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Four Supreme Court (SC) judges on Friday urged Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi to defer new judicial appointments until the challenges against the Constitution (26th Amendment) Act, 2024, are adjudicated.
The letter was signed by Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, along with Justices Munib Akhtar, Athar Minallah, and Ayesha Malik.
“It is requested that the scheduled meeting and the appointment of eight new judges … be postponed till the challenge to the 26th Constitutional Amendment is decided one way or the other, or at least until the Constitutional Bench decides the applications for convening a full court to hear and determine that challenge, and until the matter of the transfer of judges to the Islamabad High Court and their seniority is finally determined on the judicial side since we are given to understand that such challenges have been launched,” the letter stated.
The judges cited the “existing and continuing state of affairs and certain recent developments” as the reasons for their request.
The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) is scheduled to meet on February 11 to consider filling eight vacant Supreme Court judgeships.
