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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
SC decides not to opt for two holidays a weekStaff Report
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) has decided not to opt for two holidays a week announced by the government as energy saving measure and continue working as before.
A Full Court meeting presided over by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry at the SC building on Monday unanimously resolved that the SC judges would attend the Court proceedings on five days in a week and the sixth day (Saturday) is reserved for writing judgments for which the presence of staff is necessary, therefore decides not to opt for two-holidays a week and continue working as before.
Retiring judge: The Full Court meeting appreciated the services rendered by Justice Ghulam Rabbani who is going to lay off his robes on tomorrow (Wednesday). The CJP praised commitment, dedication, sense of duty, honesty and legal acumen of the honourable judge.
Disposal of cases: The meeting took stock of the rate of disposal and institution of cases in the apex court and expressed its satisfaction over the performance of the Court. While reviewing the number of pending cases, the CJP added that although there was high rate of institution of fresh cases, yet the rate of disposal is also fairly high and therefore pendency is gradually reduced.
This was also due to the fact that honourable judges have showed their full commitment and worked very hard to diminish the backlog.
The Full Court reviewed the working and performance of Advocates on Record (AORs). It was decided that a committee to be headed by Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and comprising senior lawyers of SC Bar might examine the issue. Another committee comprising of Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk and Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja was also assigned the task to further review the recommendations in this regard.
Law clerks: Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja briefed the meeting about the concept of law clerkship to be introduced in the SC. He explained that law clerks were hired in many courts in the world. He suggested that the SC might invite the applications for law clerkships from the outstanding young law graduates to work as apprentice for a period of one or two years in the apex Court. The Full Court accorded the approval to the idea and decided to hire three law clerks initially.
The details of functioning and hiring criteria in this regard was entrusted to a committee comprising Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja and Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa.
Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja, Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain, Justice Tariq Parvez, Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany, Justice Amir Hani Muslim, Justice Ghulam Rabbani, SC Registrar Dr Faqir Hussain and Additional Registrar Sajid Mehmood Qazi attended the meeting.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk