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Prime Minister’s aide on Political and Public Affairs Rana Sanaullah hinted that a reference can be filed against two senior apex court judges over their conduct in certain matters.
Reportedly, Prime Minister’s aide on Political and Public Affairs Rana Sanaullah expressed his concern our the conduct of two senior apex court judges over their conduct in certain matters.
While speaking to a private news channel, Rana said,”Their [two SC judges] general attitude is to write letters on every issue the letters make headlines first and later reach the addressee”.
He gave remarks came after the day, when judicial commission approved the appointment of six new judges. The chief justices of all high courts, except the Lahore High Court (LHC) were among the six judges nominated.
The controversy had started when earlier three judges from Sindh, Balochistan, and Lahore were transferred to the Islamabad High Court (IHC) and these transfer faced severe criticism from the legal fraternity, including the IHC judges.
The five justices, who are contesting the seniority criteria were of the view that the judges transferred from other high courts should take oath anew to reset their seniority.
In response to this argument, IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq, said the new oath was not required as their seniority was calculated from the time they took oath in their respective high court and not from the date of their transfer.
Meanwhile, Pakistan Tareek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senator Hamid Khan stated that the legal community would contest the nominations of the six judges in the Supreme Court and pledged to persist with the “protest movement.”
In a separate development, all three representative bar councils of the federal capital—Islamabad Bar Council (IBC), Islamabad High Court Bar Association (IHCBA), and Islamabad District Bar Association (IDBA)—declared their intention to launch a long march during the hearing of petitions related to the 26th Amendment
