Parliament Passes Bills To Increase SC Judges Seats, Extend Term Of Services Chiefs
After the approval of the Federal Cabinet, the National Assembly passed the Army, Air Force, and Navy Amendment Act bill to increase the number of judges in the Supreme Court and High Court.
According to the details, in the session of the National Assembly presided over by Speaker Ayaz Sadiq, the motion to suspend the question period before the resolution was presented by the Law Minister in the National Assembly, which was approved by a majority vote.
After that, the Law Minister presented the Supreme Court Practice and Procedure Ordinance to the National Assembly for approval.
In which it has been proposed to increase the number of Supreme Court judges to 34 while the number of judges in the Islamabad High Court has been increased to 12.
During the presentation of the bill, the opposition raised slogans in the National Assembly, but during this time, the Federal Law Minister informed the House about the points of the bill and said that thousands of cases are pending in the Supreme Court registry, which It is necessary to increase the number of judges on the basis.
Along with this, the Law Minister presented the Islamabad High Court Amendment Bill 2024 in the National Assembly and said that the number of judges in the High Court is being increased from 9 to 12.
After that, the Supreme Court Practice and Procedure Act Amendment Bill 2024, the bill related to increasing the number of judges of the High Courts was also presented in the House which was approved by a majority vote.
Then Federal Minister of Defense Khawaja Asif presented the bill to amend the Pakistan Army, Pakistan Navy, and Pakistan Air Force Act in the National Assembly, which was approved by a majority vote.
During the resolution’s passage, the opposition raised a ruckus, raised noise while surrounding the speaker’s dais tore copies of the bill, and threw them, during which the members also clashed.
Extend Term Of Services Chiefs
