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Seniority and judicial appointments
July 19, 2021
The reservations expressed by the Sindh High Court Bar Association and, later, by the Supreme Court Bar Association about the intended elevation of a ‘relatively junior’ judge of the Sindh High Court to the Supreme Court of Pakistan have reminded us of the large credibility gaps that continue to afflict public life in Pakistan. Questions have been asked about the choice of the particular judge while other senior judges and the chief justice of the Sindh High Court continue to be by-passed for elevation, year after year.
Appointments to the superior judiciary have always been an occasion for controversy. Why should a person be appointed to any of the high courts or the Supreme Court of Pakistan? Given the nature of the function and the scope of the power the superior judiciary has come to exercise, reliance on seniority as the overriding principle is a certain path to instilling mediocrity into the judicial landscape. A convey
Responsibility of Judiciary towards biodiversity
Responsibility of Judiciary towards biodiversity
Dr. Amita Singh
The Asia Pacific Disaster Research Group (NDRG) organized an international Biodiversity Day lecture on the 22nd May. It was overwhelmingly attended by academia, policy and legal experts from several South and East Asian countries. Everyone was looking forward to hearing how biodiversity issues could unite and re-ignite bonding between India and its neighbours led by two eminent judges, Justice Gita Mittal (Recently retired as Chief Justice of J&K High Court) as the theme speaker and Justice Nasir Aslam Zahid (Former Judge Pakistan Supreme Court & Chief Justice Sindh High Court) as the Chair for the programme. Justice Nasir Aslam Zahid set the ball rolling by expressing his concerns for biodiversity degradation which is not attracting much attention of judges in Courts as much as it is required. There have been laws, Acts and institutions to conserve biodiversity at th
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