Acting Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Javed Iqbal has constituted six benches of the apex court for the next week starting from March 26 to hear hundreds of cases at Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi Registries.
According to the cause list issued by the fixture department of the Supreme Court for next week, three benches of the apex court comprising Acting Chief Justice Rana Bhagwandas, Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk and Justice Syed Jamshed Ali Shah (Bench-I), Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar and Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan (Bench-II), Justice Muhammad Nawaz Abbasi, Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed and Justice Chaudhry Ijaz Ahmed (Bench-III) will hear hundreds of cases of various nature at the Islamabad Registry of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Two benches of the Supreme Court comprising Justice Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday, Justice Falak Sher and Justice M. Javed Buttar (Bench-I) and Justice Faqir Muhammad Khokhar and Justice Tassaddaque Hussain Jillani (Bench-II) will hear cases of various nature at the Lahore Registry of the apex court. Only one bench comprising Justice Saiyed Saeed Ashhad, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Hamid Ali Mirza will hear cases at Karachi Registry of the Supreme Court.
According to a special note, "No application for adjournment through fax will be placed before the court. If the counsel is unable to appear for any reason the advocate-on-record (AOR) will be required to argue the case. No adjournment on any ground will be granted."