Supreme Court’s senior judge Justice Qazi Faez Isa has raised questions over the composition of a larger bench to hear the presidential reference and the SCBA petition. In his letter, Justice Faez Isa, who is among the court’s senior puisne judge, took exception to the inclusion of the judges who are 4th, 8th and 13th on the seniority list to the important bench. Justice Faez Isa has also raised objection over the appointment of a civil servant as Registrar of the Supreme Court in the letter. “I thought twice before writing this letter,” Justice Isa wrote. In the Bar’s plea, the Supreme Court will have to give an order, while the presidential reference have consultative jurisdiction, Justice Isa wrote.

Source: The Nation March 23, 2022 19:26 UTC