Guest Lecture on Evidence in Court: Best Practices
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On November 27th, Barrister Salman Safdar, advocate of the Supreme Court, delivered a lecture on best practices for presenting evidence in court.
He shed light on the importance of proper presentation of evidence and discussed how FIRs, proper investigations, and medical/forensic procedures, especially post-mortems conducted by authorised medical experts, are essential for identifying the culprit. He also highlighted the importance of crime-scene and its proper investigation using modern techniques such as taking photographs, tagging of crime-scene items, and effective coordination between the police and prosecution, briefly referring to foreign case law to illustrate how such practices strengthen criminal justice system.
Students were encouraged to reflect on how the criminal justice system currently operates and to consider how meaningful reforms could address its gaps.
