He enjoyed extremely high reputation as a judge. He remained the acting CJP during the 2007 judicial crisis in Pakistan, and also briefly became the acting Chief Justice of Pakistan when the incumbent Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry went on foreign tours in 2005 and 2006, and thus became the first Hindu and the second non-Muslim to serve as chief of the highest court in Pakistan.
He was highly esteemed as a judge. He acted as Chief Justice during Pakistan's judicial crisis in 2007, and also served as acting Chief Justice when Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry went on trips abroad in 2005 and 2006, becoming the first Hindu and second non-Muslim to hold this position.