ISLAMABAD: A three-member special bench has suspended the presidential order of elevating Justice Khawaja Sharif Ahmed in Supreme Court of Pakistan and appointing Justice Saqib Nisar as acting Chief Justice of Lahore High Court.
The bench - headed by Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan and comprised of Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed and Justice Jawad S. Khowaja – declared the elevation of Chief Justice LHC Justice Khawaja Sharif as judge SCP against the Article 177 of the Constitution, observing that no consultation was made with Chief Justice of Pakistan on the said appointment.
The bench conducted the brief hearing of suo moto notice, taken by CJP Justice Chaudhry earlier today, in Court Room No. 1 of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and suspended the notification in its interim order. Justice Khawaja Sharif and Justice Saqib Nisar will continue serving their incumbent posts as chief justice Lahore High Court and judge LHC respectively, the bench declared.
The five-member full bench constituted earlier today to hear the petitions regarding unnecessary delay in the appointment of judges in the courts will now carry out the further hearing of the case on February 18.
The bench - headed by Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan and comprised of Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed and Justice Jawad S. Khowaja – declared the elevation of Chief Justice LHC Justice Khawaja Sharif as judge SCP against the Article 177 of the Constitution, observing that no consultation was made with Chief Justice of Pakistan on the said appointment.
The bench conducted the brief hearing of suo moto notice, taken by CJP Justice Chaudhry earlier today, in Court Room No. 1 of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and suspended the notification in its interim order. Justice Khawaja Sharif and Justice Saqib Nisar will continue serving their incumbent posts as chief justice Lahore High Court and judge LHC respectively, the bench declared.
The five-member full bench constituted earlier today to hear the petitions regarding unnecessary delay in the appointment of judges in the courts will now carry out the further hearing of the case on February 18.
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