The federal government has decided to increase the number of Supreme Court judges to 23, which includes the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Qazi Faez Isa, Geo News reported.
The government has submitted the amendment bill of The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act, 1997, to the National Assembly Secretariat today.
PML-N member Danyal Chaudhary proposed the bill in the National Assembly. The bill stated that the larger number of Supreme Court judges would help ensure timely hearings and decisions despite the backlog of cases.
According to the proposed bill, expertise is needed in cases related to cybercrime, environmental law, and global trade.
In February 2024, the Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan released the Bi-Annual Report of Judicial Statistics from July to December 2023, reporting that pending cases reached a staggering 2.26 million figure.
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