Tag: CJP
“If martial law is imposed, CJP will be responsible”
Political and legal experts see a ‘minus-one’ scenario with either the Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial or Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif.
Bill to curtail CJP’s suo motu powers long-held demand of lawyers’ community: Senior lawyers
Senior lawyers supported the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Bill, 2023 passed in the National Assembly on Wednesday. The proposed legislation curtails the discretionary powers of the Chief Justice of Pakistan to take suo motu notices.
Supreme Court swears in female judge in historical first
Justice Ayesha A. Malik was sworn in today as the first female Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, and heard six cases in Court Room 1 next to the CJP
Out of turn elevation of junior judges a tool to get favourable judgments: lawyers
July 13, By Ahmed Saeed: Senior lawyers have decried the practice of elevating junior judge to the SC. They said out of turn promotion is used to manage and incentivize high court judges to get favourable judgments from them.
Rights Watch | 26th June 2020
PHC Approves Sex Reassignment for Woman: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday, June 25 ordered the Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC) to facilitate sex reassignment surgery for a woman looking to transition to male. According to the ...
