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December 16, 2020
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Abdul Latif Afridi told the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday that the chief justice of Pakistan had no discretion for constituting a bench for hearing a review petition.
He submitted his written arguments before the SC over the constitution of a bench for hearing the review petitions in presidential reference, filed against Justice Qazi Faez Isa.
“As the law stands, the court or the chief justice has no discretion as far as the number of judges of the review bench is concerned, because judgment/ order of the majority is the judgment/ order of the court,” Afridi stated in 14-page written arguments.
SCBA for considering public perception in Isa case
Say non-inclusion of dissenting judges could be seen as silencing of dissenting voices
Supreme Court Judge Justice Qazi Faez Isa. PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD:
The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has contended that if a bench – not including dissenting judges – heard the review petitions in Justice Qazi Faez Isa case then such adjudication would give rise to a perception that the dissident judicial voices are being silenced. This naturally raises questions of transparency and impartiality, whether well-founded or ill-founded. Transparency and impartiality occupy a central place in the adjudicative arena,” said SCBA President Lateef Afridi in his written arguments submitted to the Supreme Court.
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December 16, 2020
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Abdul Latif Afridi told the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday that the chief justice of Pakistan had no discretion for constituting a bench for hearing a review petition.
He submitted his written arguments before the SC over the constitution of a bench for hearing review petitions in presidential reference, filed against Justice Qazi Faez Isa.
“As the law stands, the court or the chief justice has no discretion as far as the number of judges of the review bench is concerned, because judgment/ order of the majority is the judgment/ order of the court,” Afridi stated in 14-page written arguments.
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December 16, 2020
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Abdul Latif Afridi told the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday that the chief justice of Pakistan had no discretion for constituting a bench for hearing a review petition.
He submitted his written arguments before the SC over the constitution of a bench for hearing review petitions in presidential reference, filed against Justice Qazi Faez Isa.
“As the law stands, the court or the chief justice has no discretion as far as the number of judges of the review bench is concerned, because judgment/ order of the majority is the judgment/ order of the court,” Afridi stated in 14-page written arguments. Moreover, he contended that the chief justice of Pakistan did not have much discretion when the same judges were physically available and practice of the court was no different. “However, if after reasonable efforts, the presence of a judge/ judges of the original bench cannot be ensured then exceptiona