Islamabad:
The Pakistan Judicial Commission (JCP) is expected to meet on July 1 to consider the appointments of permanent chief judges before the High Court of Islamabad (IHC), the High Court of Sindh (SHC), the High Court of Peshawar (PHC) and High Court Balochistan (BHC).
The JCP meeting will be summoned to Islamabad under the chairmanship of the chief of Pakistan, Yahya Afridi, at 2 p.m. After the deliberations, the Commission will propose the name of one of the three oldest judges of each high court for the elevation in the higher position.
Interestingly, an CB of the Supreme Court unveiled its order on Thursday in a case of seniority of the judges, declaring the transfer of three judges to the IHC in February of this year and the subsequent change in the IHC seniority list was in accordance with the law and the constitution.
Now, the acting chief of the IHC, Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar, who was one of the judges transferred to the court, will be at the top of the list of the highest judges of the high court in the capital.
