Islamabad:
Chief Justice Yahya Afridi responded to a letter written by Justice Mansoor Ali Shah to first hear the petitions filed against the 26 constitutional amendments and to constitute a full court in which he opposed the full court. Justice supported.
A meeting of the Judicial Commission was held under the chairmanship of Chief Justice Yahya Afridi, where the nominations of judges in the High Courts, the inclusion of more judges in the Constitutional Benches of the Supreme Court and the Sindh High Court were reviewed.
In the Judicial Commission meeting, the appointment of the 26th Amendment for hearing before the Full Court was also mentioned, where the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, discussed the hearing of the petitions against the 26th Constitutional Amendment through the Full Court. .
Sources said that Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Yahya Afridi opposed Justice Mansoor Ali Shah’s proposal and replied that who and how to fix petitions against the 26th Constitutional Amendment will be decided by the Constitutional Committee.
In the Judicial Commission, Chief Justice Yahya Afridi’s opinion was supported by the majority members.
Justice Mansoor Ali Shah said that I have mentioned in my letter to fix the 26th Amendment for hearing before the Full Court, to which Chief Justice Yahya Afridi said that the Judicial Commission does not have the scope that the 26th Amendment discussed.
The Chief Justice said that after the 26th Amendment, the Constitution Bench Committee has the power to fix constitutional cases for hearing.
The majority members of the Judicial Commission were of the opinion that the sub-committee would decide the issue of making rules for the appointment of judges and the Judicial Commission also gave the power to the Chief Justice of Pakistan to form a sub-committee to make the rules.
