KARACHI: Sindh High Court (SHC) Chief Justice Ahmed Ali Sheikh on Saturday took notice of the unusual punishments being awarded by Karachi’s session courts.
The chief justice has asked for a detailed report from the district session courts and has also ordered the Karachi courts to produce records of such punishments.
In one case of awarding unusual punishment, Additional District and Sessions judge Haleem Ahmed had sentenced a man convicted of possessing an illegal weapon to three years of daily congregational prayers.
In another case, a judicial magistrate ordered a citizen to stand at a traffic signal for two hours, once a week for a year holding a placard on speed awareness after he was found guilty of hitting a policeman with his motorcycle.
Chief Justice Sheikh said such punishments violate basic human rights and are defaming the judiciary.
