Tag: Judge

Lawyers assault judge, police officials for granting bail

A group of infuriated lawyers on Wednesday severely tortured three police personnel, all real brothers in session courts premises after they secured pre-arrest bail...

LHC appoints judge to monitor judiciary’s corruption

The Lahore High Court chief justice has appointed Kazim Ali Malik, District and Sessions Judge (retired), as Director General Human Rights...

AC Judge moves Supreme Court against LHC orders

An accountability court judge on Friday moved a petition in the Supreme Court Lahore registry challenging Lahore High Court orders that had restrained him...

Banking judge transfers Moonis’ case to LHC

Banking Offence (central) Special Judge Malik Abdul Rasheed on Tuesday refused to proceed in the National Insurance Corporation Limited (NICL) scam case against Moonis...

Hearing put off as judge cites conflict of interest

The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday postponed the hearing on a petition seeking a format for appointment of judges from rural areas after...

Judge bans parties while Lindsay on house arrest

Actress Lindsay Lohan failed an alcohol test while under house arrest in Los Angeles, a judge ruled on Thursday, but she did not violate...

CJP requested for Supreme Court judge to head commission

The government has formally approached Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry with a request to nominate a Supreme Court judge to...

US judge dismisses charges against Osama bin Laden

A US judge on Friday dismissed all criminal charges against Osama bin Laden following the al Qaeda leader’s death in Pakistan last month. ...

French attack victims’ families sue judge

PThe relatives of the Frenchmen killed in a 2002 bombing in Pakistan are suing a judge who probed the case, their lawyer said Wednesday,...

Anti-terrorism court without a judge since April 30

Around 45 terrorism cases await hearings in an anti-terrorism court as no judge has been appointed so far to replace Anti-Terrorism Court No 1...

LHC bars accountability court judge from work

A Lahore High Court (LHC) division bench on Monday barred Lahore Accountability Court-III Judge Syed Ali Hassan Rizvi from working as a petition has...

Lawyer seeks proceedings against judge for ordering Davis’ release

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court's inspection team member (MIT) sent on Thursday an application to the chief justice, seeking proceedings against Additional District and Sessions judge Muhammad Yousaf Aojla for releasing CIA contractor Raymond Davis in double murder of two Pakistanis.
The MIT referred the case to chief justice in response to an application filed by Barrister Javed Iqbal Jaffrey who accused AD&SJ Aojla of acquitting Davis in an unusual manner and against the rules.

Longest serving US SC judge fined over car shunt

LAHORE - US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was given a traffic ticket after a four-car road crash in Washington DC. No one was injured in the shunt about 0900 local time (1400 GMT) on Tuesday. Mr Scalia, 75, was driving to work at the US Supreme Court, which was hearing arguments in a gender discrimination law suit against US retailer Wal-Mart. He was given a $70 (£43) ticket for following too closely, according to police quoted by the Washington Post newspaper.
Mr Scalia

Judge held for killing 2 in road accident

SARGODHA - Sargodha Police have arrested Civil Judge Kamran Ahmad for killing two people in a road accident on Saturday. As per details, Station House Officer (SHO) Chaudhry Azhar Yaqoob said a car and a motorcycle collided on Salanavali Road near Chak No 04 killing two people Anum Bibi and Ahmad Bux whose heirs alleged that Kamran Ahmad was responsible for the accident. According to sources, the civil judge was presented to the magistrate after he presented himself for arrest while

Davis case judge goes on leave

LAHORE - District and Sessions Judge Yousaf Ojla, who conducted the hearing of the double murder trial of Raymond Davis, went on a leave on Thursday. According to a local TV channel, Judge Ojla did not appear in the court on Thursday.
Initially, he asked for a day's leave, however, according said he might extend the leave for to an indefinite period. The apparent reason for his leave at such a time is said to be mere coincidence, but the real motive is yet to be ascertained.

Khanani and Kalia case – Judge asks FIA DG to ...

KARACHI - Sindh High Court's Justice Sajjad Ali Shah directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director-General (DG) on Wednesday to appear before him on March 11 and bring all evidence and relevant record about the Khanani and Kalia money laundering case. On Tuesday Chief Justice Sindh High Court Mushir Alam had assigned Justice Sajjad Ali Shah to conduct an inquiry over the acquittal of the eight men accused of involvement in the money laundering case and submit a report. The

Khanani and Kalia case – Judge asks FIA DG to submit...

KARACHI - Sindh High Court's Justice Sajjad Ali Shah directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director-General (DG) on Wednesday to appear before him on March 11 and bring all evidence and relevant record about the Khanani and Kalia money laundering case. On Tuesday Chief Justice Sindh High Court Mushir Alam had assigned Justice Sajjad Ali Shah to conduct an inquiry over the acquittal of the eight men accused of involvement in the money laundering case and submit a report.