Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial praised the video link facility in the court, stressing that citizens should use it. The facility provides ease to citizens so that they can appear before the court virtually.
Addressing a ceremony at the Supreme Court Quetta Registry, he urged the lawyers present there to avail the facility as it is “useful”.
He said that he is aware that going back and forth for hearings by road has become quite expensive. “I am sorry even airplane ticket has become unaffordable”, he added.
He said Supreme Court (SC) has only 5-6 benches and when thousands of cases are filed before them, it becomes very difficult to deal with urgent cases.
According to him, the apex court jots down cases and gives preference to liberty cases and criminals who have been imprisoned for years.
