Lawyers staged a protest against the recent transfer of judges to the Islamabad High Court and are demanding a halt to new judicial appointments by the Judicial Commission of Pakistan. They insist that appointments should be put on hold until the Supreme Court rules on petitions challenging the 26th Constitutional Amendment.
The Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan, known officially as the Constitution (Twenty-sixth Amendment) Act, 2024, is an amendment to the constitution of Pakistan passed by the parliament between 20–21 October, 2024,[1] coming into force with presidential assent the same day.[2] The amendment contains 27 clauses, which effect change in judicial, parliamentary and executive frameworks: modifying aspects of judicial appointments, powers, and adjusting legal procedures.[3] These include the removal of the controversial[4] suo motu prerogative of the Supreme Court, the capping of the Chief Justice of Pakistan‘s tenure to three-years, the reconstitution of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) to sit on judicial appointments, the formation of a separate constitutional bench in the Supreme Court, the limiting of the ability of courts to question the recommendations from cabinet to the president or the prime minister, the increasing of parliamentary oversight, and the establishment of a 12-member Special Committee in parliament with proportional representation to nominate the CJP (with two-thirds majority in the committee) from the three most-senior judges in the court.
Source- Wikipedia.
Source – voicepak.net
Date – 11 February, 2025.
