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" TAKING OVER CEREMONY OF MR TAKING OVER CEREMONY OF MR. JUSTICE FALAK SHER AS CHIEF JUSTICE LAHORE HIGH COURT   ADDRESS BY   Syed Muhammad Kalim Ahmad Khurshid, President, Lahore High Court Bar Association   Worthy Chief Justice, Honourable Judges of the Lahore High Court, Lahore and respected Members of the Bar, Ladies and Gentlemen!   It is said that we have assembled here to congratulate the Chief Justice on the assumption of his highest judicial office in the Province but I have my own reservation because if Mansab‑e‑Qaza would have been such an easy job the ever great jurist Imam‑i Abu Hanifa would not have refused to accept this office and Saint like Juniaid Baghdadi would not have been hesitant to do so. I can only pray for the success of the new Chief Justice. The Judiciary is in a high sense the guardian of the conscience of the people as well as the laws of the land.   2. Hazrat Ali. had written a letter to Malak Ashtar in the following terms "select such persons who do not justify their mistake, who would not be led away by suspicion and who are courageous and impartial in their judgements, he is brave enough if he realises his fault then he should be ready to rectify the same, who do not get intoxicated by flattery". No doubt such people are not in abundance.   3. The Constitutional Courts are being pressurized by the executive on this so‑called version that justice delayed is justice denied while justice must be administered at every cost and if justice is rushed then justice is crushed but at the same time inordinate delay in disposal of cases can be avoided especially many bail petitions are pending in this Hon'ble Court from time immemorial and the High Court Bar expects that every bail…