{"id":366748,"date":"2025-11-14T17:00:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T11:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=366748"},"modified":"2025-11-17T10:03:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T04:33:53","slug":"two-pakistan-supreme-court-judges-resigned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/11\/14\/two-pakistan-supreme-court-judges-resigned\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan&#8217;s Supreme Court faces shake-up as two judges resign following 27th Constitutional Amendment"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n.animate-charcter{background-image: linear-gradient(-225deg, #231557 0%, #44107a 29%, #ff1361 67%, #fff800 100%); background-size: 200% auto; -webkit-background-clip: text; -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent; animation: textclip 0s linear infinite;}\n@keyframes textclip {to {background-position: 200% center;}}\n<\/style>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">On 13-11-2025, the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">President of Pakistan<\/span> received the resignations of two sitting judges of the Supreme Court: <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Athar Minallah<\/span>. Their decision came just hours after the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">27<span style=\"vertical-align: super;\">th<\/span> Constitutional Amendment<\/span> was signed into law, a measure that dramatically reshapes the country&#8217;s judicial landscape by establishing a <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Federal Constitutional Court<\/span> (&#8216;FCC&#8217;) and stripping the Supreme Court of its authority to adjudicate constitutional questions.<\/p>\n<h3>The 27<span style=\"vertical-align: super;\">th<\/span> Constitutional Amendment:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Passed on 13-11-2025<\/span>, the Twenty-Seventh Amendment represents one of the most far-reaching constitutional revisions in Pakistan&#8217;s history. Introduced by the federal government, it seeks to recalibrate key provisions governing <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">judicial appointments<\/span>, the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">command structure of the armed forces<\/span>, and aspects of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">federal&#8212;provincial relations<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The amendment introduces sweeping changes:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Creation of the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC)<\/span> with exclusive jurisdiction over constitutional interpretation.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Transfer of all pending constitutional petitions<\/span> from the Supreme Court to the FCC.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Abolition of the Supreme Court&#8217;s <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">suo motu<\/span> powers<\/span>, historically used to protect fundamental rights.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Increase in the minimum threshold for provincial cabinets<\/span> in smaller provinces&#8212;from 11% to 13% of the assembly&#8217;s strength.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Amendments to Article 243<\/span>, redefining the federal government&#8217;s control and command of the armed forces.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Revisions to judicial appointment processes<\/span>, raising concerns about executive influence over the judiciary.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Expansion of military privileges<\/span>, including lifetime immunity and formalization of the rank of Field Marshal.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Critics argue that these changes <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">dismantle the Supreme Court&#8217;s role as the guardian of fundamental rights<\/span>, concentrating power in the executive and military, and undermining the principle of judicial independence.<\/p>\n<h3>The Resignation:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In deeply principled statements, both judges framed their resignations as acts of constitutional fidelity rather than political dissent.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah<\/span>, in his letter, described the amendment as witnessing historic scar on judiciary, he stated:<\/p>\n<p class=\"animate-charcter\" style=\"margin-left: 36pt; font-style: italic;\">&#8220;The twenty-seventh Constitutional Amendment stands as a grave assault on the Constitution of Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"animate-charcter\" style=\"margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 3%; font-style: italic;\">By fracturing the unity of nation&#8217;s apex court, it has crippled judicial independence&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Invoking his constitutional calling, he added:<\/p>\n<p class=\"animate-charcter\" style=\"margin-left: 36pt; font-style: italic;\">&#8220;I cannot protect the constitution, nor can I even judicially examine the amendment that has disfigured it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"animate-charcter\" style=\"margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 3%; font-style: italic;\">I am unable to uphold my oath sitting inside a court that has been deprived of its Constitutional role; resignation therefore becomes the only honest and effective expression of honouring my oath.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Justice Athar Minallah<\/span>, addressing the President, wrote:<\/p>\n<p class=\"animate-charcter\" style=\"margin-left: 36pt; font-style: italic;\">&#8220;Prior to the passage of the twenty-seventh Amendment, I wrote to the Chief Justice of Pakistan, expressing concerns over what its proposed features meant for our constitutional order&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"animate-charcter\" style=\"margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 3%; font-style: italic;\">The Constitution that I swore an oath to uphold and defend is no more.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">He cautioned that remaining in office would amount to <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">&#8220;silent acquiescence in a constitutional wrong&#8221;<\/span> and warned that future generations will judge those who remain complicit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"animate-charcter\" style=\"margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">&#8220;May those who judge do so in Truth.&#8221;<\/span>, his letter concluded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Tendered with immediate effect, these resignations mark a <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">constitutional crisis of unprecedented scale<\/span>, underscoring the judiciary&#8217;s struggle to preserve its independence in the face of sweeping structural changes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">Pakistan&#8217;s judiciary faced upheaval as two Supreme Court judges resigned after the 27<span style=\"vertical-align: super;\">th<\/span> 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