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Ministers, bureaucrats are angels, Ramday gets caustic
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court today heard a number of identical petitions challenging certain provisions of 18th Amendment, particularly the formation of a judicial commission for the appointment of senior judges, Geo News reported Monday.A 17-member larger SC’s bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and comprising Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk, Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui, Justice Jawad S. Khawaja, Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain, Justice Rahmat Hussain Jafferi, Justice Tariq Parvez, Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday heard the case.
During the case proceedings, Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday said, ‘Thanks God that our ministers and bureaucrats are honest and angels. The sheer fault lies only with the judges; hence, they must be set right.’
Earlier, Hamid Khan, the counsel for the Supreme Court Bar Association started today’s proceedings with his arguments regarding the judges’ appointment.
Hamid said the bar Associations do not challenge the Parliament’s power to amend the Constitution; however, the primary spirit of the Constituion should be kept intact in the light o f the Objective Resolution.
“The petitions against the Eighteenth Amendment are not meant to debilitate the Parliament,’ Hamid stressed adding the Parliament, being a staunch element of the state, should function by restraining itself in the constitutional limits.
Hamid Khan said the lawyers’ organizations filed petitions against 18th Amendment with a purpose to keep the judiciary independent and separate from other institutions.
He further said appointment in judiciary and other offices are made without any discrimination in the US.
The apex court adjourned the case till tomorrow.
Courtesy www.Geo.tv