ISLAMABAD: The federal government has allocated Rs6027.35 million for the ongoing and new schemes of the Law and Justice Division in the budget for fiscal year 2021-22.
The amount kept for the Supreme Court for the next financial year is Rs2,810 million and for Islamabad High Court Rs1,086 million.
It allocated Rs3,752 million for ongoing schemes, which include; Automation of Federal Courts/Tribunals (Phase-I) Islamabad Rs4,500 million, construction of Camp Office for Federal Shariat Court in Peshawar Rs118.19 million, construction of Federal Courts/Tribunals Complex at Islamabad Rs29.57 million, construction of Federal Courts/Tribunals Complex at Peshawar Rs91.33 million, construction of Islamabad High Court, Islamabad (Received PC-I) Rs1,337.25 million, construction of new building for the Supreme Court, Branch Registry at Karachi Rs2,100 million, establishment of Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) Centres in Islamabad Rs9.32 million, replacement of existing No01 passenger lift at Supreme Court of Pakistan, Islamabad Rs8.73 million, strengthening of Planning and Monitoring Unit in the Ministry of Law and Justice, Islamabad Rs27 million, and strengthening the Ombudsman System of Administrative Justice and upgradation/expansion of Online Complaint Management System, Islamabad, Rs26.29 million.
For the new schemes, Rs2,275.13 million have been allocated, which are; acquisition of 5.4 acres of land for construction of Secretariat for Attorney General for Pakistan, Advocate Generals, and allied offices in connection with the Supreme Court of Pakistan Rs380 million, archiving and digitization of legislations and record of the Ministry of Law and Justice Rs61.656 million, automation of Federal Court/Tribunals Rs215 million, construction of Session Divisions (East and West) at G-11/4, Islamabad Rs1,500 million, replacement of two passenger elevators at Federal Shariat Court Building, Islamabad Rs28.24 million, strengthening of National Judicial Automation Unit (Feasibility Study-PC-II) Rs30.90 million, and Upgradation and expansion of "Data Centre" of the Federal Ombudsman's Secretariat, Islamabad Rs58.32 million.
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