July 29, 2021
LAHORE: The legal fraternity Wednesday observed âblack dayâ to protest against the proposal floated again before the Judicial Commission for elevation of Sindh High Courtâs junior judge to the Supreme Court.
Speaking at a general house meeting of the Lahore High Court Bar Association, the lawyers said the proposal to elevate a junior judge was in violation of the apex courtâs judgment famously known as Al-Jihad Trust and Asad Ali cases.
They said if the Supreme Court violated its own decisions how others would comply with its decisions. They demanded the apex court to honour its judgments and follow the principle of seniority in the elevation of judges.
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LAHORE: The Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) on Saturday accused Federal Law Minister Farogh Nasim of linking its annual grant with a resolution against Justice Qazi Faez Isa, who recently survived a reference from the federal government.
“The law minister has been pressurising us to pass a resolution against Justice Isa like some other small bar associations in Punjab have done recently,” LHCBA secretary Khwaja Mohsin Abbas told
Lawyers gather to cast their vote for Lahore High Court Bar Association elections. White Star
LAHORE: The Hamid Khan-led Professional group returned to the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) after a gap of three years with Maqsood Buttar notching the top slot of president with a significant margin in an annual election held on Saturday for 2021-22.
The Independent group, better known as late Asma Jahangir’s group, retained the top slot for three consecutive years since 2018.
Buttar bagged 5,639 votes and his rival Sardar Akbar Ali Dogar of the Independent group obtained 3,888 in a one-on-one contest.
A total of 9,583 out of 21,667 cleared voters cast their votes in the polling held on the biometric system.