ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Registrar Dr Faqir Hussain has rejected an impression that the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) of 2007 might have been discussed at the June 6 meeting between President Asif Ali Zardari and Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry.
'It is against judicial propriety to discuss anything like the NRO during a meeting,’ Dr Hussain said at a press conference held here on Friday on the situation relating to backlog of cases one month into the enforcement of the National Judicial Policy.
'Knowing the character of the chief justice, it is incorrect to suggest that any discussion took place on the NRO,’ he said.
The meeting was held on the occasion of the administration of oath to the chief justice of the Federal Shariat Court.
‘The chief justice and all the judges were invited and perhaps the occasion warranted attending the ceremony, otherwise it could have been perceived negatively,’ the registrar said, adding: ‘That was all.’
Regarding the meetings of the chief justice with US Special Envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke and other diplomats, he said they were courtesy calls requests for which had been received through the Foreign Office.
The Foreign Office gave a go-ahead for the meetings when its advice was sought. The Supreme Court office also issued press releases in this regard.
The registrar said the number of cases in the superior and subordinate courts had dropped to 1,650,005 on June 30 from 1,713,486 on May 31, despite institution of 266,641 new cases.
He said that about 10 complaints of corruption against members of subordinate judiciary had been received and forwarded to the registrars of the high courts concerned.
When asked why was the chief justice of the Islamabad High Court not invited to a two-day judicial conference on the implementation of the policy, Dr Hussain said the IHC had not yet been included in the statute.
He said 160 judges working under the executive had been repatriated and posted by the high courts in compliance with the policy to recall such judges.
He said the number of cases pending with the Supreme Court had declined to 17,390 from 18,392 despite institution of 1,920 new cases during the past month
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