SC wants use of scientific methods in criminal cases
Proposes revision of relevant law for admissibility of DNA evidence to speed up wheels of dispensation of justice
ISLAMABAD:
The Supreme Court has stressed on using scientific methods, modern forensic techniques and devices in the cases falling under the criminal justice system.
A three-judge bench of the apex court led by Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik while hearing a criminal case also proposed revision of relevant law for the admissibility of DNA evidence in order to speed up the wheels of dispensation of criminal justice. It is important to underline that the use of the word ‘Chemical Examiner’ in section 510 Cr PC is almost obsolete and has no established definition. Now, ‘forensic scientists’ run and manage modern forensic laboratories. It is time for the government to consider revision of section 510 Cr PC allowing reports of all the government forensic scientists (as opposed to the specified ones under section 51