ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court (SC) senior puisne judge Justice Mansoor Ali Shah has said he would not become part of the special bench until and unless a full court was formed on the amendments ordinance.
Justice Mansoor Ali Shah wrote a new letter to Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa on October 23. The letter was written to the Chief Justice as the head of the Practice and Procedure Committee.
In the letter, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah apologized for sitting on the special bench and said that he had written earlier that he will not be a part of the special benches until the full court sits on the amendment ordinance.
Justice Mansoor Ali Shah's letter also quotes Sir Thomas More, "I think that when statesmen forsake their own private conscience for the sake of their public duties, they lead their country by a short route to chaos."
He wrote that “While we are in power, we often forget that the people of this country are watching our actions, history never forgives”.
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Earlier, Justice Yahya Afridi, the designated Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP), on Wednesday held separate meetings with the current CJP, Justice Qazi Faez Isa, and senior judge Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, in their chambers.
Sources indicate that the two judges met in Justice Isa’s chamber, where the CJP congratulated Justice Afridi on his upcoming appointment.
ustice Afridi also visited the chamber of Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, where Shah’s staff extended their congratulations to him.
