Overview
- The Supreme Court enforced the Supreme Court Rules 2025, which the chief justice says begin a new digital era after 45 years.
- In 2025 the court recorded 22,848 cases filed and 27,228 decided, cutting pending matters from 60,410 to 55,951 with priority for death penalty, life, family, tax, and service cases.
- Digital rollout included 16,344 e-filed cases, 24,098 certified copies and 7,242 e-affidavits via portal, 54,473 judgments digitized, 8,735 QR-coded judgments public, plus a real-time Judicial Dashboard.
- Governance steps featured establishment of the Supreme Judicial Council Secretariat with service rules, disposal of 130 complaints in a year, and a mechanism to counter extraneous influence across superior and district courts.
- Capacity and cooperation advanced with Rs 1.64 billion released from the Access to Justice Development Fund, 31 Judicial Commission meetings recommending 53 judges, and an MoU signed with China with a Turkiye agreement nearing execution.