Compensatory: Plea to extend chief justice’s tenure

CJP failed to perform his duties for 22 months due to unconstitutional acts of the former dictator, says petitioner.


Our Correspondent April 24, 2013
Petitioner submitted that the CJP should be given extension of 22-months after his retirement as compensation for his illegal suspension period. PHOTO: REUTERS

LAHORE:


A constitutional petition has been filed in the Supreme Court, Lahore Registry, with a prayer to extend tenure of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry by one year and 10 months after his retirement that is due on December 11 this year.


Imtiaz Rasheed Qureshi, a member of Save Judiciary Committee, filed this petition stating that former military ruler Pervez Musharraf had deposed the CJP and subjected him to house detention.

He said the CJP had failed to perform his duties for 22 months due to unconstitutional acts of the former dictator. He submitted that the CJP should be given extension of 22-months after his retirement as compensation for his illegal suspension period.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 24th, 2013.

COMMENTS (8)

Mohammad | 10 years ago | Reply

Please should be filed for the proper implementation of Justice, not the Chief Justice. No.. from my side.

cyrus | 10 years ago | Reply

Everything beside, what about the pay & perks he has got for 22 months? Nobody is indispensable. All those, whom people thought were indispensable, all lying in their graves but the world goes on. This extension business must stop in every department.

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