(Rozeena Ali) The points of the government’s draft related to the constitutional amendments have come out, the government has shared the formula for the formation of the federal constitutional court with the political parties.
According to reports, the government has prepared the structure for the formation of the Federal Constitutional Court, in the proposed amendment it is said that the Federal Constitutional Court will consist of 7 members including the Chief Justice, the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court, the two most senior judges will be members. A retired judge will nominate the Chief Justice of the new court, the Minister of Law, the Attorney General, Pakistan, a representative of the Bar Council will be included, 2 members from both the Government and the Opposition will be taken from both the Houses, the Provincial Courts will be the Chief Justice, the Provincial Minister It will consist of a representative of the Law and Bar Council, after consultation on the name of a person qualified to be a judge, the Prime Minister will send the matter to the President.
The remaining members of the Federal Constitutional Court will be appointed by the President in consultation with the Chief Justice, the names of the Chief Justice and judges will be given to the Prime Minister through the parliamentary committee, the age of the judge will be 40 years, 3 years of court experience and 10 years of legal experience will be mandatory. The Federal Constitutional Council will be established for the dismissal of any judge, the President will give the final approval for the dismissal of any judge, the decision of the Federal Constitutional Court will not be challenged in any court, the decisions of the four provincial constitutional courts can be appealed to the Federal Court. It will be possible, the appointment of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court will also be done through an 8-member parliamentary committee, the appointment of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court will be done from among the three most senior judges, the positions of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the Federal Constitutional Court. The term of office will be for three years, the age of the Chief Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court will be 68 years.