PESHAWAR
\nA Full Court meeting of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) was convened and chaired by Chief Justice PHC, Justice Musarrat Hilali on Saturday and took important decisions.
\nAll the judges attended the meeting. The chair welcomed the participants and opened the house for threadbare discussion on the agenda already circulated to the Judges and following policy decisions were made.
\nThe Chief Justice appreciated the performance of special benches of this Court and unanimously agreed to continue the same practice. This will help expeditious disposal of matters of the same nature.
\nIt was also decided that strict observance of the official timing of the courts by Judges of the High Court and the judges of the District Judiciary will be ensured.
\nThe matter relating to a uniform\/dress code for all the Judges of the District Judiciary and their staff, the staff members of the High Court establishment were taken and was unanimously decided that they shall strictly observe the dress code notified by the High Court.
\nAdditionally, the clerks of learned advocates would also observe the official dress\/uniform.
\nTo eradicate corruption in both District Judiciary and Staff members of the High Court, it was decided that any anonymous complaints received against Judicial Officers or staff members shall be examined by a committee presiding over by a Judge of High Court and recommendation on the matter will be placed before the competent authority.
\nThe way forward and steps were discussed for implementation of the judgment of the Apex Court in the case of Meesha Shafi VS Ali Zaffar relating to the rules making.
\nThe Chief Justice apprised the members of her various visits to different jails. The pathetic position of the under-trial and condemned prisoners within the jail premises were discussed.
\nThe full court had taken serious note of the prisoners\u2019 poor conditions and lack of facilities, unhygienic food, an un-conducive atmosphere\/environment within the jail premises, and irrational housing of prisoners in various jails.
\nDecisions were made for remedial and appropriate actions to be implemented by the various competent fora.
\nThe cases relating to unnecessary adjournments also came under discussion and it was decided that shortly a meeting shall be held with the stakeholders including the learned Members of the Bar and to chalk out uniform criteria for regulating the matter to avoid unnecessary adjournments which is indeed a big question mark upon the performance of the judiciary.
\nThe necessary approvals were granted for amendment in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 and amendments were also suggested in the appointment and promotion rules of Subordinate Judicial Officers relating to the (MCMC) Mid-Career and (SMC) Senior Management Course.
\nIn this regard, Sub-Committees to be chaired by the Judge of the High Court were recommended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PESHAWAR A Full Court meeting of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) was convened and chaired by Chief Justice PHC, Justice Musarrat Hilali on Saturday and took important decisions. All the judges attended the meeting. The chair welcomed the participants and opened the house for threadbare discussion on the agenda already circulated to the Judges and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-331250","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-peshawar"},"yoast_head":"\n