Former chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. PHOTO: ONLINE/FILE
Justice Jillani took oath as the country’s top judge this morning and this was his first suo motu notice.
The additional registrar of the apex court will be heading the inquiry into this matter.
Journalists from other news channels had staged a protest against the discrimination displayed by the court administration in the premises of the Supreme Court on the occasion of the retirement of the outgoing chief justice.
They had demanded the new chief justice hold an inquiry into the incident. They said that a few employees of the apex court were also involved in the conspiracy and demanded an independent inquiry.
The secretary of the outgoing chief justice Chaudhry had explained that services of a private cameraman were acquired and he was asked to provide the footage to all TV channels, but he provided footage to one specific channel only.
The media group was favoured at the cost of national and international media.
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lol.....Suo Motu...part-2
Our Chief Justice must also take suo motu notice regarding the cover up of Arsalan Iftikhar Chaudhry's alleged crimes and also the perceived obstruction of justice by Abu Arsalan who was posted at the helm of our top judiciary. There also has to be enquiry commissions looking into matter regarding "References" against the former CJ as to why these "References" were not entertained and the legality of no action on all such 'References' filed against the then CJ Iftikhar Chaudhry.
Deer All,
I am not sure if I understood this. One Media Channel gets the 'Scoop' and all the others burn in jealousy. I agree this definitely needs to be investigated. Especially by the media houses that did not break the news but are now trying to 'fix' it. How incompetent are their reporters that they need to take legal challenge to 'breaking news'. They want everyone to re hash the same 'broken news'.
This is going to be interesting.
Look forward,
AG
lol funny.. its like "Ajinomoto gher main ho tou".. "suo moto country main ho tou" :P
During last over 65 years no one from top echelons,who did any good for the nation,has ever gone honorably,except those who committed treason.Why break the age-old tradition now.We the worthies
which media group was allowed this coverage? that's what i want to know
Hahaha... what a joke
so nothing really changed.....suo motu notices continue...
Hi Mr Content Writer
Please change the picture with tassaduq hussain jillani. He is New CJ now.
We hoped that the Sou motto notice business will end with the outgoing CJP.
Well played Mr Tassaduq Gillani, well played!
".......justice takes suo motu notice of selective ..."
It is a good start of the new CJ.
@Umar Khan: ET has written under the Pic as Former CJ. :-)
ET, please update the picture, Mr. Chaudhary is no more the CJ
CJ Jilani should also take notice of 5 licences issued to that media group whereas PEMRA is only allowed to issued upto 4.
First test of Honorable Chief Justice of Pakistan... and I hope he will find the truth and will bring it to the Public.
We have high hopes from Your Honor, giving you ultimate respect and expect that you will dispense the true justice.
"The secretary of the outgoing chief justice Chaudhry had explained that services of a private cameraman were acquired and he was asked to provide the footage to all TV channels, but he provided footage to one specific channel only"
That guy seems to be really very innocent and why were the services of a specific cameraman requested?
Let the games begin