Pakistan is ready to get its first female Supreme Court decide – Justice Ayesha Malik of the Lahore High Court.
The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) headed via way of means of Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed on Thursday permitted the elevation of Justice Ayesha Malik via way of means of a majority of 5 votes in opposition to 4, suggested Dawn.
It is essential to notice that this became the second one time the JCP held a assembly to determine on Justice Ayesha Malik’s elevation. Her call became first taken up for dialogue on September nine closing 12 months however later rejected due to a tie of 4 votes in opposition to 4.
Abdul Latif Afridi, president of Pakistan’s Supreme Court Bar Association, had even known as for a national protest in opposition to her call being taken into consideration. Justice Malik is junior to many judges serving withinside the country’s 5 excessive courts, Afridi had instructed the media.
On Thursday, the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) had threatened to boycott the courts if the JPC cleared Justice Ayesha Malik’s call for elevation.
However, the Judicial Commission of Pakistan’s advice will now be taken into consideration via way of means of a parliamentary committee. In maximum cases, this committee consents with the JCP’s advice, this means that that Justice Ayesha Malik is now one step toward turning into Pakistan’s first female Supreme Court decide.
Who is Justice Ayesha Malik?
An LLM graduate from Harvard Law School, Justice Ayesha Malik became a companion at a main company and industrial regulation organization earlier than her elevation to the Lahore High Court as a decide in 2012. She is presently the fourth senior-maximum decide withinside the Lahore High Court.
She is understood for her field and integrity and has determined on some of key constitutional issues, such as the announcement of belongings in elections, bills to sugarcane growers, and the enforcement of global arbitration in Pakistan.
If extended to Pakistan’s Supreme Court, Justice Ayesha Malik will function an Apex courtroom docket decide till June 2031. Interestingly, earlier than retiring on the age of sixty five in 2031, Justice Ayesha Malik can be the senior-maximum serving decide on Pakistan’s Supreme Court and will even grow to be the primary female Chief Justice of Pakistan.