SC serves contempt notices on 60 high court judges
Thursday, October 8, 2009
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday served contempt of court notices on 60 high court judges belonging to Lahore, Peshawar and Sindh High Courts who violated the apex court’s order of November 3, 2007, restraining the judges of the higher judiciary from taking oath under the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO), promulgated by former military dictator General (retd) Pervez Musharraf.
Those judges who received contempt of court notices, included 26 judges of the Lahore High Court (LHC), 20 judges of the Sindh High Court (SHC) and 14 judges of the Peshawar High Court (PHC). Iftikhar Hussain Chaudhry, former chief justice of the Lahore High Court (LHC), is also in the list.
Labels: Judiciary, Supreme Court of Pakistan
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1 Comments:
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At October 14, 2009 at 2:36 AM,
Reehan said...
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Glad that this has been done. It will restore respect for judiciary and much needed compliance. No backtracking now. Wish well for Pakistan. In fact all judicial authorities and tribunals should do that.
Reehan Malik
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