Cabinet approves amendments to CPC

PESHAWAR: A meeting of the provincial cabinet was held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Pervez Khattak on Monday.

According to an official statement, the cabinet approved amendments to the Civil Procedure Code for disposing of civil cases within one year. The civil cases used to take decades. This is another revolutionary step of the PTI government that would ensure provision of justice at the earliest to the people.

The Peshawar High Court has already endorsed these amendments. According to the amendments, specific dates would be given for ensuring the presence of lawyers. The court will complete the process of dawa and jawab-e-dawa and the decision of the court on miscellaneous applications would be non-appealable and non-revisable.

In case of revision in the main suit, a 60-day period has been fixed for disposing of miscellaneous applications. Moreover, 30 days have been fixed for all examinations of exhibits. The statement said that the court has also been empowered to pass summary judgment.

The trial stage will commence and the issues shall be framed within a period of seven days and the court shall complete the trials within one year by making efforts to hold day-to-day trial.