Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed has said that more judges would be appointed inconsultation with the lawyers.
While addressing a ceremony at the Punjab Bar Council (PBC) on Saturday, hesaid that the wall between judges and lawyers had been demolished to agreat extent, and an attempt was being made to move forward with mutualconsultation regarding the court matters. He said that both stakeholderstake each other into confidence over matters regarding courts and lawyers.
He said that various changes made in the matters of judges and lawyers wereincluded in the process of appointment of judges. More judges would beappointed with mutual consultation and “we will be successful in makingappointments of judges to the Lahore High Court,” he added.
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The chief justice said that it was the work of the Supreme Court to laydown new laws and explain them. He said that lawyers should not go violentin any situation, adding that if they did not like the decision of thejudge, they should not indulge in fighting. He congratulated the lawyers’community for abolishing the culture of the strikes. “Now we will introducemore democratic norms in our system and will move forward under them,” headded.
