AGL 38.41 Decreased By ▼ -0.07 (-0.18%)
AIRLINK 201.00 Decreased By ▼ -2.02 (-0.99%)
BOP 10.05 Decreased By ▼ -0.12 (-1.18%)
CNERGY 6.40 Decreased By ▼ -0.14 (-2.14%)
DCL 9.48 Decreased By ▼ -0.10 (-1.04%)
DFML 39.50 Decreased By ▼ -0.52 (-1.3%)
DGKC 98.24 Increased By ▲ 0.16 (0.16%)
FCCL 35.25 Increased By ▲ 0.29 (0.83%)
FFBL 86.53 Increased By ▲ 0.10 (0.12%)
FFL 13.70 Decreased By ▼ -0.20 (-1.44%)
HUBC 130.01 Decreased By ▼ -1.56 (-1.19%)
HUMNL 13.95 Decreased By ▼ -0.07 (-0.5%)
KEL 5.49 Decreased By ▼ -0.12 (-2.14%)
KOSM 7.40 Increased By ▲ 0.13 (1.79%)
MLCF 46.11 Increased By ▲ 0.52 (1.14%)
NBP 61.16 Decreased By ▼ -5.22 (-7.86%)
OGDC 220.00 Decreased By ▼ -0.76 (-0.34%)
PAEL 38.90 Increased By ▲ 0.42 (1.09%)
PIBTL 8.65 Decreased By ▼ -0.26 (-2.92%)
PPL 196.55 Decreased By ▼ -1.33 (-0.67%)
PRL 39.00 Decreased By ▼ -0.03 (-0.08%)
PTC 25.52 Increased By ▲ 0.05 (0.2%)
SEARL 105.30 Increased By ▲ 2.25 (2.18%)
TELE 8.83 Decreased By ▼ -0.19 (-2.11%)
TOMCL 36.20 Decreased By ▼ -0.21 (-0.58%)
TPLP 13.81 Increased By ▲ 0.06 (0.44%)
TREET 24.77 Decreased By ▼ -0.35 (-1.39%)
TRG 57.79 Decreased By ▼ -0.25 (-0.43%)
UNITY 33.35 Decreased By ▼ -0.32 (-0.95%)
WTL 1.67 Decreased By ▼ -0.04 (-2.34%)
BR100 11,878 Decreased By -12.4 (-0.1%)
BR30 37,146 Decreased By -210.2 (-0.56%)
KSE100 110,457 Decreased By -613.2 (-0.55%)
KSE30 34,710 Decreased By -199.4 (-0.57%)

ISLAMABAD: Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP), on Friday, unanimously, recommended the name of Acting Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court Irfan Saadat Khan as a judge of the Supreme Court.

The meeting of the Commission was held, in the chair of Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa, and attended by four judges of the apex court, a retired judge of the Supreme Court, Attorney General for Pakistan and a representative of Pakistan Bar Council.

The meeting considered the nomination of Justice Irfan Saadat Khan, Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of Sindh, as a judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

Currently, two posts of judges are vacant in the apex court.

According to the statement, released by the SC PRO office, all the members present in the meeting, unanimously, approved the nomination, which was also endorsed in writing by the law minister, who was abroad. The nomination of Justice Irfan Saadat Khan by the Commission will be sent to the Parliamentary Committee (Article 175A (8) and (12) of the Constitution).

The chief justice of Pakistan stated that Justice Irfan Saadat Khan meets the stipulated requirements, is knowledgeable, well experienced and versatile, has an upright character and is also the most senior judge among the chief justices and judges of all the high courts.

Justice Irfan Saadat Khan is the most senior judge among the chief justices and judges of all the high courts as he was appointed as a judge of Sindh High Court on September 25, 2009. Three junior SHC judges namely, Justice Munib Akhtar, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Hasan Azhar Rizvi have already been elevated to the Supreme Court for last six years. Now Justice Irfan Saadat will be junior to them in the SC seniority list.

The other item on the agenda of the JCP meeting was to determine the criteria for the appointment of High Court judges. The chief justice had written to the members of all the commissions and had sought their views; copies of the suggestions that were received were provided to the members, who sought time to consider the same. It was decided to extend the date for receiving of submissions till Friday, 27 October 2023, which will be considered in the next meeting of the Commission.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2023

Comments

Comments are closed.

Sumroo Oct 22, 2023 11:00am
JCP recommends Justice Irfan Saadat as SC judge... Million dollar question...Is he a compromised one or video tapped one?
thumb_up Recommended (0)