Ex-parte

IT is quite unjust of our justice system, particularly the civil and district courts, to hear the representatives of parties to a dispute at different, unscheduled times for the rendering of decisions.

‘Ex-parte’ literally means from one party only. While the concept of justice requires that in any dispute both sides ought to be heard before a decision is rendered, it so often happens here in Pakistan that those parties are heard at entirely different times. This raises due process concerns and also injects unpredictability into the system.

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