Justice Shams Mehmood Mirza on Saturday tendered his resignation as a judge of the Lahore High Court (LHC), becoming the first judge to resign from any high court after the contentious 27th Constitutional Amendment was enacted into law.

According to family sources, his resignation letter stated that in light of the latest amendment to the Constitution, he could not continue in good conscience.

Justice Mirza was appointed as an additional judge of the LHC in March 2014, and his superannuatio

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