Islamabad:- The Supreme Court continued the hearing on the suo motu case filed by six judges of the Islamabad High Court related to the letter seeking interference in the proceedings of the country’s intelligence agency.
In a televised hearing, a six-member bench led by the Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Faez Isa will consider the recommendations made by the high court judge.
Pakistan’s Attorney General Mansoor Usman Anwar is expected to offer a response to the Supreme Court’s allegations of interference by the country’s intelligence agencies in the country’s judicial affairs.
“The truth has been hidden for 76 years,” Judge Athar Minallah said during the hearing.
Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail said the government did not do anything that would be considered to interfere with the judicial process.
In the previous hearing, the judges of the Islamabad High Court and the provincial high court submitted their recommendations to the apex court.
The court ordered that this recommendation be made public.
The court said that if the secret agency wants to respond, it can send its response through the AGP.
It has also asked the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) and others to submit their responses containing recommendations on the matter by May 7.
The six judges of the suo motu case include CJP Isa, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, Justice Musarrat Hilali, Justice Athar Minallah, Justice Jamal Mandokhail and Justice Naeem Akhtar Afnan.
IHC DESIGN
On April 27, the Islamabad High Court delivered its recommendations/recommendations after a full hearing of six high court judges following complaints of interference by intelligence agencies in legal proceedings.
The IHC judges unanimously recommended that all civil, assembly and high court judges should report to their respective senior judges in case of obstruction.
The proposal states that the judge must report the disorder within seven days of being found guilty.
In cases of harassment, the proposal requires a civil judge to report to a bench judge, who in turn reports to a high court judge. Ultimately, the examining judge will refer the matter to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
The judges told the high court management committee to take the final decision on whether to handle the matter administratively or judicially.
The proposal states that the administrative committee, considering the seriousness of the matter, can refer the matter to the full court, and ultimately the high court can decide the case of contempt of court in the institutional agreement.
Letter from the judge
On March 25, six judges of the Islamabad High Court wrote to the Supreme Judicial Council about “intelligence interference in the judicial process”.
These judges include Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kiyani, Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri, Justice Babar Sattar, Justice Sardar Ejaz Yshaq Khan, Justice Arbab Muhammad Tahir and Justice Saman Rafat Imtiaz.
In April, the Supreme Court took suo motu notice and said a full bench would be constituted to hear the matter.
Last week, IHC Chief Justice Adalat Farooq convened a meeting of all IHC judges where they jointly drafted recommendations.
