Supreme Judicial Council of Pakistan

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The Supreme Judicial Council of Pakistan is a constitutional body responsible for overseeing the conduct and accountability of superior court judges in the country.

All labels observed (2)

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional body ⓘ
judicial oversight body ⓘ
aim ensure judicial accountability ⓘ
maintain integrity of superior judiciary ⓘ
canHold in-camera proceedings ⓘ
canRecommend no further action against a judge ⓘ
removal of a judge ⓘ
compositionIncludes Chief Justice of Pakistan ⓘ
two senior most Chief Justices of High Courts in Pakistan ⓘ
two senior most judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan ⓘ
constitutionalProvision Article 209 of the Constitution of Pakistan ⓘ
constitutionalRole safeguard independence of judiciary through internal accountability ⓘ
constitutionalStatus permanent constitutional body ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
decisionType recommendatory ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Pakistan 1973 ⓘ
governmentBranch judicial branch of Pakistan ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver superior judiciary of Pakistan ⓘ
jurisdiction Pakistan ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of Pakistan ⓘ
locatedIn Islamabad ⓘ
memberSelectionCriterion seniority among Chief Justices of High Courts ⓘ
seniority in Supreme Court ⓘ
nativeName سپریم جوڈیشل کونسل پاکستان ⓘ
oversees Chief Justices of High Courts in Pakistan ⓘ
Federal Shariat Court judges ⓘ
judges of the High Courts of Pakistan ⓘ
judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan ⓘ
power conduct inquiries into capacity of judges ⓘ
conduct inquiries into misconduct of judges ⓘ
recommend removal of judges to the President of Pakistan ⓘ
relatedTo Federal Shariat Court ⓘ
High Courts of Pakistan ⓘ
Supreme Court of Pakistan ⓘ
reportsTo President of Pakistan ⓘ
responsibility accountability of superior court judges ⓘ
inquiry into misconduct of judges ⓘ
oversight of superior judiciary ⓘ
recommendation of removal of judges ⓘ
sector judiciary ⓘ
subjectArea judicial accountability ⓘ
judicial discipline ⓘ
judicial ethics ⓘ
typeOfMisconduct incapacity ⓘ
misconduct ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chief Justice of Pakistan → chairs → Supreme Judicial Council of Pakistan ⓘ
judicial branch of Pakistan → overseenBy → Supreme Judicial Council of Pakistan ⓘ
Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan → canBeRemovedBy → Supreme Judicial Council of Pakistan ⓘ
subject linked to: Chief Election Commissioner
Supreme Judicial Council of Pakistan → nativeName → سپریم جوڈیشل کونسل پاکستان ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Judicial Council of Pakistan
High Courts of Pakistan → removalOfJudgesBy → Supreme Judicial Council of Pakistan ⓘ
subject linked to: High Courts