The Supreme Court has agreed to the appointment of a Sharia consultant for the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC), the body tasked to screen and vet nominees for vacant judicial posts.In a one-page resolution, the high court sitting en banc approved a letter made by one of its members, Associate Justice Marvic Leonen, requesting that a jurisconsult in Islamic Law be tapped for the JBC."The Court Resolved to Approve in principle the appointment of a Shari'a consultant for the JBC and a Jurisconsult in Islamic Law," the SC said in its resolution. ...
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