ISLAMABAD: Upon Justice Mansoor Ali Shah’s expressing reservations over the Judicial Fee of Pakistan (JCP), Federal Minister for Defence Khawaja Asif stated it didn’t befit the senior puisne choose of the Supreme Court docket to have a “selective sense of justice”.
Justice Mansoor wrote a letter to Chief Justice Yahya Afridi on Thursday, whereby he sought to convene the complete courtroom and direct the registrar to repair the pending pleas in opposition to the twenty sixth Constitutional Modification for listening to.
Justice Mansoor intimated to the chief justice that the present fee had been restructured below the twenty sixth Modification.
He stated the very constitutional validity of the stated constitutional modification had been challenged within the Supreme Court docket by quite a few petitioners from numerous segments of society, including that over two dozen petitions have been at the moment pending with the Supreme Court docket on this regard.
Justice Mansoor additional stated whereas the result of this problem remained unsure (it could fail or succeed), a verdict invalidating the constitutional modification would render any actions or selections taken by this new fee, notably together with nominations for the appointments of extra judges in varied excessive courts, null and void.
“Additional, appointments of extra judges in varied Excessive Courts by such fee, whose constitutional validity and legitimacy was below query, will solid shadows over the ethical authority of those appointments and generate distrust and weaken public confidence within the judiciary of Pakistan,” Justice Mansoor Ali Shah maintained.
‘Erosion of judiciary’s standing’
In his assertion, Defence Minister Asif expressed his views in response to the letter by Justice Shah, saying: “Honourable Shah has expressed considerations in his letter that if the contents are usually not acted upon, public belief within the judiciary would possibly erode.”
He additional famous: “The esteemed choose has been related to the upper judiciary for a very long time. Throughout this tenure, he has witnessed firsthand the occasions that unfolded throughout the judiciary.”
Asif named a number of people he believes have tarnished the judiciary’s fame, stating: “Names like Saqib Nisar, Khosa sahib, Ijaz-ul-Ahsan, and Mazahar Naqvi are amongst those that have undermined the judiciary’s dignity.”
He added that there are lots of others who’ve additionally contributed to the erosion of the judiciary’s standing.
Addressing Justice Mansoor straight, Asif questioned: “Why did these considerations about public belief not come up again then, Shah sahib? Or is that this grievance rooted in some private motive?”
The federal minister concluded by emphasising the importance of Justice Shah’s place: “You maintain a really excessive workplace, Shah sahib, and you might be worthy of my respect. However this selective sense of justice doesn’t befit your stature.”