Chief Justice Qazi Faiz Isa has said that there will be no compromise on the independence of the judiciary during the hearing on the Supreme Court’s suo motu notice on the letter of 6 judges of the Islamabad High Court.
A 7-member larger bench headed by Chief Justice Qazi Faiz Isa is hearing the case, the bench includes Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, Justice Yahya Khan Afridi, Justice Jamal Khan Mandakhil, Justice Athar Manullah, Justice Musrat Hilali, Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan. .
At the beginning of the hearing, the Chief Justice remarked that 6 judges of the Islamabad High Court had written a letter regarding interference in judicial affairs, how to start the hearing? Read the press release first.
On this, lawyer Hamid Khan said that we have filed an application to become a party in this case.
The Chief Justice said that the days are gone when the Chief Justice had his will. We have formed a three-member committee to fix the cases. Not pointing fingers, better to look at yourself than pointing fingers at others.
He said that now a new work has started. Lawyers are telling us to take notice automatically. Lawyers are saying to take sumoto.
He said that let’s make one thing clear, we will not compromise on the independence of the judiciary.
Hamid Khan said that the Bar Association can say a hundred motos, on which Qazi Faiz Isa said that we are not talking about you, you should not take it on yourself, there was no full court in the Supreme Court for four years. Where were the bars and lawyers all the time?
Talking to lawyer Hamid Khan, the Chief Justice said that we should not make the courts a fish market, there are dozens of bar associations in Pakistan, but we are related to the Supreme Court Bar, the other body is the Pakistan Bar Council, these are also elected people who You have chosen, we don’t choose them, so we will value them, democracy requires, he said, believe them too, they are your opponent.
Qazi Faiz Isa said that I do not meet any lawyer individually.
Continuing his speech, the Chief Justice said that on 26th we received the letter of the judges of the High Court, on the same day immediately after Iftar, a meeting was held with all the judges including the Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court for two and a half hours. If not, he would not have called a full court meeting in the Chief Justice House immediately, he said, quoting the German politician, “We are bringing back the days of ‘Goebbels’, let us do our work, there is no compromise on the independence of the judiciary.” will be done
Qazi Faiz Isa said that we never tolerate interference, if anyone has any other agenda either to become the Chief Justice or to become the President of the Supreme Court Bar, I had an administrative meeting with the Prime Minister, Law Minister, Attorney General. , did not meet in secret or sitting at home, the Prime Minister has more votes so he is the head of the administration.
On this occasion, Attorney General Mansoor Awan said that the Chief Justice had expressed his desire to meet the Prime Minister. .
The Chief Justice asked the Attorney General to tell us that the names we had suggested for the inquiry commission, the Attorney General replied that Justice (retd) Tasadeq Jilani and other names were suggested by the judiciary. After the cabinet meeting, the name of Justice (Rtd) Tasadeq Jilani was finalized.
The Attorney General further said that wrong things were said about the inquiry commission on social media, all government institutions are bound to support the government commission, the name of former Chief Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk also came up for the inquiry commission.
He said that Mr. Tasadeq Jilani has a neutral personality, the Prime Minister met former Chief Justice Tasadeq Jilani and informed about the formation of the commission.
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2024-04-29 22:11:41