According to the notification, the commission has sought nominations for 12 additional judges for the Sindh High Court, four for the Islamabad High Court, 10 for the Lahore High Court, nine for the Peshawar High Court, and three for the Balochistan High Court.
The move comes as the JCP finalized new rules for appointing judges to the superior judiciary, which include input from parliament members and judges.
The Judicial Commission of Pakistan is responsible for appointing judges to the Supreme Court and high courts, ensuring that the appointments are made based on merit and by the Constitution.
Earlier, Supreme Court’s Justice Mansoor Ali Shah in another letter to the Judicial Commission gave his overall opinion over the rules about the appointment of judges.
Justice Mansoor opposes the role of intel agencies in judges’ appointment
Justice Shah in his letter to the Secretary Judicial Commission has opposed getting reports from the intelligence agency on judges’ appointments. “The role of the intelligence agency in the appointment of judges can be misused,” Justice Mansoor Ali Shah writes.
“Already the executive enjoying majority in the judicial commission. I have already clarified my position about the 26th Amendment,” Justice Shah said.
He suggested the constitution of the full court to review the 26th Amendment. There must be a mechanism for the appointment of judges for the constitutional bench, a senior Supreme Court judge said.
“A judge has made how many decisions of interpretation of the constitution, can be one of the parameters for posting in the constitutional bench,” he suggested.
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