In the Islamabad High Court Judges’ Self-Notice Case, the hearing order was issued on April 30 following the signature of all the judges. Answers to the allegations should be submitted to the Supreme Court through the Attorney General of Pakistan.
The Supreme Court has issued an order for the hearing of the self-notice case on April 30 regarding the allegations of interference in the judiciary of 6 judges of the Islamabad High Court.
The five-page written order said that under the April 3 order, all five High Courts submitted their written responses, the Supreme Court had also sought suggestions from the Pakistan Bar Council and the Supreme Court Bar Association. have submitted their suggestions.
According to the order, the Supreme Court Bar Association said that the recommendations will be submitted till the next hearing, some other bar councils and bar associations have submitted requests to become parties in the case, the Supreme Court has only given suggestions to other parties. To the extent that the Bar Councils and Bar Associations will hear, it would be better if the Bar Councils and Bar Associations submit proposals unanimously.
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The Supreme Court in its order said that if the lawyers’ organizations might not agree, they can also submit their separate proposals, the Attorney General can also submit proposals on behalf of the federation.
The order further said that the response to the allegations leveled once morest the federal government or its subordinate agency by the 6 judges of the Islamabad High Court should be submitted by the Attorney General.
Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui was dismissed by the Supreme Judicial Council following allegations were made by him that secret agency officials tampered with the constitution of benches in the Islamabad High Court and cases in the Islamabad Accountability Court. interfere with the trial of
According to the letter, following these allegations, complaints were filed once morest Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui on behalf of the then federal government and the army chief.
It said that the Supreme Court in its recent decision said that no judge can be dismissed without an investigation by the Supreme Judicial Council. has been declared malicious.
According to the letter, Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui’s position has been won by the recent decision of the Supreme Court, but the illegal dismissal is not possible, were the officials of the secret agency really interfering in court matters at that time? The answer has not been found, if the intelligence agency officials were really involved in undermining the independence of the judiciary, how can they be held accountable so that such incidents do not happen in the future.
According to the text, following the Supreme Court’s verdict, Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui also reiterated in media interviews the demand for an investigation into the allegations of interference in judicial matters by secret agency officials.
The letter said that while the current Code of Conduct for Judges is unable to guide how judges should respond to undermining of the independence of the judiciary by agents of secret agencies, we believe that The investigation is very important whether the policy of interference in the work of the judiciary by the state is still going on, which is being implemented by the officials of the intelligence agencies.
In the letter written by the judges, the threatening incidents faced by the secret agencies to the judiciary of Islamabad were also mentioned.
The letter said that we request that a judicial convention be convened to consider the issue of interference by intelligence officials in judicial affairs and intimidation of judges to undermine the independence of the judiciary.
A day later, demands for his investigation came from various quarters, in view of which the Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faiz Isa called a full court meeting of the judges of the Supreme Court.
On March 28, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met Chief Justice Isa, where the two decided to set up a commission to investigate concerns of interference in judicial affairs following approval by the Cabinet.
On March 30, approval was given to form a one-member inquiry commission into the allegations once morest the judges of the Islamabad High Court.
More than 300 lawyers have requested the Supreme Court to take notice of the allegations of interference in judicial affairs by the intelligence apparatus under Article 184 (3) of the Constitution on the issue of the letter of 6 judges of the Islamabad High Court on March 31. What did
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2024-05-10 22:47:44
