For the primary time in Pakistan’s historical past, the Supreme Court on Monday started stay streaming the listening to of instances on the primary day of the brand new Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa.
Justice Isa, 63, took oath because the twenty ninth Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) on Sunday after the retirement of Justice Umar Ata Bandial.
His tenure will span 13 months, ending on October 25, 2024.
Departing from the earlier follow, Isa started with stay streaming of a set of petitions difficult the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Act 2023 — which requires the formation of benches on constitutional issues of public significance by a committee of three senior judges of the courtroom.
The earlier coalition authorities led by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) by this legislation handed in April this yr tried to dilute the powers of the then chief justice Bandial on the difficulty of suo motu by curbing his powers on the formation of judges panels.
Bandial had stayed the operation of the legislation till its remaining adjudication and the brand new chief justice on the primary day arrange a full courtroom bench and started proceedings.
The legislation states {that a} three-member bench, comprising the CJP and the 2 senior-most judges of the apex courtroom, will determine whether or not or to not take up a matter suo motu. Previously, this was solely the prerogative of the CJP.
Additionally, it provides to the evaluation jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, giving the correct to file an enchantment inside 30 days of the judgement in suo motu instances.
It is identical legislation which if upheld would enable former premier and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif to file an enchantment towards his disqualification by the Supreme Court in 2017.
Separately, Justice Isa additionally refused to obtain a guard of honour upon arriving on the apex courtroom for his first day as the brand new Chief Justice of Pakistan, one other departure from the earlier follow.
Published On:
Sep 18, 2023
