Pakistan: Lawyers hail judges who quit over 27th Amendment to “preserve constitutional oath”
Islamabad , December 7 (ANI): Lawyers and civil society members have hailed three judges who resigned after the passage of the 27th Constitutional Amendment, commending their decision to “preserve their constitutional oath and honour over office and privilege,” Dawn reported....
A TALE OF RESIGNATIONS: SMASH AND SAMDANI
I stumbled upon a book last month titled “The Role of the Judiciary in the Constitutional Crises of Pakistan”, written by K.M.A. Samdani. It is a book written about 20 years ago by a judge who served over half a century ago. Knowing very little about historic Pakistani judges, I did not pay much heed to his position as a judge. But as I read about his...
Supreme Court judges Mansoor Ali Shah, Athar Minallah resign after passage of 27th Amendment
In his resignation, Justice Shah terms 27th Amendment ‘grave assault’ on ConstitutionThe senior-most judges of the Supreme Court, Justices Mansoor Ali Shah and Athar Minallah, have tendered their resignations following the approval of the 27th Constitutional Amendment by Parliament.In his 13-page...