In the petition, lawyer Fawad Afzal Khan had pleaded that the KP Alternate Dispute Resolution Act, 2020, was in conflict with the Constitution. DawnNewsTV/File
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking to declare a provincial law on alternate dispute resolution illegal and unconstitutional.
A bench consisting of Justice Lal Jan Khattak and Justice Shakeel Ahmad announced a short order for the purpose after the completion of arguments by advocate general Shumail Ahmad Butt and petitioner’s counsel Noor Alam Khan.
The detailed verdict will be released afterwards.
In the petition, lawyer Fawad Afzal Khan had pleaded that the KP Alternate Dispute Resolution Act, 2020, was in conflict with the Constitution and that the executive had encroached on the functions of the judiciary through it.
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on May 20 issued a notification for enforcement of the KP Alternate Dispute Resolution Act, 2020, and rules framed thereunder in six of the seven tribal districts, which were merged with the province in 2018.
With the enforcement of the Act in the said six districts, including South Waziristan, Kurram, Orakzai, Khyber, Mohmand and Bajaur, now three different laws have been in vogue in the province for alternate dispute resolution (ADR).
While the KP Police Act, 2017, provides for setting up of dispute resolution councils (DRCs), the KP Local Government Act, 2013, envisages establishment of mediation council for settlement of civil disputes.
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