salient feature of 19th amendment

[hafiz ishtiaq ahmad]

Fresh amendm*ent seeks change*s in judges’ appoin*tment proced*ure to comply with Suprem*e Court.

1- 26 changes in 6 articles
2- mostly changes related to judiciary


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[khuram_khokhar]

mainly changes are being offered in Article 175-A of the constitution under which the number of the judges in the judicial commission is going to be increased from 2 to 4. Moreover, by amending article 182 of the constitution the right of CJP to appoint adhoc judges in supreme court has been withdrawn and under this amendment the adhoc judges would be appointed by judicial Commission.

[galaxy queen]

Major amendments proposed in the bill include one increasing the strength of a judicial commission headed by the Supreme Court chief justice, which must propose the names for appointments, from existing seven to nine — including four, rather than two, senior-most judges of the apex court besides a former judge of the court to be named by the chief justice — and fixing a minimum of 15 years` experience for a lawyer to be nominated on the body by the Pakistan Bar Council, besides the federal law minister and the attorney-general.
Some other amendments provide that an eight-member Parliamentary Committee that must finally approve the appointment of judges would hold its meetings in camera, send its approval or rejection of a nomination to the prime minister instead of the president — who must finally notify an appointment — and that it would be exempted from a bar on discussing the conduct of judges in parliament.

Another amendment makes it mandatory for the chief justice to consult the judicial commission in appointing ad-hoc judges.
One amendment, unrelated to the Supreme Court ruling, raises the strength of another parliamentary committee for the appointment of a chief election commissioner to 12 from eight.


brother this is all i have read abt the recent amendment.hope it adds to ur knowledge.

[hafiz ishtiaq ahmad]

http://www.pakistani.org/pakistan/co...amendment.html