LHC Judge Shams Mehmood Mirza tenders resignation

LAHORE:  In a recent development, Lahore High Court Justice Shams Mehmood Mirza has also tendered his resignation as a Judge of the high court.

He has sent his resignation to the President of Pakistan for Approval. Justice Shams Mirza vacated his chamber.

Justice  Mirza was eligible for transfer after the 27th Constitutional Amendment. He was a member of the Administrative Committee of the Lahore High Court.

Justice Shams took oath as an Additional Judge of the Lahore High Court on March 22, 2014, and he was to retire in 2028.

Justice Shams Mahmood Mirza is the son of former Supreme Court judge Justice Zia Mahmood Mirza.

A reference was also filed in the Supreme Judicial Council by the public prosecutor against him in January this year.

Earlier, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Athar Minallah tendered their resignations as judges of the Supreme Court.

Senior Supreme Court judge Justice Mansoor Ali Shah has sent his 13-page resignation to the President.

Justice Mansoor Ali Shah had expressed reservations about the 27th Constitutional Amendment and had also written two letters to Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Yahya Afridi in this regard.

Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, while submitting his resignation to the President, has taken the position that the Supreme Court has been dealt a serious blow through the 27th Amendment, and this is an attack on the Constitution.

He said that with the constitutional amendment, justice has become distant from the common man, and he has become helpless in the face of weak power. This amendment has made the judiciary subordinate to the government.

Justice Mansoor Ali Shah also included poems by Ahmed Faraz in the resignation sent to the President.

He wrote that by dividing the country’s highest court and violating the independence of the judiciary, the country has been pushed back decades.

Justice Mansoor Ali Shah took the position that history is a witness that such changes in the structure of the constitutional order do not prove to be long-lasting, and reform is a sure thing, but the scars left by it cannot be healed.