It had been realized with full gravity that the Rules & Orders as contained in the First Schedule of CPC are not catering the need of time as nether they facilitate the litigant public adequately nor deal with modern techniques; further that despite the fact that Section 89-A existed in the body of the Code but there is/was no mechanism/rules to make this section operationalized, which is the main factor for causing delay in disposal of the cases.
All the Hon’ble Members of Lahore High Court Rule Committee (CPC) burnt mid night oil and after thorough deliberations on each and every Order/Rule, with the grace of Almighty Allah, the Committee succeeded in its goal and ultimately it had proposed & approved a final draft of amendments in the First Schedule of the Code ibid. After convening a number of meetings, spreading over a period of 18 months, and having consultations and seeking approval of all the stake holders, the Committee unanimously approved the following amendments in the First Schedule of Code of Civil procedure, 1908.
It has been decided by the committee that Approved draft will be placed before Hon’ble Chief Justice for seeking his Lordship’s kind Orders to refer the same to Hon’ble Full Court.
These Amendments were approved by the full court and were later on these amendments in Rules and Orders of the First Schedule to the Code of Civil Procedure, (Act of 1908), made under section 122 of the Code, by Lahore High Court, Lahore, after previous approval of the Govt. of the Punjab were published in the official Gazette under section 127 of the Code on 15- 08.2018.
MEMBERS OF RULE COMMITTEE (CPC)
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan (President) Hon’ble Mr. Justice Muhammad Tariq Abbasi (Member) Hon’ble Mr. Justice Shams Mehmood Mirza (Member)
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Shahid Karim (Member) Mr. Zafar Iqbal Kalanauri, Advocate Supreme Court (Member) Mr. Shahzad Shaukat, Advocate Supreme Court (Member) Mr. Shakib Imran, Senior Civil Judge, Lahore (Member) Mr. Muhammad Rafique, Addl. Registrar (L & R) (Secretary)