In a significant ruling addressing both prison overcrowding and constitutional safeguards, the Supreme Court has urged courts across the country to decide bail applications with heightened sensitivity and ensure the swift disposal of trials, warning that the country’s prisons are operating far beyond capacity. The observation came in a five-page judgment authored by Justice Muhammad […]
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has ruled that the court’s chief justice is the “Master of the Roster” and has exclusive authority to constitute benches and allocate cases. In a written verdict, issued by a four-member bench hearing intra-court appeal against an earlier IHC order directing the issuance of contempt of court notices to Prime […]