Sindh to establish special courts for street crimes

KARACHI: In a bid to curb the growing street crimes and ensure swifter justice, the Sindh government has decided to establish special courts to speed up cases related to street crimes, particularly the ones which result in casualties or injuries.The government has also decided to employ modern technology to swiftly dispose of street crime cases registered in the province.The decision was made on Tuesday at a meeting chaired by Sindh Law and Environment Adviser Barrister Murtaza Wahab. The meeting was attended by the provincial government’s secretaries for law and home departments, the prosecutor general, the additional IG of Karachi and other officials.In the meeting, it was discussed that Sindh would become the first province to establish special courts to deal with street crimes for which a legislation will be adopted.In a video message issued after the meeting, the provincial law adviser said the law they would pass for the purpose would also propose a time frame for the special courts to complete the legal proceedings of a street crime case.Undue delay in adjudication of cases had been a major problem in the existing legal system, he said.

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