The Parliamentary Committee on Judges Appointment on Friday failed to reach a consensus on sending to parliament for debate the Supreme Court’s verdict that set aside the PC’s rejection of Judicial Commission Pakistan’s recommendations on judges’ appointment.
The PC met to review the situation arising after the Supreme Court’s dismissal of the federation’s review petition against the apex court’s order of setting aside the committee’s decision. Talking to reporters after the meeting, committee chairman Nayyar Hussain Bokhari said the committee would take a final decision after announcement of detailed verdict of the apex court.
Earlier, after the Supreme Court’s verdict on March 4 which set aside the PC’s decision, the committee had asked the prime minister to file a review petition on behalf of the federation against the SC verdict. The committee had also decided to raise the issue in parliament after deliberation.
The Supreme Court had also dismissed the federation’s review petition on April 20. A committee member wishing not to be named said the members of the committee belonging to the PPP and the PML-Q had advocated the idea of presenting SC’s verdict against PC’s decision in parliament, saying it was against the supremacy of the parliament, but the PML-N members had opposed the idea.
