Daily Times | Saturday, March 16, 2013
Sir: Having been pushed into unending litigation for many years, it makes me think about why there is no accountability for judges who pass illegal orders. Why is a judge, who acts illegally in imparting justice, allowed to simply walk away unpunished? To clear my point, let me first explain what an illegal order is. It is an order illegally passed by a judge against whom the aggrieved files a review, revision or appeal as a last chance for getting justice and is an order that is remanded by the appellate court on the grounds of being illegal, null and void. Needless to say, a judge will only pass an illegal order if he is incompetent, callous or has some unknown reasons for taking such liberty with the law. If anyone wants to count the number of illegal cases reverted and retried he can look them up in law digests or ask any senior lawyer. It is definitely not desirable that any judge pass illegal orders or judgments for any reason and my prayer is that, if he does, he ought to be held accountable and appropriate action, such as suspending him, be taken by the higher ups. Unless judges too are made accountable it may not be possible to serve justice as the law itself tends to act as a tool of destruction in incompetent hands. If accountability is desired it should be desired for all without exception. It may be requested that the Judicial Council look into this matter as well.
MAZHAR BUTT
Karachi
Sir: Having been pushed into unending litigation for many years, it makes me think about why there is no accountability for judges who pass illegal orders. Why is a judge, who acts illegally in imparting justice, allowed to simply walk away unpunished? To clear my point, let me first explain what an illegal order is. It is an order illegally passed by a judge against whom the aggrieved files a review, revision or appeal as a last chance for getting justice and is an order that is remanded by the appellate court on the grounds of being illegal, null and void. Needless to say, a judge will only pass an illegal order if he is incompetent, callous or has some unknown reasons for taking such liberty with the law. If anyone wants to count the number of illegal cases reverted and retried he can look them up in law digests or ask any senior lawyer. It is definitely not desirable that any judge pass illegal orders or judgments for any reason and my prayer is that, if he does, he ought to be held accountable and appropriate action, such as suspending him, be taken by the higher ups. Unless judges too are made accountable it may not be possible to serve justice as the law itself tends to act as a tool of destruction in incompetent hands. If accountability is desired it should be desired for all without exception. It may be requested that the Judicial Council look into this matter as well.
MAZHAR BUTT
Karachi
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