The senior most judge of the Supreme Court after Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani has been appointed new Chief Justice of Pakistan.
He will take oath of his office on December 12. President Mamnoon Hussain will administer oath from the newly appointed Chief Justice of Pakistan at the President House. Talking to APP, Federal Secretary Law, Barrister Zafarullah confirmed about the notification of the new Chief Justice of Pakistan. According to biodata available on the official website of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani was born on July, 6, 1949. He did Masters in Political Science from Forman Christian College, Lahore and LL.B., from the University of Punjab, Lahore.
He completed a course in Constitutional Law from the University of London at the Institute of Advance Legal Studies. He started practice at district courts, Multan in 1974; enrolled as an Advocate of the High Court in 1976; elected as General Secretary, District Bar Association, Multan in 1976, elected Member Punjab Bar Council in 1978, and appointed Assistant Advocate General, Punjab in July, 1979. He was enrolled Advocate of the Supreme Court in 1983 and was appointed Additional Advocate General, Punjab in 1988, appointed Advocate General Punjabin 1993.
He took oath as a Judge of Lahore High Court on August 7, 1994 and was elevated as Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on July 31, 2004 where he served till the imposition of the state of Emergency on the 3rd of November, 2007. As he refused to take fresh oath, he was made dysfunctional as a Judge of the Supreme Court. After the restoration of democracy and elected Government in Pakistan, he joined as Judge of the Supreme Court in September, 2008.
He has participated and represented in number of international meetings, conferences, seminars and dialogues. Naming few amongst many are 3rd Malta Judicial Conference on Cross-Frontier Family Law Issue held from 24-26 March 2009 in St. Julian’s Malta; International Family Justice Judicial Conference for Common Law and Commonwealth Jurisdictions at Cumberland Lodge Windsor, England from 4th to 7th August, in 2009, the ‘Conference on Religious and Cultural Freedom under a Bill of Rights’ (13-15 August, 2009) organized by the University of Adelaide, Canberra, Australia World Justice Forum-II from 11-14 November, 2009, in 2010, 10th Congress International Association of Supreme Administrative Jurisdictions held in Australia from 7th to 11th March, 2010 and the International Judicial Conference on Cross-Border Family Relocation held in Washington, D.C. from 23-25 March, 2010.
He was awarded ‘Key of the City of Detroit (Michigan)’ by the Mayor at a function, on 12th of October, 2007, conferred ‘Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters’ at a special Convocation held in Southern Virginia University, Washington, he was conferred the Honorary Chair by the American Bar on its ‘The World Justice Project’ an Initiative to promote the rule of law the world over. In July, 2008, he was invited by the American Bar Association to receive the ‘2008 Rule of Law Award’ on behalf of those Judges of Pakistan who demonstrated courage in upholding the ‘Rule of Law’ in the country. He is Co-chair of the Hague Conference Mediation Committee in Family International Law. -App
