Land transfer case that took 10 years should have been decided in an hour: IHC judge

ISLAMABAD: Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday expressed serious concern about the delay in the decision of a land transfer-related case and remarked that judges took 10 years in a matter that was supposed to be concluded in an hour.He gave these remarks during the hearing of a case related to 10 kanal 16 marla land in the Mauza Karpa, a remote area of Islamabad. Justice Kayani remarked that if the judges may be incompetent but the lawyers should not be ineffectual. He questioned what was the fault of the public. It took 10 years and more than 150 hearings in a case, he said, adding that the time of the court and the public was wasted, he said. The IHC bench, however, reserved the verdict in the land transfer case after remarks.