Commercial Courts have been Established in Sindh to Fast-track Contract Enforcement |
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Reform ID | S065 | |
Reform Description | Commercial Courts have been Established in Sindh and Punjab to Fast-track Contract Enforcement
Before:In civil courts, the disposal of commercial cases took a lot because of existing civil case burden, causing delay and resulting in loss of confidence by businesses in the system. After: Now, exclusive courts have been established for hearing Commercial Cases. Cases are being filed in these courts and disposal time of these cases has been reduced substantially. |
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Sector | All Sectors | |
Beneficiaries | All Businesses | |
Jurisdiction/Location | Sindh | |
Department | Law, Parliamentary Affairs & Criminal Prosecution Department, Sindh . | |
Date of Implementation | 05-11-2020 | |
Details |
Difficulty |
● Commercial Cases were filed in Civil Courts which were already overbudened. Therefore, disposal of commercial cases took a lot of time. Resultantly, businesses were losing confidence in the judicial system of the country. |
Analysis |
● BoI in collaboration with concerned stakeholders in Pakistan and World Bank Group (WBG) experts, devised the Reform Strategy on EoDB (2019-2021), the strategy included the reform for establishing Commercial Courts. It was sought, that this reform will help in speedy disposal of commercial cases thus improvig the business confidence of investors. | |
Solution | ● Accordingly, the Government of Sindh established separate courts/benches for commercial case hearings and their disposal. | |
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