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ISLAMABAD, April 8: The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned hearing in the case of benefits and privileges to retired judges for one week.
The hearing was adjourned on the request of Deputy Attorney General Hafiz S. A. Rehman who requested the court to give him some more time for preparing his arguments.
Earlier during the hearing of the case by the full bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Sheikh Riaz Ahmed and comprising Justice Mian Mohammad Ajmal and Justice Mohammad Nawaz Abbasi, the Attorney General, Makhdoom Ali Khan, argued before the court that he had already presented his arguments before the Sindh High Court on the similar subject therefore, he should be exempted to give same arguments, and added that the deputy attorney general should be allowed to present his arguments.
The deputy attorney general in his arguments said that the question relates to eight judges who were retired after serving the courts for less than five years.
He presented a Presidential Order 9 of 1970 which he said was the first order providing clear definition of pension and benefits to judges.
At this point he requested the court to give him some time for proper presentation of the case.—APP
#AD HOC LECTURERS:# The full bench of the Supreme Court also adjourned hearing till April 23, of appeals filed by the ad hoc lecturers seeking regularization of their services.
Advocate Mohammad Akram Sheikh, counsel for the appellants contended that the Punjab Government had advertised the posts of lecturers, and it wanted to appoint new lecturers on regular basis.
He contended that the lecturers who were serving on ad hoc basis for the last many years had the right to be regularized on the posts.
Meanwhile, Advocate Afshan Ghazanfar, appeared on behalf of the Punjab additional advocate general, and argued that the ad hoc lecturers would have to pass the Public Service Examination, else their services would not be regularized.—PPI
