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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday outlawed the Parliamentary Committee’s rejection of extension to six high court judges and directed the government to issue appointment notifications to the rejected judges in accordance with the Judicial Commission's recommendations, DawnNews reported.
The apex court issued the ruling after hearing petitions assailing the Parliamentary Committee’s decision of declining JC's recommendations to extend the service tenure of the six judges.
Earlier, Dawn had learnt that the six judges who were denied extension by the Parliamentary Committee lost out because of their professional as well as personal shortcomings, as viewed by their respective chief justices.
A one-year extension was denied to four additional judges of the Lahore High Court (LHC) as well as two Sindh High Court (SHC) judges by the eight-member bipartisan committee. The committee based its decision on the assessments provided by the respective chief justices, which in turn were based on the judges’ conduct and character.
The LHC judges who were not granted extension were: Syed Mazhar Ali, Mohammad Yawar Ali, Mamun Rasheed and Muhammad Farrukh Irfan.
Moreover, the parliamentary committee had also refused to extend the service of SHC’s Justice Mohammad Tasneem and Justice Salman Hamid.
