Judicial Commission Draft Rules by Dec 15
The committee will draft rules and share the same with the Secretariat of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan by 15th December 2024. Mr. Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, Supreme Court’s Judge is appointed chairman of the committee and other members include Mr. Mansoor Usman Awan, Attorney General of Pakistan, Barrister Syed Ali Zafar, Senator, Mr. Farooq Hamid Naek, Senator and Mr. Akhtar Hussain, Senior ASC.
The committee will have the support of the officials including Niaz Muhammad Khan, Secretary JCP, Mr. Zafar Iqbal, Research Officer, Supreme Court, and Mr. Qaiser Abbas, Research Officer, Supreme Court.
The Committee is expected to furnish the draft rules by 15th December 2024. The meetings of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan, Judicial Commission of Pakistan (High Court of Sindh), and Judicial Commission of Pakistan (Peshawar High Court) were convened today on 6th December 2024 (Friday). The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr. Justice Yahya Afridi chaired the meetings.
The JCP unanimously decided to accord the highest priority towards framing of rules relating to regulating its procedure including the procedure and criteria for assessment, evaluation, and fitness for appointment of Judges. The committee authorized the Chairman/chief justice of Pakistan to nominate members out of the commission for the purpose of constituting the committee.
The meetings took up for consideration the agendas including the Constitution of the Rules Committee for preparing draft rules for the procedure of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan, Nomination of Mr. Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan Judge Supreme Court of Pakistan as judge for Constitutional Benches in the Supreme Court. Nominations for appointment as Additional Judges for Peshawar High Court and High Court of Sindh and to consider the 02 names of sitting Judges of the High Court of Sindh for the Constitutional Benches.
The Commission also approved the nomination of Mr. Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan, a judge of the Supreme Court for the constitutional benches of the Supreme Court.
In its second meeting, the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (Peshawar High Court) the agenda of appointment of Additional Judges for the Peshawar High Court was deferred till 21st December 2024. It was also decided to extend the date of submission of nominations for the appointment of Additional Judges till 10th December 2024.
The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (Sindh) nominated Mr. Justice Adnan-ul-Karim Memon and Mr. Justice Agha Faisal as Judges of Constitutional Benches of the High Court of Sindh by a majority vote. In the meeting of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (High Court of Sindh), the agenda for the appointment of Additional Judges for the High Court of Sindh was deferred till 21st December 2024. It was also decided to extend the date of submission of nominations for the appointment of Additional Judges till 10th December 2024.
Earlier, in a joint preliminary meeting, the Commission received a detailed presentation from the IT experts on using technology in order to reduce the massive paper load involved in the decision-making process of the Commission.
The Chief Justice of Pakistan / Chairman of the Commission informed the participants that the move was intended to reduce the burden of the secretariat and members of the Commission. The members of the Commission appreciated the efforts and agreed to switch to the technology gradually for ease of the members.
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