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Recent News and Updates of Supreme Court of Pakistan, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry, Aitzaz Ahsan, Ali Ahmed Kurd, Munir A Malik, Justice Tariq Mahmood, Lawyers Movement.

 

 

 

 

Judiciary completes 100 days of restoration

POSTED: MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009

 

ISLAMABAD: The completion of 100 days of restoration of Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and other Judges, after an epic struggle of the lawyers community, supported by the civil society. The struggle had been very peaceful, organized and carried out in a disciplined manner. The people and especially the litigant parties suffered hardships due to the disruption of the judicial system on account of the illegal/unconstitutional acts leading to the removal of independent-minded judges in the Supreme Court as well as high courts.The people suffered delays in disposal of cases but maintained composure as they knew that the struggle had been for high objectives of supremacy of the Constitution, rule of law and independence of judiciary.

 

296 prisoners released, 1,293 benefit from SC judgment

POSTED: THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2009

 

KARACHI: As many as 296 convicts have been released while some 1,293 were able to obtain remission benefits from different prisons in Sindh in light of a landmark Supreme Court (SC) judgment regarding prisoners’ remissions. Following the SC’s judgment, around 132 prisoners, who were jailed in different prisons of Sindh and sentenced to life imprisonment by the trial courts, have been released while 146 prisoners who were awarded sentences other than life imprisonment were released by the jail authorities. As many as 46 women in Karachi, Hyderabad, Larkana and Sukkur prisons were provided remission benefit while five women have been released from Karachi women’s prison who were sentenced to life and other sentences. Some seven juvenile prisoners of Karachi and Hyderabad prisons benefited regarding their remissions. According to the report, 364 prisoners of Karachi prison, 538 of Hyderabad, 103 of Malir, 88 of Sukkur-1, 26 of Sukkur-II, 65 of Larkana, 42 of Khairpur, 9 of Sanghar have benefited from the SC’s order.