On Tuesday night, the Federal Cabinet gave its approval to the Supreme Court Amendment Bill 2023, which transfers the Suo-Motu powers to the committee.
The proposed bill will eventually be presented in the National Assembly.
The decision to grant a right of appeal on Suo-Motu was made at the cabinet meeting, which was presided over by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
The Suo-Motu notice will be decided by the Supreme Court’s three senior-most judges, according to the proposed bill.
The Suo-Motu decision is subject to an appeal, which may be made within 30 days of the decision’s publication. The appeal’s hearing date must be set within 14 days of the appeal’s filing.
The bureaucracy was instructed to leave the room just before the meeting began, and the cabinet began to discuss a one-point agenda.
Law Minister Azam Nazir Tarar, Attorney General Mansoor Usman Awan, Rana Tanveer Hussain, and other ministers also participated in the meeting.
Shazia Marree of the PPP attempted to enter the cabinet meeting, but security personnel prevented her from doing so because she was carrying a purse and electronic devices. She retorted angrily, “Her absence should be marked,” in response.
Umar Ata Bandial is a Pakistani jurist who currently serves as the 28th silent Chief Justice of Pakistan. His appointment as the new Chief Justice was approved by President Arif Alvi on 13 January 2022, after which he assumed his office on 2 February 2022.
He has been a Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan since 17 June 2014. Prior to his appointment to the Supreme Court, he served as a Justice of the Lahore High Court from 1 June 2012 to 16 June 2014.
Bandial will serve as the Chief Justice of Pakistan for one year, six months, and 25 days from 2 February 2022, until his retirement on 16 September 2023
