2023 PLD 387 SUPREME-COURT

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Citation: 2023 PLD 387 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2023
Reporter: PLD
Subject matter: Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

VS O. XI---Cases filed before the Supreme Court---Case fixation---Hearing on a 'first-in-first-out' basis---If an identifiable, transparent, and delineated mechanism for the fixation of cases and for constitution of benches is not in place, and cases filed earlier are leapfrogged by latter ones, public confidence in the Judiciary erodes---In the absence of an established procedure for hearing cases, they should be queued and heard on a first-in-first-out basis, which will avoid misgivings and mistrust---If the same category of cases are heard out-of-turn, and this is done for no discernible reason, then it could be alleged that personal preference is the determinative facto---To expedite or defer the hearing of a case for no valid reason, in itself constitutes a decision of sorts; only cases which are fixed for hearing can be decided---To maintain the public's confidence, the process of case fixation must be predetermined, fair and impartial, and this must be evident.

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