Judicial reform bill passed in National Assembly

Islamabad: The National Assembly approved the Supreme Court Practice and Procedure Bill 2023 containing judicial reforms.

According to the details, the Supreme Court Rules and Regulations Bill 2023 was approved by a majority vote, Prime Minister Nazir Tarar said that Article 184 was used freely, it is time for the Parliament to play its role.

In the Supreme Court Practice and Procedure Bill, it has been proposed to do away with the Chief Justice's power of automatic notice.

Earlier, the Standing Committee on Law and Justice of the National Assembly approved this bill. According to this bill, the Judges Committee will not constitute a bench of less than 5 members on cases of constitutional interpretation.

Chief Justice of Pakistan did not have the right to appeal in Sumoto, now under the Sumoto notice, accused persons convicted in past cases will be able to appeal within 30 days. will be able to

This amendment was presented in the National Assembly by Mohsin Dawar, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari opposed this amendment, but later Bilawal Bhutto was convinced to support this amendment.

After the amendment, lawyer can now be changed in sumoto (spontaneous notice), the bench in constitutional and legal matters will consist of at least five judges, the right of appeal will also be available in cases pending in the courts.

The Law Minister said that Article 184 was used freely, Iftikhar Chaudhry used the self-notice freely, Saqib Nisar crossed the limits, it was a long-standing demand of the lawyers' community, now the Supreme Court judges also. has said

It should be noted that the bill for the welfare and protection of lawyers has also been approved in the National Assembly.