IHC judges: Supreme Court reserves verdict on presidential reference
The reference, which included 13 questions for the court, was filed in the Islamabad High Court judges’ appointment case.
The president had held notifications on the appointments of IHC judges, as recommended by a Judicial Commission meeting, on the grounds that Justice Anwar Khan Kasi, a member of the meeting, was not as senior as the justice he was replacing on the JC.
In today's hearing, Akram Sheikh - a petitioner - said that the composition of the JC was completely lawful and said that the president cannot give suggestions on this.
Attorney General Ifran Qadir negated him, saying that the president was not bound to listen to the Supreme Court's suggestion.
Heading a five-member bench, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain had earlier observed that while a provision in article 175A of the Constitution stated that seniority would be considered in the appointment of the Chief Justice of Pakistan, no such provision existed on the appointment of high court chief justices.
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People should be more concerned about the mockery of political system the khujli Arif hussain
This Govt does not bother about orders of any court and learned only one sentence . I don't agree to this verdict, hence not bound to obey it. They are mocking the courts and not respecting them.
Government has made a mockery of Review process.This should be deprecated and should stop. The Government has to learn to respect the decisions of Supreme Court and infact all courts