Justice Ramday not to draw salary

The respected judge wrote a letter to CJ saying that his salary cheques should be deposited in the account of Al-Mizan Foundation. — File Photo by AP 

  ISLAMABAD: Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday will not draw salary while serving as an ad hoc judge of the Supreme Court.

 Soon after taking the oath of office on Thursday, the respected judge, who retired last month but was recalled to serve on the bench for one more year, wrote a letter to Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry saying that his salary cheques should be deposited in the account of Al-Mizan Foundation, maintained for the benefit and welfare of the serving and retired employees of the Supreme Court.

“Since I accepted this office of an ad hoc judge only as the compliance of a command of the chief justice under peculiar circumstances and as an honour being conferred upon me and not for any personal glory, any material gain or any worldly benefit, therefore, I have decided to serve this cause sans salary,” says the two-page letter, the copy of which is available with Dawn.

Justice Ramday, who reached the age of superannuation on Jan 12, was member of many benches that delivered landmark verdicts, including the one against the National Reconciliation Ordinance during the hearing of which he emerged as a key judge with probing questions on corruption. He had presided over the bench that reinstated Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry after his suspension by Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf on March 9, 2007.MORE DETAILS....