Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb has taken oath as a permanent judge of the Supreme Court. The oath was administered by the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Yahya Afridi, and the ceremony was held at the Supreme Court.
Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb, who is already working as an acting SC judge, was proposed to be appointed as a permanent judge of the SC by the Judicial Commission on 2 December.
Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Sarfraz Dogar, Justices Mohsin Akhtar Kiyani, Babar Sattar, Tariq Jahangiri, Sardar Ejaz Ishaq and Justice Saman Rafat Imtiaz also attended the ceremony.
Justice KK Agha of the Federal Constitutional Court, Chief Justice Iqbal Hamid-ur-Rahman of the Federal Sharia Court and member of the Judicial Commission Advocate Ahsan Bhoon were also present.
The event was attended by Supreme Court officers, staff, lawyers and other distinguished guests.
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Appointment
Earlier in the meeting, only one JCP member, Justice Munib Akhtar, voted for Kayani’s elevation to the SC. No other judicial member of the commission, CJP Yahya Afridi, Chief Justice Federal Constitutional Court Amin-ud-Din Khan and Justice Hasan Azhar Rizvi supported the motion.
There is no justification for not elevating Justice Kayani to the Supreme Court.
Meanwhile, Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb, who is already working as an acting SC judge, was proposed to be appointed as a permanent judge of the SC.
Earlier, CJP Afridi was interested in appointing Aurangzeb as the IHC chief justice, but majority of the JCP members, especially those belonging to the executive branch, did not agree with the idea. Instead, they voted for the appointment of Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar as the IHC CJ.
