The Supreme Court (SC) has proposed amendments to civil and criminal laws and called for introducing effective case management for early disposal and cleaning of the backlog of both civil and criminal cases.
Issuing judgment with regard to a property dispute, the SC’s two-member bench comprising Justice Mohammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi observed that mere criticism for the sake of criticism, either for exploitation or seeking mileage, does not resolve the glitches from any system unless some concrete and sincere efforts are made for improvisation, with inventiveness, to eliminate the deficiencies which, most of the time, become instrumental in the delay of disposal.
The apex court observed that the function of the court is to administer substantial justice between the parties after providing ample opportunity for hearing which is a significant component and virtue of a fair trial, whereas the procedure serves as a machinery with the object of facilitating and not obstructing the administration of justice.
