ISLAMABAD, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP): Supreme Court judge Justice
Amir Hani Muslim would retire on March 31 after serving in
top court for six years.
Justice Hani hailS from Kotri District Dadu Sindh, was
born on April 1, 1952. He was appointed as judge Sindh High
Court in August 2002 and was among those judges, who refused
to take oath under the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO)
of November 2007.
Justice Hani was elevated as the Supreme Court judge in
February 2011.
Justice Hani is at number three in the seniority list and
being considered as one of those judges who is leaving behind
his legacy by authoring landmark judgments for streamlining
the civil service structure of the country.
Thousands of federal and provincial governments’ employees
have been either demoted or repatriated to their parents
departments due to his rulings during the last four years.
The outgoing judge is still adjudicating cases regarding
illegal appointments in different departments, especially in
the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
In September 2016, Justice Hani annulled dozens of
appointments in the Islamabad High Court as illegal, and
observed that the then chief justice and high court’s
administration committee have completely disregarded
their mandate in making these appointments.
In May 2013, he authored a comprehensive judgment, wherein
all out-of-turn promotions, deputations, absorptions and
reappointments were declared as illegal in Sindh and declared
that no police personnel or civil servant is entitled to
out-of-turn promotion on account of gallantry award or
otherwise.
Last year, a bench, led by Justice Hani, initiated
proceedings regarding compliance of its verdict in the
governments at the centre and in other three provinces.
The compliance reports were sought by different federal
and provincial departments.
In July, the Punjab police told the Supreme Court that
it had withdrawn 10,884 out-of-turn promotions of officers
in different ranks. The IG Punjab submitted that out-of-turn
promotions granted to 66 DSPs had been withdrawn.
Later, the senior police official challenged Justice
Hani’s verdict but their review petitions were rejected.
Likewise, around 40 officials in the Capital Development
Authority (CDA) have already been repatriated to their parent
departments due to his bench’s proceedings.
Last week, he authored a comprehensive verdict on the
provision of clean water in Sindh.
Last year, Justice Hani also restrained all four provincial
chief ministers to appoint assistant commissioners on the
quota system.