The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered giving financial autonomy to the services tribunal and keeping it out of the influence of the government.
A three-member SC bench presided over by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry took up for hearing the case of appointments of chairmen in federal and provincial service tribunals.
The SC ordered that legislation be made within 30 days on this matter and the appointment of chairman and members of service tribunals would be considered nullified if the legislation was not made.
“The appointment of chairmen of all service tribunals should be made in consultation with the CJP,” the court ruled.
A petition was filed in the SC that no consultation was being made with the CJP in connection with the appointment of chairmen of federal and provincial service tribunals and the law was being breached that way.
Financial sovereignty was also not being accorded and due to this, the tribunals were not taking their decisions independently.
The court had earlier reserved the judgment and announced it on Monday.