If a judge is influenced by social media, he violates his oath: Justice Athar

Supreme Court judge Justice Athar Manullah has said that if the covenant had not been violated, Pakistan would not have been created in 1971. He said that everyone should criticize but should also trust the judiciary, while social media should not influence judges, if a judge takes the influence of social media, then he…

Addressing a workshop in Islamabad, Justice Athar Minullah said that if a critic trusts the same court, it is a test of the judiciary. Everyone should criticize but also trust the judiciary, while social media should not influence judges. Indeed, if a judge takes the influence of social media, he violates his oath.

He said that if the agreement had not been violated, Pakistan would not have been established in 1971. Are we standing on the principle today? Everyone should ask themselves where we are heading, in the age of technology states cannot control expression.

Justice Athar Manullah said that someone is punished here even before the crime is proven. I asked Mali that there is truth around you. Mali said that nowadays there is no era of truth but everyone knows the truth.

He further said that when the issue of 18th Amendment was raised, many forces were against it. I was asked by a court reporter what the Supreme Court will do on the 18th Amendment. Yes, I had said that I will resign if the 18th amendment is repealed. It was reported that Athar Minullah threatened the court.