ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court dismissing the petition regarding the seniority of Lahore High Court judges has maintained that the inter se seniority of Judges of a High Court shall reckon from the order and date of their appointment as Additional Judges of that Court.
The court has ruled that the inter se seniority of Additional Judges of a High Court appointed vide the same order and date shall reckon from their seniority in age. If appointment of two or more service candidates is simultaneously made with that of the candidates from the Bar, the service Judges shall retain their existing seniority in the department regardless of their age, though that would be the determining factor in respect of their seniority viz a viz the candidates from the Bar.
This principle has consistently been followed without exception ever-since the establishment of the High Courts in Pakistan and is even otherwise in accord with the equitable dispensation of justice, SC added.
The apex court order authored by Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani added that reasons to be recorded later in the detailed judgment.
Five member bench of apex court comprising Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, Justice Nasir-Ul-Mulk, Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa and Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan heard the petition filed under Article 184 of the Constitution by Muhammad Aslam Awan.
Advocated Zaka ur Rehman appeared on behalf of petitioner while
Salman Aslam Butt, Attorney General, Kh. Saeed uz Zafar, Addl. Attorney General, Sajid Ilyas Bhatti, Deputy Attorney General and Waqar Rana, ASC, Consultant to Attorney General appeared on court notices.
After hearing the arguments of parties’ court announced its verdict.
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