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Judicial alarm as sweeping 27th Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan raises fears for court autonomy | The National Assembly has passed the 27th Amendment bill in a heated session underscoring sweeping changes in judicial, military and constitutional spheres | Power dynamics shift in election oversight: magistrate roles under review | Bar associations mobilise as legal fraternity warns of intelligence-agency tie-ups in judicial reform | The Lex is not registered organization, and we don’t take responsibility of anything posted on its truthfulness |
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Petition withdrawn and dismissed Questioning the Validity of Interim Government

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The legitimacy of care taker governments has been questioned by the Supreme Court. Election transparency is one goal of a caretaker administration. However, according to the Constitution, another organisation, the ECP, is in charge of ensuring fair elections.”What is the need for a caretaker government when this duty is vested in the ECP?” According to …

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One of the most famous Political and Legal Activist SM Zafar has passed away

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Senior Lawyer, human right activist, Politician, Author and Eminent jurist – Syed Muhammad Zafar, popularly known as SM Zafar has passed away at the age of 93. In addition to being a well-known lawyer and human rights advocate in Pakistan, Zafar served as the country’s federal minister of law and justice from 1965 to 1969. …

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Justice Irfan Sadat Acting Chief Justice confirmed for Supreme Court Vacancy

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Irfan Saadat Khan, the acting chief justice of the Sindh High Court, has been proposed by the Pakistani Judicial Commission to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court. In this context, Pakistan’s Chief Justice Justice Qazi Faez Isa has called a meeting of the Supreme Judicial Council for Friday, October 20. The Supreme Court currently …

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Karachi Bar Association issues Election 2024 Schedule

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Karachi Bar Association, a body holding thousands of advocates issues schedule for the KBA Election 2024. The election will take place on 16th December whereas election form submission has already begun. Each year every party submits a nomination of their candidate and continues to compete against each other until the election day. The difference that …

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Pakistan Bar Council Call for protest against Israel war crimes violation against Palestinians

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Pakistan Bar Council issued a notification on Tuesday calling for protest today, 19th October against Israel’s aggression towards innocent Palestinians. condemning the killings of innocent citizens PBC has announced a protest to show solidarity with Palestinians. In their notification, addressing international forums including the United Nations they reinforced the need for peaceful handling, to implement …

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Supreme Court grants Petition to declare SC staff information Public under RTI

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Supreme Court allowing petitioner plea directed the SC registrar to provide the information sought by the petitioner seeking details of the apex court’s staff under the Right to Information (RTI) Act within seven days. The judgment passed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa, inaddition to the above directed the Registrar’s Office to …

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SC dismissed petition against Federal Service Tribunal Judgement on Civil Servant renewal of tenure

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The three-member bench of the Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a deputationist/government officer could continue service at any time by the appropriate authority. The Apex Court dismissed a petition against the decision of the Federal Service Tribunal (FST) in a service matter by Justice Hasan Azhar Rizvi which reads that, “We may mention here …

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Sindh Bar Council put forward the name of Mr. Zia-ul-Hassan Lanjar to be the member of Judicial Commission of Pakistan

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On Saturday, 30th September, SBC recommended Mr. Zia-ul-Hassan Lanjar as Sindh representative in the Judicial Commission of Pakistan. The commission is responsible for Appointment of judges in High Courts and Supreme Court of Pakistan  Sindh Bar Council, a statutory regulatory & apex body of lawyers, has assigned Mr. Zia-ul-Hassan Lanjar a renowned politician belonging to …

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Justice Irfan Saadat Khan Appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Pakistan

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President House issued notification for resuming of Chief Justice of Sindh High Court seat as the current chief justice, Justice Ahmed Ali M. Shaikh, is scheduled to retire today, by senior puisne judge of the Sindh High Court Justice Irfan Saadat Khan as the high court’s acting chief justice on Saturday until the Judicial Commission …

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Supreme Court disposed off 257 cases in 5 days

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On September 30, the Supreme Court of Pakistan published a press release announcing that it had disposed 257 cases (excluding CMAs), whereas 204 new cases had been filed between September 25 and September 30. The Supreme Court judges, including the Chief Justice of Pakistan, remained dedicated to reducing the backlog and expediting case resolution. According to …

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