Justice Amin replaces Justice Munib on SC Practice and Procedure Committee

F.P. Report

ISLAMABAD: Implementing the Practice and Procedure Ordinance 2024, the chief justice of Pakistan changed the construction of the judges’ committee with Justice Aminuddin as part of it and expulsion of Justice Munib Akhtar.

The registrar Supreme Court issued the notification in this regard. It is said that Justice Aminuddin Khan stands in the fifth position on the seniority list. The three judges committee constitute benches that hear different cases.

The reshuffle comes in the wake of the Practice and Procedure Ordinance 2024, which was signed into law by President Asif Ali Zardari. According to the Supreme Court’s Registrar, the newly constituted committee, apart from the Chief Justice, includes the senior-most judge, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, alongside Justice Aminuddin Khan. Sources revealed that the first meeting of the restructured committee is likely to be convened on Monday.

It is to be recalled that The federal cabinet on Friday approved the Practice and Procedure Amendment Ordinance 2024 which gives more powers to the chief justice. The ordinance, which amends the Supreme Court Practice and Procedure Act 2023, will be sent to the president for approval. Under the amendment to the Act, the chief justice of Pakistan can nominate a judge in case of unavailability of a committee member. The Act provided that the chief justice of Pakistan will constitute a three-member committee “comprising the Chief Justice of Pakistan and two next most senior Judges, in order of seniority” to hear “every cause, appeal or matter before the Supreme Court.”