The amendment was moved by Member of National Assembly (MNA) Syed Javed Hasnain, and taken up by the National Assembly Standing Committee on Law and Justice. Photo courtesy National Assembly website
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary committee on Tuesday cleared an amendment to the Code of Civil Procedure, which requires courts to decide cases of movable and immovable property including those involving inheritance rights of women in one year.
The amendment was moved by Member of National Assembly (MNA) Syed Javed Hasnain, and taken up by the National Assembly Standing Committee on Law and Justice.
Mr Hasnain had recommended that such cases should not run infinitely. “The amendment binds a civil judge to decide such cases in one year and the appellate court shall take a decision in such cases in 90 days,” he said and committee members agreed with him.