Justice within reach
Justice in Pakistan is too often defined by the judgments of higher courts. For the ordinary citizen, however, justice is what they experience in a district courtroom, in a tehsil…
Future of justice
Public trust in the justice system is not shaped only by the judgments of higher courts. It is built, day by day, through the experiences of ordinary citizens in the…
Justice for all
Last month, Anchal Bhatheja became the first visually impaired lawyer to appear before the Supreme Court of India. Her presence before the highest court signalled a shift, however incremental, toward…
Judicial shift without support
FOR decades, the Sindh High Court in Karachi exercised jurisdiction over civil suits involving high-value claims, with the exact monetary threshold — most recently set at over Rs6.5 crore (Rs65…
Unpacking governance dysfunction
Part - II Pakistan has just demonstrated a remarkable capacity to safeguard its sovereignty against a far larger adversary. Its resilient defence and swift response compelled a militarily and financially…
Judiciary: embracing AI
IN the ground-breaking judgement ‘Ishfaq Ahmed vs Mushtaq Ahmed’, announced recently, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has acknowledged the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in revolutionising the country’s judicial…
Ex-parte
IT is quite unjust of our justice system, particularly the civil and district courts, to hear the representatives of parties to a dispute at different, unscheduled times for the rendering…
As judges stymie Trump with nationwide orders, pressure builds on US SC
Republican President Donald Trump and his Democratic predecessor Joe Biden may not agree on much, but there is one issue on which they have been united: The need to blunt…
Deconstructing regulation
The negative influence of social media on public life and government led to the enactment of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Peca) in 2016. This too was severely criticised…
The case for SHC jurisdiction
A new law in the Sindh Assembly aims to abolish the original civil jurisdiction of the Sindh High Court (SHC). What exactly is original civil jurisdiction, and what are the…
