The Supreme Court has reiterated that pre-arrest bail in a cognisable or non-bailable offence is an extraordinary remedy, extended for the sole purpose of protecting reputation and honour of an innocent citizen. Dawn/File
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has reiterated that pre-arrest bail in a cognisable or non-bailable offence is an extraordinary remedy, extended for the sole purpose of protecting reputation and honour of an innocent citizen being hounded through abuse of process of law for sinister purposes.
This judicial protection is based on equity and cannot be extended in every run-of-the-mill criminal case founded upon incriminatory evidence, warranting custody for investigative purposes, observed Justice Qazi Muhammad Amin Ahmed in a judgement he wrote.
Reflections on a complicated legacy
Examining approaches former judges employed over the last 10 years reveals far-reaching impacts of judicial overreach
ISLAMABAD:
Since the restoration of judges in March 2009 through the lawyers movement, exercising of public interest jurisdictions under Article 184 (3) of the constitution by the Supreme Court (SC) have remained under severe criticism.
Seven former chief justices, namely Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Tassaduq Hussain Jilani, Nasirul Mulk, Jawwad S Khawaja, Anwar Zaheer Jamali, Mian Saqib Nisar and Asif Saeed Khosa, worked for the purpose after the judiciary’s restoration through a mass movement of political parties and lawyers that year.
During their respective tenures, there has been consistent concern that the superior judiciary encroached in the domain of executive and legislature. Instead of focusing on improving the justice system in order to implement Article 37-d, the superior judiciary largely gave priority to issues o
The burden of death
While death penalty is still used in wide number of crimes, the number of sentences awarded has been falling steadily
ISLAMABAD:
Although Pakistan s justice system is facing severe criticism due to its failure to redress people’s grievances, international rights organisations have acknowledged the Supreme Court’s efforts to minimise the scope of death penalty for last one decade.
A study conducted by the Justice Project Pakistan revealed that Supreme Court of Pakistan set aside the death penalty in 78 per cent of cases between 2010 and 2018. On an even more uplifting note, 97 per cent of sentences were either commuted to life imprisonment or decided otherwise in 2018.
Alternative dispute resolution
March 15, 2021
The K-P provincial government has decided to resolve land disputes in the newly-merged tribal districts through the Alternative Dispute Resolution system in view of the increasing number of such disputes in these areas. This method enables parties to a dispute to resolve it with mutual negotiations on the guidance of a local
panchayat or
jirga comprising area notables. The government has finalised a draft to put in place a mechanism for alternative dispute resolution, and the draft will soon be presented to the provincial cabinet. Under the proposed system, the traditional
jirgas will be given legal cover.
Sharif files three appeals in SC to review its Panama verdict
Sharif files three appeals in SC to review its Panama verdict Sharif On Tuesday Filed Three Separate Appeals In The Supreme Court To Review Its Verdict In The Panama Papers Case That Resulted In His Disqualification PTI | Updated on: 15 Aug 2017, 11:05:52 PM
Islamabad:
Pakistan s ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday filed three separate appeals in the Supreme Court to review its verdict in the Panama Papers case that resulted in his disqualification. A five-member Supreme Court bench last month disqualified Sharif for dishonesty and ruled that corruption cases be filed against him and his children over the Panama Papers scandal, forcing the prime minister to quit.