Nasim Hasan Shah
| Nasim Hasan Shah نسیم حسن شاہ |
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| Chief Justice of Pakistan | |
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In office 18 April 1993 – 14 April 1994 |
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| Appointed by | Ghulam Ishaq Khan |
| Preceded by | Muhammad Afzal Zullah |
| Succeeded by | Saad Saud Jan (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
15 April 1929 Lahore, British Raj (now Pakistan) |
| Died |
3 February 2015 (aged 85) London, United Kingdom |
| Alma mater |
Government College University, Lahore University of the Punjab University of Paris Hague Academy of International Law |
Nasim Hasan Shah (Urdu: نسیم حسن شاہ) (15 April 1929 – 3 February 2015) was a Pakistani judge who was Chief Justice of Pakistan. He best known for his role in the verdict against Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, the first democratically elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, a verdict resulting in death penalty that is widely believed in Pakistan to be a judicial murder.
His other notable verdict was restoration of the parliament of Pakistan dissolved by then President Ghulam Ishaq Khan. The Supreme Court held that dissolution order was based on an incorrect appreciation of the role assigned to the president and of the powers vested in him by the constitution. The Prime Minister is not answerable to the President. In fact, it is the president who is obliged to act on the advice of the Prime Minister except when he enjoys discretionary powers. An inspiring man physically 56 inches tall and 50 inches in girth, he overcame his handicap to become the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan from 17 April 1993 to 14 April 1994.After a brilliant academic career and a Doctorate of Law (with distinction) from Paris University, he had a successful legal practice when he was appointed a High Court Judge at the age of 39, and retired from Supreme Court at 65, the longest tenure by any judge in the history of the Indo-Pak subcontinent.
Nasim Hasan Shah was born in Lahore to Syed Mohsin Shah, an eminent advocate and political activist.
Perhaps the only time in Pakistans' Judicial History that a petition against a Former Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Pakistan was filed, seeking registration of a case against him on charges of abetting in the "murder" of former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. A division bench comprising Justices Sheikh Abdur Rashid and Bilal Khan held that the petition hardly qualified for processing because the judge of a bench could not be proceeded against in a case which had already been decided.
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