ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Law and Justice Farooq H Naek Sunday reiterated the firm commitment of Pakistan People’s Party with regard to reinstatement of the deposed judges. Talking to private TV channel on Sunday, he said the constitution only talks about the appointment of judges (article 193 and 197) with respect to the high court judges but it does not talk about the reinstatement. “PPP and its Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari are always committed to reinstatement of the deposed judges,” he added.
He said there were divergent views whether the word ‘reinstatement’ should be used in the notification that would be issued on the basis of the resolution to be passed by the joint session of the parliament or the word “appointment” should be used as it has been mentioned in the constitution. He said there was complete unanimity of views among the coalition partners about seniority and back benefits of the judges as laid down in the rules and regulations. “They should be awarded their seniority and pensionary benefits,” he added. Farooq Naek said many things were discussed with PML-N during talks on the issue of judiciary and there was only difference over the modalities regarding reinstatement of the deposed judges.
Elaborating, he said under the Judges Act-1997 the number of judges is 17 and if existing and deposed judges are counted it goes to 27, which needs amendment in the act to accommodate all judges. So, PPP discussed with PML-N what the best way to accommodate all judges was and it was agreed that there should be legislation and accordingly a bill would be tabled in the National Assembly and the Senate for amendment in the Judges Act-1997, he said. Adopting the set-procedure takes some time, he said adding that the PPP was committed to reinstatement of the deposed judges but through constitutional and legal way.-SANA
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