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Summary SC has been endeavoring to uphold the supremacy of the Constitution and the Rule of Law, said CJP.
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said that they acknowledged and recognized the Parliament’s stance of non-validating the unconstitutional actions of the dictator.The CJP said this in his farewell address at full court reference on the eve of retirement of Justice Ghulam Rabbani here Wednesday.Commending the services rendered by Justice Ghulam Rabbani, he said Justice Rabbani has earned great respect not only amongst his fellow judges at the bench, but also in the Bar and the litigant public alike through his gentle nature, legal acumen, felicity of expression, probity and competency.He went on to say it is generally said that judges are known by their judgments; the judgments of Justice Rabbani are true manifestation of his accurate perception, deep knowledge, wide experience and rationality of expression.Justice Rabbani was the member of the Bench which decided the case of Sindh High Court Bar Association v. Federation of Pakistan. This judgment has indeed laid the foundation of new era of constitutional supremacy, rule of law and fair dispensation of justice.Justice Rabbani stood firm in all testing moments, such as the day of emergency on 3rd November, 2007, when a seven member Bench of this Court, for the first time in the history of this country defied a dictator, who arbitrarily removed and sent packing scores of independent-minded judges, CJP remarked.
