The new list of Lahore High Court Judges Thursday stating the ranks fromnumber one to 42 based on seniority was compiled and issued.
According to the details, the seniority of the Chief Justice and threeother judges remained constant while the seniority of the remaining 39increased in the list.
The total number of judges in the Lahore High Court is 42, while the numberof vacancies in the High Court is 18. The new list of seniority of judgeswas compiled after the alleviation of Justice Shahid Waheed to the SupremeCourt.
Chief Justice High Court Muhammad Ameer Bhatti maintained his status ofbeing the senior most on the list. He is followed by Justice Malik ShehzadAhmed Khan is the second and Justice Shujaat Ali Khan has been ranked thirdon the list.
Justice Ali Baqir Najafi came to fourth place in seniority after anincrease in his seniority rank.
Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan came on the fifth rank with an increase in hisseniority. The seniority of Justice Alia Neelam also increased by one rankand she came sixth in the seniority of judges.
Justice Abid Aziz Shaikh’s seniority also increased, he came to the seventhposition and will be included in the Administrative Committee of LahoreHigh Court.
Justice Chaudhry Muhammad Masood Jahangir is eighth in the seniority ofjudges, Justice Sadaqat Ali Khan is ninth while Justice Shams Mehmood Mirzawas ranked 10th, Justice Syed Shahbaz Ali Rizvi was ranked 11th, andJustice Shahid Jameel Khan was ranked 12th.
The seniority of Justice Faisal Zaman Khan also increased, he came to the13th position in the seniority rank list. Justice Masood Abid Naqvi isranked 14th, Justice Shahid Karim is ranked 15th, Justice Mirza Waqas Raufis ranked 16th while Justice Chaudhry Muhammad Iqbal came 17th, JusticeShahram Sarwar Chaudhry 18th, Justice Muhammad Sajid Mehmood Sethi came19th.
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Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar was ranked 20th, Justice Asjad JavedGhural 21st in the seniority list of judges while Justice Tariq SaleemSheikh came 22nd, Justice Jawad Hasan 23rd, Justice Muzamil Akhtar Shabbircame 24th.
Justice Chaudhry Abdul Aziz was ranked 25th, Justice Anwar-ul-Haq Pannu wasranked 26th whereas Justice Farooq Haider was ranked 27th, Justice MuhammadWaheed Khan was ranked 28th, and Justice Risal Hasan Syed was ranked 29thin the list of senior judges
Justice Asim Hafeez came on the 30th rank, Justice Sadiq Mahmood Khurram31st, Justice Shakeel Ahmed came 32nd and Justice Safdar Saleem Shahid cameon the 33rd rank.
Justice Nadeem Arshad came on the 34th rank in the list and Justice TariqNadeem came 35th in seniority of judges.
The 36th rank was taken by Justice Muhammad Amjad Rafique while JusticeAbid Hussain took the 37th and Justice Anwar Hussain 38th.
Justice Ali Zia Bajwa’s seniority also increased by one rank taking him tothe 39th position.
Justice Sultan Tanveer was ranked 40th, Justice Mohammad Raza Qureshi wasranked 41st and Justice Raheel Kamran Shaikh was ranked 42nd in the list.
