Justice Aurangzeb sworn in as permanent SC judge

Chief Justice Afridi administers oath ceremony at Supreme Court

Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb has taken the oath as a permanent judge of the Supreme Court. The oath was administered by the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Yahya Afridi, and the ceremony was held at the Supreme Court.

Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb, who is already working as an acting SC judge, was proposed to be appointed as a permanent judge at SC by the Judicial Commission on December 2.

Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court (IHC) Sarfraz Dogar, Justices Mohsin Akhtar Kiyani, Babar Sattar, Tariq Jahangiri, Sardar Ejaz Ishaq, and Justice Saman Rafat Imtiaz also attended the ceremony.

Justice K.K. Agha of the Federal Constitutional Court, Chief Justice Iqbal Hamid-ur-Rahman of the Federal Shariat Court, and Judicial Commission member Advocate Ahsan Bhoon were also present.

The event was attended by Supreme Court officers, staff, law officers, and other distinguished guests.

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Appointment

Earlier in the meeting, only one JCP member, Justice Munib Akhtar, voted in favour of Kayani's elevation to the SC. No other judicial member in the commission, CJP Yahya Afridi, Chief Justice Federal Constitutional Court Amin-ud-Din Khan, and Justice Hasan Azhar Rizvi supported the proposal.

There is no justification for not elevating Justice Kayani to the top court.

Meanwhile, Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb, who is already working as an acting SC judge, was proposed to be appointed as a permanent judge at SC.

Earlier, CJP Afridi was interested in appointing Aurangzeb as the IHC chief justice, but the majority of the JCP members, especially those belonging to the executive, did not agree with the idea. Instead, they voted for the appointment of Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar as the IHC CJ.