DAILY TIMES – Sarmad Ali
A couple of months ago, a Senate committee adopted a draft report on Provision of Inexpensive and Speedy Justice. The report recommended some necessary amendments to be made in the legal system for dispensing speedy and transparent justice. A couple of months ago, a Senate committee adopted a draft report on “Provision of Inexpensive and Speedy Justice”. The report recommended some necessary amendments to be made in the legal system for dispensing speedy and transparent justice.According to the report, changes have been recommended in the Civil Procedure Code, Law Reforms Ordinance 1972, Land Acquisition Act 1894, Criminal Procedure Code, Witness Protection, Security and Benefit Act, Arbitration and Conciliation Act, Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act, Anti-Terrorism Act. However, several other recommendations have been made by the committee, one of which is that the police officials are to be held responsible and punished for extending false and fabricated information under Section 182 of Criminal Code of Procedure (CrPC).