INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
SC judge voices reservations over reconstituted benchISLAMABAD: A Supreme Court judge expressed reservations
over the procedure of his separation from a bench hearing a case pertaining to disposal of hospital waste at Supreme Court Peshawar Registry
on May 8, Geo reported.Qazi Faez Isa said the chief justice interfered before Article 184 (3) was read out during the hearing
The article pertains to original jurisdiction of the apex court.The chief justice said that he was reconstituting the bench and then stood
up, according to Justice Isa
The judge said the bench was reconstituted, while he was not sent any order pertaining to it, adding that the reconstitution of the bench
was without any reason and unprecedented.He said that by doing so, damage was done to the transparency of the system, which may have serious
repercussions.Justice Isa said that he was compelled to write this, for he would have felt burden on his conscience had he not done so.When
contacted, a spokesman for the apex court said he had no knowledge of the matter.
