Pakistan

Role of govt in judicial appointments regrettable: SC

SC says parliamentary committee cannot reject the judicial commission's recommendations without a solid reason.

Express February 28, 2011

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday said that the federal government's role in judicial appointments was regrettable.

Justice Khilji gave these remarks while hearing the case of the rejection of the judicial commission's recommendations for appointment of four judges in the Lahore High Court (LHC).

Additional Attorney Genral K Agha presented the parliamentary committee's reasons for rejecting the judicial commission's recommendations.

Justice Jawad S Khwaja said that the parliamentary committee cannot reject the judicial commission's recommendations without a solid reason.

Earlier, the SC had sought an explanation from Parliament the rejection.

“We want to hear the point of view of the parliamentary committee,” Justice Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui, who was presiding over the four-member panel, had said.

The court had also expressed dissatisfaction over the lack of representation from Parliament to provide the explanation.

COMMENTS (2)

Billoo Bhaya | 13 years ago | Reply Judges of the Supreme Court what are you going to do about it. The maximum is that you summon the MNA's, then lean over your desks and throw up all over them. The moral authority that the SC should have has was destroyed by not giving verdicts enforcing the law. Instead you have been letting people off. Judges earn recognition by their Judgments that can alter the course of history. Instead you have done nothing of any consequence.

Shahzad Khan | 13 years ago | Reply How can SC question the constitutional right of Parliamentary committee. It's their proragitive to accept or reject any recommandation of Judicial commission with 2/3 majority.

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