Justice Faez Opposes Summoning Of JCP Meet Sans Informing Him.

ISLAMABAD -- Justice Qazi Faez Isa, senior puisne judge of the Supreme Court, on Monday took strong exception to the summoning of the Judicial Commission of PakiAstan (JCP) meeting without inAforming him.

In a letter addressed to the Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Umar Ata Bandial and copied it to the SC Registrar with the diArection to print this message and immediately deliver to all the JCP members.

Justice Faez in his letter said, 'I learnt, through the media, that two meetings of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) have been called for the 28 and 29 June to consider the nomAinees to the Sindh High Court (SHC) and of the confirmation of the additional judges of LaAhore High Court (LHC). Neither the Chief Justice of Pakistan nor Jawad Paul, the Secretary of the JCP informed me of these meetAings.'

He said, 'My Private Secretary took photos of the Secretary's letters which he WhatsApped me, and photos of the accomApanying 3 large boxes of docuAments, presumably containing the particulars of the nominees and specimens of their work.'

Justice Isa maintained, 'I take great exception to the manner in which these JCP meetings have been called. And, it has beAcome tiresome to keep repeatAing the details of the manipuAlative and illegal conduct of the Secretary. Serious concerns exApressed verbally and in writing, about the Secretary remain unAaddressed; the courtesy of a reAply is not even extended. Is this disdain, arrogance or a flauntAing of unaccountability? And, does such conduct strengthen and build institutions or weakAen and destroy them?'

He further wrote that when the matters are determined uniAlaterally, and arbitrarily, and the Secretary cum Registrar is completely unaccountable, one may well question what legitiAmacy attaches to the Supreme Court taking issue with those who similarly exercise powers in their respective domains?

He penned down 19 reasons for not calling the JCP meetings on June 28 and 29. These meetAings could have been held earliAer, that is, when the SC was not on vacations. They can be held when vacations are over. SimAilarly, the SHC and the LHC are also on summer vacations.

He stated that 20 vacancies sought to be filled in did not suddenly occur. They have existAed for years. Where lies the sudAden need to fill them, and, to do so in such a tearing rush? The tenure of the 13 LHC additionAal judges was recently extended by 6 months. Why has this matAter been brought up again so soon afterwards?

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