Latest update January 7th, 2025 1:35 AM
Judges must hand down decisions more timely – Chancellor
Chancellor of the Judiciary Carl Singh
Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Carl Singh, yesterday expressed some disappointment over some High Court judges with regards to the length of time it takes for them to give decisions. According to the Chancellor, the performance of judges in the High Court is ‘awfully inadequate’ and he is of the opinion that criticisms in that regard are justified.
Justice Singh was at the time speaking at the closing of the ceremony of the first ever Modernization of Justice System Project yesterday, at Duke Lodge.
Justice Singh told the gathering that in the justice sector in the hallmark of an efficient and effective judicial system is timely delivery of decisions by judges.
“Only this morning I was told of a case where a decision is outstanding for a judge to determine that a matter is abandoned, that determination is more a matter of arithmetic than it is of law and that decision I’m told is five years old,” Justice Singh lamented.
According to the Chancellor this is where the blot lies on the judicial system and it must change.
Justice Singh had attributed such tardiness by judges as contributing to the high incidence of backlogged cases and had called for the appointment of more judges.
He said, nonetheless, that there have been successes and developments in systems and infrastructure which must also be recognized.
Justice Singh had said that a change in the judicial work ethic is what is required for judges to adopt a more responsible attitude to timely delivery of judgments, which perhaps could have been achieved without parliamentary intervention.
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