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" HARDSHIPS TO LITIGANTS AND MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE CAUSED BY DELAYS IN COURTS HARDSHIPS TO LITIGANTS AND MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE CAUSED BY DELAYS IN COURTS   [Speech delivered at a Seminar on 11th July, 1991]   By   M. Justice Ajmal Mian, Judge, Supreme Colin of Pakistan:   [11th July, 1991]   Mr. Chairman, Members of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, distinguished delegates, honoured guests, ladies and gentlemen, Asalamo Alaikam!   I consider to be a proud privilege to have been invited as the Chief Guest in the plenary session of this Seminar. I am really grateful to you all for conferring this unique honour on mc.   I must congratulate the sponsors/organisers of this Seminar for selecting the topic, namely, "Hardships to Litigants and Miscarriage of Justice caused by Delays in Courts", which is a burning issue now‑a‑days all over the world where judicial systems are founded on adversary system. I am sure that the deliberations during this Seminar will result in formulation of some constructive and concrete proposals, which may be helpful in eliminating/reducing delays in Courts.   2. I may observe that the delay in Courts is not a new phenomena but it is an inherited evil that must be viewed against a history reaching back into the last century and even before. This chronic disease is not confined to the under developed countries like Pakistan but has been encountered by the most advanced developed countries. Lord Denning in his book "The Due Process of Law" has pointed out that Shakespeare in his monumental work "Hamlet" (Act III SC 1) ranks delays in Courts among the whips and scorns of time and Dickens in Chapter I of his book "Bleak House" tells how delay exhausts,…