New seniority list of Lahore High Court judges issued

Staff Reporter
LAHORE: The new list of Lahore High Court Judges Thursday stating the ranks from number one to 42 based on seniority was compiled and issued.
According to the details, the seniority of the Chief Justice and three other judges remained constant while the seniority of the remaining 39 increased in the list.
The total number of judges in the Lahore High Court is 42, while the number of vacancies in the High Court is 18. The new list of seniority of judges was compiled after the alleviation of Justice Shahid Waheed to the Supreme Court.
Chief Justice High Court Muhammad Ameer Bhatti maintained his status of being the senior most on the list. He is followed by Justice Malik Shehzad Ahmed Khan is the second and Justice Shujaat Ali Khan has been ranked third on the list.
Justice Ali Baqir Najafi came to fourth place in seniority after an increase in his seniority rank.
Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan came on the fifth rank with an increase in his seniority. The seniority of Justice Alia Neelam also increased by one rank and she came sixth in the seniority of judges.
Justice Abid Aziz Shaikh’s seniority also increased, he came to the seventh position and will be included in the Administrative Committee of Lahore High Court.
Justice Chaudhry Muhammad Masood Jahangir is eighth in the seniority of judges, Justice Sadaqat Ali Khan is ninth while Justice Shams Mehmood Mirza was ranked 10th, Justice Syed Shahbaz Ali Rizvi was ranked 11th, and Justice Shahid Jameel Khan was ranked 12th.