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The composition of the Council is set out in the constitution as: The Chief Justice of Pakistan; The two next most senior judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan; The two most senior Chief Justices of the High courts. Where the council is investigating a member of the council he is replaced by the next most senior judge.
Future appointments will be made in the same manner as those to the Supreme Court. But instead of 4 supreme court judges, 4 most senior high court judges, provincial law minister and a member of provincial bar councils (such as Punjab Bar Council) will sit the Judicial Commission of Pakistan considering the appointment of high court judges. The ...
In July 2009, the then-Lahore High Court Chief Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif referred to the Supreme Judicial Council of Pakistan a list of names of justices who took oath under the 2007 Provisional Constitutional Order, stating that doing so went against the restraining order issued on 3 November 2007. [5]
Through the 18th Amendment in 2010, Pakistan got two forums for appointment of judges to the superior judiciary: a Judicial Commission with representation from the judiciary, lawyers and the federal government, responsible for recommending names of respective judges; and a parliamentary committee to approve or reject these names but with ...
Judicial Commission of Pakistan: Authorised by: Constitution of Pakistan: Appeals to: President of Pakistan for Clemency/Commutation of sentence: Appeals from: High Courts of Pakistan: Judge term length: Compulsory retirement at 65 years of age: Number of positions: 34 Website: www.supremecourt.gov.pk: Chief Justice of Pakistan; Currently ...
The Federal Court (Supreme Court) announced in the main Constitutional Case 'Usif Patel and 2 others versus The Crown', PLD 1955 Federal Court 387 (Appellate Jurisdiction), that the governor general had no capacity to make provisions to the Constitution of Pakistan. After this decision of the Federal Court the nation confronted Constitutional ...
The Court ceased to exist on 31 July 2009 by a decision of the Supreme Court of Pakistan following Constitution Petition No. 09 and 08 of 2009. [4] The Court was re-established by the Islamabad High Court Act, 2010 [5] following the 18th Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan.
The district courts of Pakistan are courts that operate at the district level, they are controlled by the high courts. [ 1 ] District courts exist in every district of each province, with civil and criminal jurisdiction.