ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Bar Court (PBC) on Monday appreciated the move for elevation of Chief Justice of Balochistan High Court (BHC) to the Supreme Court of Pakistan being the senior most and well deserving to be elevated in all respects.
In a statement, the Vice-Chairman PBC said that it is for the first time in the country’s judicial history that a Baloch judge from Balochistan is being elevated to the apex court of Pakistan.
He, however, expressed serious reservations and concerns that judge of Sindh High Court at No. 05 in seniority is also being elevated to the Supreme Court of Pakistan against another vacant seat while ignoring the first four senior most judges of the Sindh High Court.
He said that although seniority is not the only criteria for elevation to the Supreme Court, the aspect of competency, uprightness, integrity, performance and ability also have to be kept in mind while elevating the Judge of respective high courts. He raised question that whether all the four senior judges of Sindh High Court lack the above said criteria to be elevated to the apex court of Pakistan.
The PBC leader said that elevation of judge from serial No. 05 is not only against the spirit of the judgement of the Supreme Court of Pakistan passed in the Al-Jehad Trust case but also against the expectancy of the senior most judge of Sindh High Court and it will demoralise the senior judges of the high courts.