ISLAMABAD: Notification for the appointment of Justice Umar Ata Bandial as Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) has been issued on Monday.
According to details, Justice Umar Ata Bandial will assume the post of Chief Justice from February 2, 2022. The Ministry of Law and Justice has issued a notification of the appointment after the approval of President Dr Arif Alvi on Monday.
Born on September 17, 1958 in Lahore, Justice Bandial received his elementary and secondary education in Lahore, Kohat, Rawalpindi and Peshawar.
“He secured his B.A. (Economics) degree from Columbia University, USA followed by a Law Tripos degree from Cambridge University, UK and qualified as Barrister-at-Law from Lincoln’s Inn, London,” the Supreme Court website stated.
In his law practice at Lahore, Justice Bandial dealt mostly with commercial, banking, tax, and property matters. From 1993 until his elevation, he also handled international commercial disputes, according to the details on the Supreme Court’s website.
He appeared in arbitration matters before the Supreme Court and also before international arbitral tribunals in London and Paris. Justice Bandial was elevated as an LHC Judge on December 4, 2004.
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He had declined oath under PCO [provisional constitutional order of Pervez Musharraf] in November 2007 but was restored as an LHC judge as a result of the lawyers’ movement for the revival of the judiciary and constitutional rule in the country. Later, he served for two years as the LHC chief justice until his elevation as a judge of the Supreme Court in June 2014.
During his career as a judge of the LHC and the Supreme Court, he has rendered judgments on a number of important public law and private law issues. These include pronouncements on civil and commercial disputes, constitutional rights, and public interest matters.
