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Thursday, June 30, 2011

SC disposes off Sajjad Ali Shah post retirement benefits case

Supreme Court on Wednesday disposed off the case regarding the post retirement benefits of the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Justice Sajjad Ali Shah.

An eleven member bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry conducted the hearing of the case. Court ordered to remove any doubt present in this regard.
Former chief justice Sajjad Ali Shah maintained that he is being granted the benefits of an ordinary judge instead of chief justice.
Attorney General justyice (retd) Maulvi Anwarul Haq presented a government report before the court which said that Sajjad Ali Shah would be given the benefits of chief justice.
Sajjad Ali Shah had filed a review petition in Supreme Court asking for additional benefits of a former chief justice along with pension to be granted to him. SANA