Muhammad Munir
Muhammad Munir | |
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محمدمنیر | |
2nd Abdul Rashid | |
Succeeded by | Muhammad Shahabuddin |
Personal details | |
Born | 1895 British India |
Died | 1979 (aged 83–84) |
Alma mater | Government College University, Lahore |
Muhammad Munir (
Background
Munir was born into a Kakkyzai Pashtun family and obtained his degree of master's in English Literature from
Career
Munir was appointed assistant advocate-general of
Chief Justice
In 1954, Munir was made the chief justice of the Federal Court,[3] chief justice of Pakistan. Besides being the chief justice, he also remained the chairman of the Delimitation Commission from June 1956 to July 1958. He retired on 2 May 1960.[1]
Munir invoked the doctrine of necessity, validating the dissolution of the first Constituent Assembly of Pakistan. The assembly was dissolved on 24 October 1954, by Governor General Ghulam Muhammad, an alumnus of Aligarh Muslim University. He has been widely criticized for validating the dissolution, although some of the Pakistani politicians had called for its dissolution.[4]
He also validated 1958 Pakistani military coup by invoking doctrine of necessity.[5]
Writings
Justice Munir also wrote a book From Jinnah to Zia, arguing that Jinnah stood for a secular state.[6][7][8][9]
See also
References
- ^ a b Chief Justice Muhammad Munir: his life, writings, and judgements. Research Society of Pakistan. 1973. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
- ^ Chief Justice Muhammad Munir: His Life, Writings and Judgments. Research Society of Pakistan. 1973. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
- ISBN 978-0-521-89440-1. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
- ISBN 978-90-411-1775-5. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
- ^ Qazi, Sabina (27 March 2015). "Necessity as the mother of laws". Herald Magazine. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ Muhammad Munir (1980). From Jinnah to Zia. Vanguard Books. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
- ^ Muhammad Munir. Goodreads Mobile | see what your friends are reading. Goodreads.com. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
- ^ "From Jinnah to Zia". The News International. 8 April 2012. Archived from the original on 8 April 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
- ^ Hafiz Sher Muhammad. The Ahmadiyya Case. www.aaiil.org. pp. 316–. GGKEY:19TKD2GN31G. Retrieved 16 May 2013.