Lawyer wants contempt of court for not writing ‘Honourable’ before Chief Justice's name

Advocate Afaq Ahmed has filed a contempt of court application in Lahore High Court on the matter of not righting “Honourable” before the Chief Justice in a notification pertaining to the appointment of new judges.

Lahore High Court’s Justice Farooq Haider chaired the proceedings of the office objection on the petition of Afaq Ahmed Advocate.

The petition was filed against Secretary of Judicial Commission Niaz Muhammad Khan. The petitioner in the case stated that writing “Honourable” before the name of the Chief Justice is a legal requirement. However, it was skipped in the notification for the appointment of new judges, making it disrespectful. 

Thus, the petition requested the contempt of court proceedings to be initiated against the Secretary Judicial Commission for issuing an ambiguous notification.

While hearing the case, the court directed the Advocate General Punjab to provide judicial assistance on the matter of not writing ‘Honorable’ before the name of the Chief Justice in the notification for the appointment of new judges.

The Advocate General will be assisting in the light of the decision of the higher judiciary.

 Meanwhile, the Lahore High Court’s Registrar's Office objected to the application and emphasised that the notification was issued correctly and the application was inadmissible.