Of superior and subordinate courts

AT its 18th Annual General Meeting on March 14, the Bar Council passed two resolutions about the judiciary. One was related to strengthening judicial independence of subordinate court judges; the other touched on the system of judicial appointments to the superior courts.

Subordinate courts: The first resolution must be specially commended because it relates to a matter that’s generally ignored despite the reality that 90% of criminal and 50% of civil cases are adjudicated in lower courts.