ISLAMABAD: Days after parliament handed invoice elevating sanctioned energy of Supreme Courtroom and Islamabad Excessive Courtroom judges, the federal authorities considerably elevated the salaries and allowances of superior judiciary judges.
In accordance with the notification issued by the Ministry of Legislation and Justice, the home lease of Supreme Courtroom judges has been elevated from Rs68,000 to Rs350,000.
“Within the Supreme Courtroom Judges (Depart, Pension and Privileges) Order, 1997, hereinafter known as the stated Order, in paragraph 20, in sub-paragrapgh (2), for the phrases “sixty eight thousand”, the phrases “300 fifty thousand” shall be substituted.
Equally, the superior judicial allowance of the judges has additionally been elevated from Rs428,040 to Rs1,161,163.
“Within the stated Order, in paragraph 22, for the phrases ‘4 hundred twenty-eight thousand forty’, the phrases ‘a million 100 sixty-one thousand 100 sixty-three’ shall be substituted.”
The notification was issued after approval by Performing President Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani.
Likewise, the federal government additionally elevated the home lease and judicial allowances of the excessive court docket judges as nicely.
In accordance with the notification, the home lease has been elevated from Rs65,000 to Rs350,000, whereas the judicial allowance elevated from Rs342,431 to Rs1,090,434.
The event got here days after the parliament bulldozed the Supreme Courtroom Variety of Judges (Modification) Invoice, 2024, searching for a rise within the sanctioned energy of Supreme Courtroom judges as much as 34.
In accordance with the assertion of objects and causes, “the variety of Judges within the Supreme Courtroom of Pakistan Courtroom is to be mounted beneath the Supreme Courtroom (Variety of Judges) Act, 1997 […] The variety of Judges of the Supreme Courtroom is sixteen plus one Chief Justice. In view of the constant improve within the litigation in Pakistan and budging pendency, it’s needed that the variety of Judges within the Supreme Courtroom shall be elevated.”
“In gentle of the above, it’s proposed to extend the variety of judges within the Supreme Courtroom from sixteen to thirty-three, along with the Chief Justice,” it added.
Highlighting the salient options of the invoice, Legislation Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar — whereas talking on the ground of the decrease home — had stated beneath the modification invoice, the variety of judges could also be elevated as much as 34.
He defined that this transfer aimed to deal with the backlog of instances on the apex court docket and emphasised that the variety of judges could be adjusted over time-based necessities.
“This modification will improve the variety of judges within the Supreme Courtroom as much as 34, in order that the backlog of instances could be cleared, and that after the twenty sixth Modification, we are able to have judges to kind the constitutional benches.”
It’s noteworthy to say right here that in a bid to scale back pendency of the instances, two retired judges — Justice (retd) Tariq Masood and Justice (retd) Mazhar Alam Miankhel — had been appointed as advert hoc judges to the apex court docket for a interval of 1 yr in July.