SC orders additional high court judges to continue work

Psycho

MPA (400+ posts)
30/08/10 ISLAMABAD, A full court bench of the Supreme Court on Monday ordered the 32 additional judges of the four high courts to continue working today.

The high courts chief justices had earlier written to the Chief Justice over a possible judicial crisis, sources said.

Judges cannot be appointed under the new procedure by September 5, as a commission to approve the recommendations is not yet in place.

Moreover, some of the existing judges will retire by this date and that might lead to a judicial crisis.

The appointment procedure, as approved in the 18th Amendment, is currently being challenged in the Supreme Court.

Since the issue is in court, the government says it can do nothing till the case is decided.​