Senator Qadir tables amendment bill to address pending cases
Seeking an amendment to the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act, 1997, a bill was tabled in the Senate on Monday to increase the number of judges in the Supreme Court to 20 — other than the chief justice — to “address the rising number of pending cases”.
The bill titled “Supreme Court (Number of Judges) (Amendment) Act”, 2024, was presented by an independent senator from Balochistan, Mohammad Abdul Qadir. He sought the increase in the number of top court judges from 17 to 21 as “more than 53,000 cases” pending in the apex court.
It stated: “The Supreme Court has four jurisdictions original, appellate, advisory, and review being diverse and demanding, contributing to the continuous accumulation of cases.”
“With economic growth and social changes, the complexity and variety of cases have increased,” it pointed out.
