Muhammad Munir
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Muhammad Munir |
|
|
|
|
|---|---|
| In office June 29, 1954 – May 02, 1960 |
|
| Preceded by | Abdur Rashid |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad Shahabuddin |
|
|
|
| Nationality |  Pakistani |
Muhammad Munir (1895 - 1974). After doing MA from Government College Lahore he joined Law College to earn his L.L.B. He started his career as a lawyer at Amritsar in 1921, later on he shifted to Lahore in 1922.
He was appointed Assistant Advocate-General of Punjab in 1937, and first President of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal in 1940. He was elevated to the Bench of Judicature at Lahore in 1942. In 1948 he was made the Chairman of the Pakistan Pay Commission, next year he was made the Chief Justice of Lahore High Court.
Justice Munir was appointed as the Chief Justice of Pakistan in 1954. Besides being the Chief Justice he also remained the Chairman Delimitation Commission from June 1956 to July 1958. He retired as chief Justice on 2 May 1960.
Justice Munir represented Pakistan at International Criminal Jurisdiction Committee in 1951 and was elected its Vice-Chairman, he also presided the Punjab Disturbances Court of Inquiryin 1953. He is also the author of "Principles and Digest of the Law of Evidence".
Justice Munir remained a controversial figure in the judicial history of Pakistan. He was the one who introduced the concept of "Doctrine of Necessity" validating the dismissal of Khawaja Nazimuddin's government by Governor General Ghulam Muhammad.
With the passage of time the "Doctrine of Necessity" has been used by the superior judiciary to validate the military coups in the country. Regardless, how brilliant legal brain Justice Munir could have been, that dis-service to the nation would always be remembered in black words.
| Preceded by Abdur Rashid |
Chief Justices of Pakistan | Succeeded by Muhammad Shahabuddin |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
This Pakistani biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
