The judiciary has cut its summer vacation by four weeks, starting the new calendar on July 15 instead of June 15. This step aims to address the backlog of cases in the Supreme Court of Pakistan. The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Qazi Faez Isa, issued a notification about this change.
The main reason behind reducing summer holidays is the larger number of pending cases in the Supreme Court. The CJP stressed the need to manage workload more effectively to ensure justice within time limits. Consequently, the court has altered one month of summer vacation to deal with a larger number of pending cases.
According to the official notification, judicial summer vacations will now start on July 15 instead of June 15. This reduces the holiday period by one month only. However, the total length of holidays is still two months. Authorities have requested judges to limit their leave to one month only so that they can also deal with a significant number of pending cases.
As mentioned in the notification, the Supreme Court will continue hearing certain types of cases during summer vacations. According to an announcement released today, criminal trials and practice. And procedure committee’s instructed list-based hearings should go ahead as scheduled. This means important legal matters won’t stop getting attention, even if they fall during the holiday season.
During vacations, a continuation of criminal trial proceedings becomes necessary. Causing many urgent matters to emerge that cannot be postponed without infringing upon rights or liberties guaranteed under the law by the Constitution itself. Ensuring necessary priority is given to these matters ensures that. The justice system delivers without failing people who always expect fairness from courts, regardless of the time of year.
During the summer vacation period, the Practice and Procedure Committee will still hear prioritized cases. Ensuring there are no major delays in resolving them. The Committee plays a critical role in efficiently managing and determining important litigious issues affecting all citizens equally before various courts across the country, especially high courts like the SC. Parties often file these cases there because they may have exhausted other available options locally or regionally.
This is a big move for the court to ask judges to take only one month of leave instead of the usual two months. The judiciary system has realized the extent of pending cases without any trial or hearing at all. So it plans to make more judges available for longer periods, enabling. The handling of more cases and effectively reducing the backlog.
So, while it does put extra pressure on them, this adjustment also recognizes that they need time off work like anyone else does. One month should do just fine because it allows enough days rest but still keeps things moving along nicely within our court systems.
The reason behind shortening the summer vacation length for judges in Islamabad is to deal with a lot of cases pending before the Supreme Court, enhance competence, and serve justice promptly. The court has rescheduled holidays, requesting that they take only 30 days off duty. Additionally, hearing important cases throughout vacations reflects how dedicated you are. This branch of government is to its duties, even when everybody else takes a rest.
