Supreme Court’s Justice Mansoor Ali Shah on Tuesday said that the essence of judicial independence was found in “resisting authoritarian overreach” at the time of its occurrence. The judge’s observation was made in his detailed additional note on the court’s March 6 ruling on the murder trial of former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. The Supreme Court had observed that the trial under the 1979 … Continue reading Judicial independence’s essence in resisting authoritarian overreach at time it occurs: Justice Shah