Summary The chief justice also professed that the cases pending for years can be resolved within hours
LAHORE (Dunya News) – And yet another groundbreaking step by Chief Justice Lahore High Court Justice Mansoor Ali Shah to provide timely justice to the masses has made waves as the reconciliation courts within 36 districts of Punjab will start functioning from June 1.
Justice Mansoor Ali Shah let it be known that there are as many as 1.3 million cases lying pending with 1700 judges of Punjab.
He let it be known while addressing the Judicial Academy Lahore.
The chief justice maintained that if 50 percent of these cases get solved, the complex structure of legal proceedings will get resolved automatically.
"If the businessmen have to visit the courts each and every time with their cases not being solved, how come the economy of this country will flourish," Shah professed.
The chief justice also professed that the cases pending for years can be resolved within hours.
He professed that it is not the individual but the institutions that matter.
