JSC to show Civil Court samples of its extra-constitutional complaints procedure
22 Dec 2010, 2:36 PM
Azra Naseem
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has been asked by Civil Court to provide examples of its use of a self-modified procedure for investigating complaints against the judiciary as an alternative to Constitutional stipulations, in defence against allegations of negligence.
The JSC is currently defending itself against allegations of professional negligence made by Treasure Island Limited, which accuses the Commission of failing in its Constitutional duty to uphold ethical and disciplinary standards of the judiciary.
Judge Nihayath, who is overseeing the case, asked the JSC yesterday to submit “two or three” examples to Civil Court in order to demonstrate how a proposed alternative to Constitutional procedure was being used to deal with complaints.
Judge Nihayath has not yet received an answer from the JSC to her inquiry about the number of complaints the commission has received and agreed to cancel a hearing scheduled for this morning until December 27, 2010.
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