third in the seniority
ISLAMABAD
The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) has de-liberated on the elevation of Justice Aalia Neelum as the next chief justice of the LHC. Justice Shujaat Ali is the senior puisne judge in the LHC, while Justice Neelum is third in the seniority list of the LHC. Although it is not a constitutional requirement to appoint the senior puisne judge of a high court as the next chief justice, all senior puisne judges have been appointed as the CJs since the change of procedure in the appointment of supe-rior courts judges through the 18th Constitution Amendment in 2010.
