Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Qazi Faiz Isa says that the Supreme Court is subject to Article 19 of the Constitution.
Addressing a training workshop for journalists reporting on the Supreme Court in the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice said that Article 19 of the Constitution gives you freedom of expression while Article 19A is about access to information. It is mentioned.
He said that the court reporter is a means of conveying court proceedings to the public.
The Chief Justice said that information is a very effective weapon, Article 19A of the Constitution deals with the fundamental right to information.
Justice Qazi Faiz Isa said that now every citizen has a right to provide information, now it is not our right to show you something or not.
The Chief Justice said that it is necessary to provide information on the institutions which are subject to the federation, access to information as a citizen is your right.
The Chief Justice said that the institution which does not give information, now has to tell why it is not giving.
Justice Qazi Faiz Isa said that the society can be changed by showing a positive light, people should have information about the institution that runs with their money.
He said that the process of accountability starts with information. When I took over, there was no full court meeting for 4 years. We started live coverage of the court as soon as we arrived. Yes, live coverage is supported by all judges, efforts are made to telecast important cases live so that people do not make any accusations on misunderstanding, more than five thousand cases have been disposed of in my tenure of 3 months so far.
During the address, the Chief Justice said that a citizen asked how many employees you have, on which we provided the employee information to the citizen. We gave a decision on the request of this citizen that access to information is the right of every citizen, we wrote a decision that if citizens have access to information, it is good for institutions, information also makes institutions accountable.
The Chief Justice said that while releasing the first quarterly report on the history of the judiciary, they are trying to dispose of more cases in less time.
The Chief Justice said that the Supreme Court disposed of 850 more cases than before, this week disposed of 504 cases and 337 new cases were filed, the first woman registrar was appointed in the Supreme Court, we present ourselves to you for accountability. done.
He further said that the Supreme Court sent back the officers sitting on deputation beyond time.
The Chief Justice said that the obstacles in front of the Supreme Court have also been removed, a monument of fundamental rights is also being built in the Supreme Court. He used to make pictures.
He further informed that all the federal courts and tribunals were running in rented buildings, seven acres of land was allotted to the High Court for the Supreme Court Registry in Karachi, told the Secretary Housing that 36 federal courts and tribunals should be built on this allotted land. be transferred.
The Chief Justice said that there is an effort to run the Supreme Judicial Council properly, if the Supreme Judicial Council had handled the work in the past, there would not have been so many complaints.