"Justice delayed is justice
denied" is a legal maxim meaning that if legal redress is available for a party
that has suffered some injury, but is not forthcoming in a timely fashion, it is
effectively the same as having no redress at all. This principle is the basis
for the right to a speedy trial and similar rights which are meant to expedite
the legal system, because it is unfair for the injured party to have to sustain
the injury with little hope for resolution. The phrase has become a rallying cry
for legal reformers who view courts acting too slowly in resolving legal issues
either because the existing system is too complex or overburdened, or because
the issue or party in question lacks political favor.
In the regime of former president Pervez Musharraf, Present Chief justice
Iftikhar Chaudary was sacked twice from his office in march 2007 and in November
2007 and then he was restored in the government of Pakistan people’s party by an
announcement made by prime minister Yousuf Raza Gillani on 16th March 2009, the
people and the nation of Pakistan has played a significant role in the
restoration of Judiciary.
After the restoration chief justice emerged as the last hope for the nation of
Pakistan that he will provide nation a sigh of relief from the problems like
load shedding, high prices, unstable demand and supply of items and target
killing but eventually the people of Pakistan has only suffered between the
gimmick of executive and judiciary. Both the organs of state has made
astonishing stunts to grab the attention of public and to take active part in
the next days newspaper’s headline. Majority of suo motos actions resulted in
futility by providing no proper remedies to the poor people of Pakistan as
example target killing case in Karachi.
Unfortunately the people of Pakistan are not so intelligent and intellectual or
enough capable that they may realize the correct situation that weather the
judiciary is the part of the gimmick or truly acting on the legal phrase
‘justice delayed is justice denied’
Today we are hearing about the MEMO scandal case and the swiss bank charges upon
the leadership of the Pakistan peoples party but the fact is that nothing has
been proven in this regard and the cases are still pending in the prima facie.
The leadership of Pakistan peoples is still enjoying the position of innocent
due to prima facie (innocent until proven guilty) because the charges has no
value in the eye of law.
If there is some reality in charges so the supreme court should take some speedy
trials to debunk this charged government and to provide relief to the people of
Pakistan.
The nation is hoping of some overwhelming decision on 16th of January.