Hurried trials can hamper justice

The Bar Council fears that the haste in deliberating cases to meet the KPI could lead to rushed trials and therefore impeding justice from being...

Council chairperson Ragunath Kesavan said if one found an unreasonable judge not willing to grant postponements even for a valid reason, then we would have a problem.

He also said though the council wanted to see the present system to speed up cases further improved, he stressed that at the same time, the system must "ensure justice is done".