Pakistan

CJ proposes appointment of Justice Khawaja Imtiaz as new LHC chief justice

CJ also proposes elevation of Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial as a Supreme Court judge

Hasnaat Malik May 27, 2014

Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani. PHOTO: RIAZ AHMED

ISLAMABAD: Ahead of a key meeting of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) tomorrow (May 28), Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani has proposed the elevation of Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial as a Supreme Court judge and nominated LHC Judge Justice Khawaja Imtiaz Ahmad as new LHC chief justice, sources revealed to The Express Tribune.

The sources revealed that the commission would consider the CJP’s recommendation about the elevation of LHC chief justice in the top court and the appointment of new Lahore CJ. Justice Umar Ata Bandial will remain a Supreme Court judge till September 16, 2023 while Justice Justice Khawaja Imtiaz Ahmad will retired as LHC judge on March 28, 2015.

Meanwhile, the JCP will also discuss the appointment of the three additional judges of Islamabad High Court on May 28.

IHC Chief Justice Kasi has already initiated the name of noted lawyer Athar Minallah for appointment as IHC judge. Minallah is from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and was the spokesman for former chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry during the lawyers’ movement.

According to the Islamabad High Court Act, 2010, the court will comprise one chief justice and six judges and they would be appointed from all provinces and Fata.

After the retirement of Justice Riaz Ahmad Khan on May 14, Minallah’s name has been proposed for the post of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) judge. The IHC chief justice has proposed two names — Mian Abdul Rauf and Anees Jillani — for one post from Islamabad city.

Similarly, the CJ has also initiated the name of Shair Shah Kasi and Tahir Shah for one post of Balochistan. A sub-committee, headed by former Supreme Court judge Rahmat Hussain Jafri, will meet today (May 27) to shortlist two names from the four nominees.

COMMENTS (3)

Dr mian khalid Farooq | 10 years ago | Reply Unfortunately we have been suffering judicial crisis now a days. Lower judiciary is facing lot of crisis due to judicial activisim. Higher judiciary is divided in different groups. Some higher judges disgrace a precedent of colleagues judges due to political differnciations among them. Judges of lower judiciary have to face all the consequences at lower level. They are fed up by misbehaves of advocates with them. Justice is being killed, not being nourished by these malpractices. We are going towards destruction not towards construction of a good moral valuable society..............

saeed | 10 years ago | Reply

May be some IHC judges are causing irritation in power circles and need to be fixed. How a controversial person like Athar Minallah can be a judge? Do all the judges have to be controversial in our courts? Can't they find a judge who is professional and non-controvercial? Enough politics is already there in our courts. Lets our courts be impartial.

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