The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) has approved changes in the judges’ code of conduct.
According to a declaration issued in this connection on Saturday, judges of the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) as well as of other superior courts would not be able to attend political and diplomatic functions without the prior approval of their concerned chief justices.
Presided over by CJP Yahya Afridi, who is also chairperson of the SJC, the meeting also considered 10 complaints in accordance with Article 209 of the Constitution against different judges of the superior judiciary and later disposed of the business at the agenda.
The meeting of the reconstituted council, held at the Conference Room of the SC, was attended by FCC Chief Justice Aminuddin Khan, Supreme Court judges Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, FCC judge Justice Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi, LHC Chief Justice Aalia Neelum, PHC Chief Justice S.M. Attique Shah, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Ayesha A. Malik, FCC judges Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Ali Baqar Najafi, as substituted members.
