JCP to pick eight new SC judges on Feb 11

ISLAMABAD: The Chief Justice of Pakistan has convened a meeting of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan for the appointment of eight new judges in the Supreme Court.

The meeting will be held on February 11 at the conference room of the Supreme Court at 2 pm. The agenda of the meeting is to consider five senior judges including the Chief Justices of all the High Courts against 8 vacancies to be filled.

Meanwhile, the Judicial Commission of Pakistan has denotified the senior puisne judges of the Lahore High Court, High Court of Balochistan and Peshawar High Court as Members of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan. This denotification was due to an objection raised by Justice Munib Akhtar, Judge, Supreme Court of Pakistan/Member Judicial Commission of Pakistan in the meeting of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (High Court of Balochistan) dated January 17, 2025.

The objection was based on the interpretation of the third proviso to Article 175(5) of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan read with Article 1(2) of the Constitution Twenty-sixth Amendment Act (No. XXVI) of 2024. The Attorney-General of Pakistan also concurred with the same opinion. The Chairperson of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan approved the said objection, subject to any judicial pronouncement, according to a press release issued here Monday.