Lahore High Court Bar Association Demands To Increase Strength Of Judges

The Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) Rawalpindi here Tuesday demanded to increase the strength of Judges in LHC Rawalpindi bench.

RAWALPINDI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 31st Jul, 2018 ) :The Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) Rawalpindi here Tuesday demanded to increase the strength of Judges in LHC Rawalpindi bench.

Addressing a press conference, former LHC judge and President LHCBA Hassan Raza Pasha along with General Secretary Hifza Bukhari said that LHC Rawalpindi bench is facing acute shortage of seven judges which should be fulfilled at the earliest as the litigants were facing numerous problems as number of cases were increasing day by day in the court.

Due to shortage of judges, every Judge has a cause list of around 250 cases on daily basis which was impossible for them to hear all in time, Hassan added.

Hassan also demanded that Mianwali, Khushab, Saray Alamgir and Kharian areas cases be linked to Rawalpindi bench as it become difficult for the said areas residents to go to Lahore. He urged the Chief Justice LHC to consider their demands on priority so that litigants could get justice in time.