Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry ousted Gillani and his government on April 26, 2012. He retired on 12 December 2013 as Chief Justice. Chaudhry's legacy is described as having "repurposed a once supine judiciary as a fiercely independent force", but he has also been criticized for judicial overreach and allegations of misuse of office. On 25 December 2015, Chaudhry announced the formation of the Pakistan Justice Democratic Critic Party headed by himself. Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was born on 12 December 1948 into Punjabi Rajput family in Quetta, Baluchistan Province, Pakistan. His father, Chaudhry Jan Muhammad, was a police constable. Before the independence in 1947 Chaudhry
Minister of Justice (New Zealand) Court and Minister of Corrections. The former has since been absorbed back into the Justice portfolio, but the latter is still independent. Minister of Justice (New Zealand) The Minister of Justice (in Māori: "Tāhū o te Ture") is a minister in the government of New Zealand. The minister has responsibility for the formulation of justice policy and for the administration of law courts. The current Minister of Justice is Andrew Little. The previous Minister of Justice, Amy Adams (politician), a member of the National Party, resigned from her ministerial positions on 26 October 2017, following a change in government, with