CJ calls for speedy, inexpensive justice
By Adnan Rafique

ISLAMABAD—Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Saturday stressed the need for speedy and inexpensive justice to common man.
He was addressing the 27th pre-service training course for the Civil Judge-cum judicial magistrates and certificate distribution ceremony held here at the Federal Judicial Academy. “You are the custodians of law and the rights of the people, therefore, there should not be any complain against you from the litigant public,” he observed.
He said providing speedy and inexpensive justice to the common man was the duty of a judicial officer. “Litigant public is not concerned with the knowledge and information of a judge but with the administration of speedy justice,” he observed. A judicial officer should be committed to providing justice to the litigants and disposing of pending cases at the earliest by maximum available resources.
Advising the young judicial officers he said: “you can only command respect when you respect other including members of the Bar, court personnel, litigant public and all concerned. In any situation and at any place you should not be harsh with any one.” About the qualities of a good judge, the chief justice said he should not only be knowledgeable and honest but also above-board, courteous, caring, courageous, considerate and role model for other in the society.
Regarding recognition of the need for judicial education, he said, “it is now firmly established around the world. Resultantly, pre-service and job trainings are routine features as far as judicial education is concerned.” In pre-service training, the newly appointed persons are educated to enable them to become good adjudicators. In continuing judicial education, the sitting judicial officers undergo professional development.
Earlier speaking on the occasion, the director general of the academy, Moazzam Hayat said that the Rule of law was a ‘sine qua non’ for a civilized and progressive society. In maintaining and enforcing the Rule of law judges of all ranks and cadres play a vital role, in fact, a pivotal role. The judicial officers, attending the academy, are conscious of the factthat only a strong, fair and independent judiciary can uphold the ruleof law. “What we have done in the past five weeks is to inculcate in theparticipants the spirit with which they can maintain the noble tradition of judiciary,” he maintained.
A representative of the trainee judges, expressing views of the participants, said knowledge and skill gained at the academy would be useful in their professional duties. A considerable number of judges of the Apex Court, Judge In-charge of the Academy Justice Muhammad Nawaz Abbasi, sitting and retired judges
of the high and district courts, Dr. Faqir Hussain, Registrar of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, parents of the trainee judges and their relatives also participated in the ceremony.