Tag: Judges

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Monday sought the government's stance on the legal status of PCO judges after non validation of November 3, 2007 actions by parliament.
A seven-member special bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany and Justice Amir Hani Muslim was hearing intra-court appeals of dysfunctional and retired judges of

LAHORE - Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry has proposed 24 new names from lawyers and districts and session judges (D&SJ) to the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) for appointment as additional/ad-hoc judges in the Lahore High Court (LHC), sources told Pakistan Today.
According to sources, the proposed list includes names of 18 lawyers and six D&SJs including LHC Registrar Abdul Sattar Asghar and a former LHC registrar. According to sources,

ISLAMABAD - A seven-member special bench of the Supreme Court will resume hearing today (Monday) on intra-court appeals of dysfunctional and retired judges of the superior courts, seeking overturning of the SC February 2 decision of charging them with contempt for taking oath under the PCO.
The bench consists of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, Justice Sarmad

LAHORE - A General House meeting of the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) on Friday condemned the contempt of court notice issued by a dysfunctional judge of the Peshawar High Court to four judges of the Supreme Court bench hearing contempt proceedings against PCO judges.
The LHCBA also demanded the government not hand over Raymond Davis, a US national accused of murdering two Pakistani youth, to his home country, saying Davis should be punished for his crime according

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Friday restrained the dysfunctional PCO judges from passing any order against members of the bench hearing contempt cases against them or any other judge of the Supreme Court.
A seven-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was hearing intra-court appeals by two PCO judges of the Lahore High Court - Justice Shabbar Raza Rizvi and Justice Hasnat Ahmed Khan, requesting the court to overturn its February 2 decision of charging

ISLAMABAD - Former de-facto chief justice of Pakistan, Abdul Hameed Dogar, and dysfunctional PCO judge of Sindh High Court Yasmin Abbasey on Thursday filed intra-court appeals in the Supreme Court seeking setting aside of its earlier short order of initiating contempt proceedings against them from February 21.
Earlier on February 15, Justice (r) Iftikhar Hussain, former LHC chief justice had filed an intra-court appeal in the Supreme Court seeking setting aside of its earlier

ISLAMABAD - Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has convened a meeting of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) on February 19 at the Supreme Court Building. The JCP will consider the appointment of two ad-hoc judges in the Supreme Court and confirmation of nine additional judges of the Sindh High Court.
While chairing a full court meeting on February 14, the CJP had proposed that in order to clear the backlog, Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday,

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Thursday suspended the recommendations of the parliamentary committee (PC) that rejected a one year extension in the service of four additional judges of the Lahore High Court and restrained respondents from issuing any notification in pursuance of the committee's recommendations.
A two-member bench of Justice Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui and Justice Jawwad S Khawaja was hearing a joint constitutional petition filed by Munir Hussain Bhatti and

LAHORE - The Parliamentary Committee (PC) for judges' appointment witnessed its first setback on Thursday and a big question mark hangs on its role under the 18th Constitutional Amendment after the Supreme Court (SC) suspended its decision sacking four ad-hoc judges of the Lahore High Court (LHC), renowned jurists said on Thursday.
The jurists criticised the SC order saying, "If the SC does not accept decisions of the parliamentary committee then what is its utility in the whole

LAHORE - The Punjab Bar Council (PbBC) on Thursday condemned the resolution of the Supreme Court's (SC) full court reference calling for appointment of Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday and Justice Rehmat Hussain Jaffery as ad-hoc judges of the apex court, terming it nepotism.
"Appointment of Ramady for the second time on contract in the Supreme Court (SC) creates doubts in minds of people about integrity of the judiciary, giving a strong impression that favoritism is being followed

ISLAMABAD - The unanimous approval of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry's proposal by the full court meeting on Monday to request Justice Khalilur Rahmman Ramday and Justice Rahmat Hussain Jaffery to rejoin the bench as ad-hoc judges has triggered a new controversy with major political parties, except the PML-N.
The parties, as well as the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), have expressed reservations and condemned the decision. "The SCBA strongly condemns the ad hoc

ISLAMABAD - The two senior most judges of the Sindh High Court (SHC) - Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany and Justice Amir Hani Muslim - took oath as the judges of the Supreme Court on Monday, raising the strength of the apex court to 18, excluding Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.
They were administered the oath by the CJP at the Supreme Court in a ceremony which was attended by the Supreme Court judges, chief justice Islamabad High Court, Attorney General for

ISLAMABAD - Two Sindh High Court (SHC) judges, Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany and Justice Amir Hani Muslim, will today (Monday) take oath as permanent judges of the Supreme Court. They will be administered oath by the CJP. The appointment summary of these judges was approved by President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday and a notification was issued by the Law Ministry.
With the inclusion of these judges, the number of SC will rise to 18 judges. Now the Supreme Court would be in a

Federal judicial academy arranged a workshop in collaboration with British High Commission and NGO "Struggle for Change" for judicial officers at a local hotel. The objective of workshop was to create awareness about the protocol signed by Pakistan Chief Justice (CJ) and the Presidents' Family Division High Court of England and Wales which ensures that a child removed from lawful custody of parent against the order of a court in Pakistan or UK is brought back to the custody of

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday approved the appointment of Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany and Justice Amir Hani Muslim as permanent judges of the Supreme Court and Justice Mushir Alam as the Sindh High Court chief justice.
According to a senior SC official, both SC judges would be administered an oath next week, most probably on Tuesday.
With the inclusion of these judges, the number of the SC judges would rise to 18, excluding the chief justice, but including

KARACHI - Sindh High Court (SHC) Chief Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany has proposed the names of one retired and three serving district and sessions judges for appointment as anti-terrorism court (ATC) judges. A summary in this regard has been sent to the Sindh Home Department by the SHC chief, and the proposal is now with the chief minister's office for approval.
Larkana District Judge Basheer

LAHORE - Punjab Law Ministry has appointed seven session judges to work in accountability courts in Lahore and Rawalpindi.One of these judges will take charge as the judge of accountability court no 4 in Lahore whose presiding officer has already been retired, while others will replace judges who have been slacked at the orders of Lahore High Court (LHC) chief justice (CJ) because of inefficiency.
The performance of accountability judges working in Lahore and Rawalpindi has been