903,000 cases still pending

NST- [...] He said such practice was accepted in the United States and the United Kingdom as going to court to settle disputes was an expensive affair.

"I believe many of the cases registered in the lower courts here could be disposed of through mediation. It is no more business as usual but business in a hurry because we have to resolve the matter in hand."

However, he said parties to a dispute must agree to abide by the mediation exercise carried out by an independent party.

Zaid said this measure must be looked into seriously because of the alarming number of pending cases in the lower courts.

There are more than 900,000 unresolved cases in the lower courts alone. At the High Courts, the number of cases stands at more than 91,000. ...selanjutnya [KLIK DI SINI]