail Nasir said that 173 Model Criminal courts disposed of 34 cases including 15 cases of murder and 19 narcotics.
Similarly, the 119 civil model courts decided 47 family and rent disputes while 150 model magistrates courts disposed of 82 cases.
“A fine of Rs 1595000 was also imposed on various accused in different cases while statements of 132 witnesses were also recorded in different cases by all the model courts”, he added.—APP
