Justice Sarfraz Dogar has been appointed because the performing chief justice of the Islamabad Excessive Courtroom (IHC) following the elevation of his predecessor to the Supreme Courtroom.
A notification issued by the regulation ministry late Wednesday mentioned President Asif Ali Zardari appointed Justice Dogar underneath Article 196 of the Structure “with impact from the date of he makes oath of his workplace, until appointment of standard Chief Justice”.
The event got here two days after the Judicial Fee of Pakistan (JCP) authorized on Monday the appointment of six new judges to the Supreme Courtroom amid a boycott by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmakers and two senior SC judges.
In keeping with a press launch issued by the JCP, a gathering was held underneath the chairmanship of Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi to think about the nominations for appointment of excessive court docket judges within the SC and, by a majority of its complete membership, nominated six judges.
The chief justices of all excessive courts, besides the Lahore Excessive Courtroom (LHC) had been among the many six judges nominated. These included Justice Muhammad Hashim Khan Kakar, Justice Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui, Justice Salahuddin Panhwar, Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim, Justice Shakeel Ahmad and Justice Aamer Farooq.
The Fee, additionally by majority of its complete membership, nominated IHC’s Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb for appointment because the Performing Decide of the Supreme Courtroom.
Earlier, three judges — from Sindh, Balochistan, and Lahore — had been transferred to the IHC, drawing extreme criticism from the authorized fraternity, together with the IHC judges.
Then IHJ CJ Justice Farooq made numerous modifications at administrative stage after the addition of three new judges. He had appointed Justice Dogar as the executive choose for the anti-terrorism courts and the accountability courts. Beforehand, Justice Kayani was the executive choose of those courts.
The 5 justices, contesting the seniority standards, had been of the view that the judges transferred from different excessive courts ought to take oath anew to reset their seniority.
However, their illustration was rejected by IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq, saying the brand new oath was not required as their seniority was calculated from the time they took oath of their respective excessive court docket and never from the date of their switch.