New chief justice takes suo motu notice of selective coverage

Only one TV channel was allowed to exclusively cover the full-court reference of former chief justice Chaudhry.


Web Desk December 12, 2013
Former chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. PHOTO: ONLINE/FILE

ISLAMABAD: New Chief Justice Tasadduq Hussain Jillani took suo motu notice of court administration allowing only one private TV channel to exclusively cover the full-court reference in honour of outgoing chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Express News reported on Thursday.

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.

COMMENTS (20)

Sara Khan | 10 years ago | Reply

lol.....Suo Motu...part-2

Uza Syed | 10 years ago | Reply

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.

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