Judicial Commission for judges appointment challenged in SC

Formation of the Judicial Commission proposed in the 18th Amendment for the appointment of judges has been challenged in the Supreme Court (SC) on Saturday, Dunya News reported. Senior Advocate Akram Sheikh filed the petition on behalf of Advocate Nadeem. It is maintained in the plea that the Constitution gives guarantee of freedom of judiciary but the formation of judicial commission and the parliamentary committee for the appointment of judges directly clashes with basic structure of the Constitution. The petitioner has requested that the judicial commission and the parliamentary committee should be declared void ab initio. The Federation, Law and Justice Ministry, Speaker and Chairman Senate have been made party in the petition.