The ECHR has found in favour of the plaintiffs [Helen Steel and David Morris] over a breach of their rights under the EU Charter of Human rights, which the court polices.
More about the case, can be read here [FT], but what caught my attention in the report was the fact that the case, which began in June 1994 and lasted until December 1996- was the longest in the history of UK courts, which dates back to some time.
Contrast this with pakistan, where we have even your everyday property cases streching a decade and a half-and then they go into appeal. Imran khan, for all this baffling political manuvering, is perhaps one of the few with a manifesto (i could probably stop here) that seeks to implement some judicial reform and restructuring. Because really, at the status quo- the fact that a case can easily last more than 15 years is, effectively a denial of justice, and of all the institutions (or the lack thereof) that we talk about in pakistan- the judiciary is obviously the most crucial.
Whilst India also suffers from this chronicly slow jutice system, just the judiciaries more rigourous use of suo moto actions have helped transform delhi at least, and i am sure in many way the rest of the country.
Tehreek-e-insaaf's manifesto [the judicial reform part] can be accessed here:
http://www.insaf.org.pk/agenda/Agenda6.html
Interestingly, it also discusses a strenghtening of the 'panichayati' system, which given the success (relative) of the ombudsman scheme, does indeed seem to be an interesting idea.
The ECHR has found in favour of the plaintiffs [Helen Steel and David Morris] over a breach of their rights under the EU Charter of Human rights, which the court polices.
More about the case, can be read here [FT], but what caught my attention in the report was the fact that the case, which began in June 1994 and lasted until December 1996- was the longest in the history of UK courts, which dates back to some time.
Contrast this with pakistan, where we have even your everyday property cases streching a decade and a half-and then they go into appeal. Imran khan, for all this baffling political manuvering, is perhaps one of the few with a manifesto (i could probably stop here) that seeks to implement some judicial reform and restructuring. Because really, at the status quo- the fact that a case can easily last more than 15 years is, effectively a denial of justice, and of all the institutions (or the lack thereof) that we talk about in pakistan- the judiciary is obviously the most crucial.
Whilst India also suffers from this chronicly slow jutice system, just the judiciaries more rigourous use of suo moto actions have helped transform delhi at least, and i am sure in many way the rest of the country.
Tehreek-e-insaaf's manifesto [the judicial reform part] can be accessed here:
http://www.insaf.org.pk/agenda/Agenda6.html
Interestingly, it also discusses a strenghtening of the 'panichayati' system, which given the success (relative) of the ombudsman scheme, does indeed seem to be an interesting idea.