ISLAMABAD: The National Judicial (Policy Making) Committee (NJPMC) commended the exceptional performance of the district judiciary in disposing of 1.46 million time-bound cases and 133,457 Model Court cases between September 1, 2025, and July 31, 2026.
Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Yahya Afridi on Friday chaired the 62nd meeting of the NJPMC, which was attended by the Chief Justices of Lahore High Court, Sindh High Court, Peshawar High Court, and the Registrar of the Islamabad High Court. Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice, Additional Secretary, Ministry of IT and Telecom; and Director General, National Cyber Emergency Response Team were also present on special invitation.
The Committee was informed that during this period the LHC decided 1,258,745, SHC 127,069, PHC 26,293, BHC 21,522 and the IHC 34,046 time-bound cases, while number of cases decided by the Model Criminal & Civil Courts from 01-09-2025 to 31-07-2026 is that the LHC decided 46,203 criminal and 23,596 civil, SHC 15,107 criminal and 5,634 civil, PHC 14,233 criminal and 3,573 civil, BHC 14,374 criminal and 8,869 civil and IHC 1,154 criminal and 714 civil cases.
The Committee observed that this landmark achievement demonstrates the effectiveness of clearly defined timelines, measurable targets and sustained institutional monitoring, and placed on record its appreciation of the High Courts, District Judiciary, judicial officers and staff for their concerted efforts.
The Committee noted that the performance of time-bound cases is already incorporated in the National Judicial Analytics Dashboard (NJAD) and asked the High Courts to continue using the Dashboard for regular performance monitoring and review.
The High Courts shall institutionalize and sustain the time-bound disposal mechanism, with regular performance reviews and timely remedial measures. Performance briefings before the Hon’ble Chief Justices shall be held at least once a month and, preferably, with particular focus on disposal, pendency and compliance with prescribed timelines.
The Committee also appreciated the successful integration of 17 prioritized case categories into the National Judicial Analytics Dashboard (NJAD), including district-wise and category-wise drill-down functionality and six-month trend analysis.
The Committee decided that the respective Registrars of the High Courts shall be responsible for ensuring the completeness and accuracy of the data uploaded to the NJAD, while the Member Inspection Teams (MITs) shall undertake periodic validation of the data relating to the District Judiciary and flag any discrepancies for timely rectification.
The Committee further decided that the High Courts shall institutionalize regular performance briefings of the Hon’ble Chief Justices, through the respective Registrars, based on the data and analysis available in the NJAD. Such briefings shall be conducted on a monthly basis with particular focus on case disposal, pendency, backlog, category-wise performance and emerging trends requiring remedial action.
The Registrars of the High Courts shall ensure that the observations and directions arising from such performance briefings are appropriately recorded and followed up, and that the relevant data in the NJAD is updated to reflect subsequent progress.
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