Judges Ki Tadaad Mein Izafah?? Kya Court Mein Palra Barabar Ho Jaye Ga??

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00:001997 Act,

00:02you have changed it

00:04and increased the number of judges.

00:06First of all, tell us,

00:08from this reference,

00:10what motivation do you see behind this news?

00:12And please tell us the details.

00:14See, today there was a meeting of the National Assembly

00:16and this was included in the agenda,

00:18the amendment.

00:20Barrister Danyal Chaudhry wanted to bring this amendment.

00:22But today,

00:24because the quorum was not complete

00:26and the quorum was quite out,

00:28but two weeks ago,

00:30there was an amendment in the Election Act.

00:32That too was brought by a private member,

00:34Bilal Azhar Qaini.

00:36Later, as soon as it was presented,

00:38the government adopted it.

00:40Because of which,

00:42that amendment was approved.

00:44Now, this amendment,

00:46this too will be done by a simple majority.

00:48And there is no doubt that this government

00:50will do it easily.

00:52And the fundamental purpose of this

00:54is to increase the number of judges

00:56in the Supreme Court.

00:58At present, the strength of the Supreme Court

01:00is 17 judges.

01:02And the government wants

01:04through its private member

01:06to increase the number of judges

01:08including the Chief Justice

01:10and other judges.

01:12So, there is a strong possibility

01:14that next Tuesday,

01:16this agenda will be brought again.

01:18I have also spoken about this.

01:20And it has been confirmed

01:22that this bill will come next Tuesday.

01:24And it will be sent to the committee.

01:26But the government will pass this bill.

01:28The government is completely behind this bill.

01:30Another bill,

01:32which you may ask later,

01:34is brought by Noor Alam Khan.

01:36It is an amendment bill.

01:38And it is being said that

01:40the government will support that bill too.

01:42And that bill will be

01:44the government's full effort.

01:46It is related to India.

01:48In fact, there are three bills.

01:50We will come to that, Mr. Azhar.

01:52But before that,

01:54Senator Afnan has given

01:56a very interesting statement

01:58in our program.

02:00After that, I feel that

02:02an amendment can be made.

02:04But Mr. Hasnath,

02:06what will be the effect

02:08of this on the Supreme Court?

02:10And what will be the impact

02:12on the cases that are already

02:14going on and the cases

02:16that will be brought

02:18to the Supreme Court

02:20After the decision of July 12,

02:22you see that the majority

02:24judges of the Supreme Court

02:26are standing on one side.

02:28The government, Justice Qazi Faisal

02:30and the Supreme Court are standing

02:32on one side.

02:34So, if you look at the situation

02:36in the Supreme Court,

02:38if six judges are appointed,

02:40then Chief Justice Qazi Faisal

02:42will initiate the nomination.

02:44And if you see,

02:46the government has two members

02:48Chief Justice Qazi Faisal

02:50and Justice Aminuddin Khan.

02:52I have seen in the past that

02:54they have supported Justice Qazi Faisal

02:56in every matter.

02:58And the members of the Pakistan Bar Council

03:00are also close to Mr. Azhar.

03:02So, this is the majority

03:04in the judicial commission.

03:06So, the appointment of six judges

03:08can be done.

03:10Justice Qazi Faisal can have

03:12more strength.

03:14But generally,

03:16it is a matter of three years.

03:18Is this consultation with them?

03:20This is such an important legislation.

03:22Two months are left.

03:24There is no notification.

03:26No notification,

03:28but at least in this regard,

03:30have all judges been on board?

03:32There are four or five future

03:34Chief Justices in the Supreme Court.

03:36So, have they been consulted?

03:38Apart from Qazi Faisal,

03:40how will this move be seen?

03:42It seems that the strength is complete.

03:44The Supreme Court should bring

03:46new judges like Amir Farooq.

03:48And then there is a majority

03:50in the judicial commission

03:52for the appointment of a new judge

03:54in the Supreme Court.

03:56Justice Mohsin Akhtar Qaini

03:58can also be appointed as a Chief Justice.

04:00Justice Mian Gul Hasan can also be appointed

04:02as a Chief Justice.

04:04Because the majority in the judicial commission

04:06is either the government or Qazi Faisal.

04:08Justice Mansoor Ali Shah,

04:10Justice Yahya Faridi,

04:12and Justice Malik Shehzad.

04:14So, we have seen that

04:16when the Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court

04:18was elevated,

04:20there were five or four.

04:22So, there is a link-up between

04:24judicial politics and national politics.

04:26There is a division in the Supreme Court.

04:28There is a perception that

04:30some judges like the government

04:32and some like the PTA.

04:34There should not be such a perception.

04:36Ideally speaking,

04:38there should be such a perception.

04:40Do you think that

04:42the balance will be balanced?

04:44Will there be such a situation

04:46that no one will be able to say

04:48that his balance is heavy here

04:50and hers is heavy there?

04:52Justice Mansoor,

04:54there are only two months left

04:56for a consultation with the government.

04:58Is there a need for a consultation with them?

05:00The government will say that

05:02they have the power to legislate.

05:04What is the need for a consultation?

05:06It is true that the parliament

05:08has no doubt about this.

05:10But, you have talked about the balance.

05:12So, all this seems to be

05:14for the balance.

05:16As of now,

05:18the Chief Justice of the future

05:20does not seem to have

05:22a consultation with them

05:24at any stage.

05:26But, it is clear that

05:28the government is not the only one.

05:30I was listening to Mr. Rana Sanola

05:32a while ago.

05:34He was also saying that

05:36there is no need for a consultation with the government.

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