JCP to appoint new HC CJs on July 1

The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) is scheduled to meet on July 1 to consider appointments of permanent chief justices to the Islamabad High Court (IHC), the Sindh High Court (SHC), the Peshawar High Court (PHC) and the Balochistan High Court (BHC).

The JCP meeting will be convened in Islamabad under the chairmanship of the chief justice of Pakistan, Yahya Afridi, at 2pm. After deliberations, the commission will propose the name of one of the three most senior judges from each high court for elevation to the top position.

Interestingly, a CB of the Supreme Court on Thursday unveiled its order in a judges' seniority case, declaring the transfer of three judges to the IHC in February this year and the subsequent change in the IHC seniority list was according to law and Constitution.

Now, the IHC acting chief justice, Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar, who was among the judges transferred to the court, will be on top of the list of senior most judges in the capital's high court.