Four Supreme Court judges have taken objections to the adoption of the Supreme Court rules 2025 without prior considerations or approval of the full court.
In a common note, Justice’s Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Munib Akhtar, Ayesha a Malik and at have the Minallah procedure, called it “falling” and as opposed to constitutional demands. They pointed out that the rules were notified on August 9, 2025, as “approved,” but within three days Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) called Yahya Afridi a full court to seek proposals for changes.
The judges said this sequence admittedly admitted to the full court is the right forum for such decisions, yet it was only involved after unilateral approval.
They emphasized that the rules should have been submitted to the full court in their entirety for genuine discussion and approval rather than after the fact.
The critic of the process of adding only “a veneer of legitimacy” to an otherwise invalid exercise called on the judges that the full hearing was not reduced to a “cosmetic role”.
They also called for their objections to be registered in the protocol and that the procedure is published in interest in transparency.
The judges emphasized that public confidence and trust rests on transparency in constitutional institutions and warned that no court can function without legitimacy based on the same.
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Previously, the Apex Court had formally published the Supreme Court rules 2025 and replaced the Supreme Court Rules 1980, in what the Court described as its obligation to modernization and digitization, and to bring procedural clarity in the legal system in accordance with global law.
Framed under Article 191 of the Constitution, the new rules replaced “outdated provisions” and brought legal procedures in accordance with contemporary legal, constitutional and technological development. According to a press release issued by SC over the past week, the rules came in immediate effect.
The new rules were framed by a committee set up by CJP Afridi. The committee consisted of four SC referees – Justice Shahid Waheed, Justice Irfan Saadat Khan, Justice Naeem Akhter Afghan and Justice Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi.
