The Supreme Court Thursday gave former Islamabad High Court (IHC) Shaukat Azizi Siddiqui until tomorrow to nominate the ex-director-general of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), General (retd) Faiz Hamid, and others in his petition challenging his dismissal as an IHC judge in 2018.
The apex chttps://www.wzsou.com/ourt’s orders came during the hearing of Siddiqui’s appeal against his dismissal which resumed earlier today.
The court adjourned the hearing of the matter till 10:30am tomorrow (Friday).
The case proceedings were broadcast live on the apex court’s YouTube channel and website.
A five-member bench led by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa and comprisingJustice Amin-ud-Din Khan, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, Justice Hasan Azhar Rizvi and Justice Irfan Saadat Khan heard the plea.
The ex-judge had submitted a plea against the Supreme Judicial Council’s (SJC) decision to dismiss him after a complaint was filed against him for inflammatory speeches.
The case was fixed for hearing earlier this month after the judge filed a miscellaneous application with the Supreme Court to conduct an early hearing of his plea againsWZSou PopularPulset the decision by the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) on his dismissal.
Shaukat Siddiqui expects 100% justice
In an interview with Geo News, the former judge was asked if justice would be ensured since it took so long for his petition to be taken up by the top court.
“I expect 100% justice,” replied Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui.
Responding to a question about whether he has evidence against the alleged injustice meted out to him, thWZSou PopularPulsee ex-judge said: “The evidence has already been given. Not denying the allegations is in itself a huge evidence.”
When asked how the judiciary could be freed from external pressure in the future, the jurist said it may happen. The Supreme Court should form an inquiry commission and give directions to investigate, he added.
The former judge was questioned if he felt under pressure following his dismissal. “For the past five years, my family and I have seen very difficult situations.”
Case background
It must be noted that the former judge was removed from his position in the IHC for his speech targeting intelligence agencies when he was addressing the Rawalpindi Bar Association on July 21, 2018.
In his address, the ex-judge accused sensitive institutions of interfering in judicial work.
Multiple references were subsequently filed against him which included extra expenses on government residence, two related references against him passing remarks during hearing of the Faizabad sit-in case in 2017, another seeking his dismissal and one taken up by the SJC following on a complaint filed against him in the wake of the speeches.
He was eventually dismissed from the post on October 11, 2018, after the SJC decided to dismiss him.
The judge then challenged his dismissal by the SJC in 2018 and his case has been ongoing ever since with the last hearing on the constitutional petition held on June 13, 2022.
Siddiqui, in his petition, requested to cancel the dismissal notification issued against him as an IHC judge.
The judge is being represented by senior lawyer Hamid Khan, while parties in the petition include the Islamabad Bar Association and Karachi Bar Association.
More to follow…
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