Justice Mandokhel asks Justice Shah to suggest judges’ names after rules formation
MNP – The Supreme Court’s Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel has responded in writing to a letter written to him by senior apex court judge, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, saying the latter’s suggestions regarding the rules and strict mechanism for appointing judges in the judiciary have been considered previously and his letter in this regard will also be studied.
Justice Mandokhel also said that Justice Shah could give his suggestions to the Rules Committee in the future also.
Justice Mandokhel further said in his letter that Justice Shah spoke about the 26th Constitutional Amendment also. “I will not respond to it because petitions against it are pending in the Supreme Court,” he replied. “I am also of the same opinion that the intention of the Constitution is that the judiciary should be independent and impartial. The members of the judiciary should be competent and honest, and the rules are being specifically made for this purpose. The Judicial Commission was reconstituted after the 26th Amendment.”
Justice Mandokhel, the head of the committee responsible for making rules for judicial appointments, said the new commission gave the chief justice of Pakistan the authority to form a committee to make the rules for judges’ appointment, which the CJP did under his leadership.
