A Bank of the Superior Court of Islamabad (IHC), led by the president of the Supreme Court (CJ) Sardar Mohammad Sarfraz Dogar and comprising Judge Mohammad Azam Khan, prevented Judge Tariq Mahmood Jahangiri from carrying out a judicial work to the decision of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) on the subject of his alleged false title.
A complaint related to the supposedly false title of Judge Jahangiri was presented to the SJC last year, while a request that defies his appointment was presented at the IHC earlier this year.
The matter focuses on a letter that began circulating last year on social networks, supposedly of the exam controller of the University of Karachi, with respect to the judge’s lawyer.
During today’s hearing, apart from prohibiting Judge Jahangiri to carry out a judicial work, the bank also appointed lawyers Zafarullah Khan and Ashtar Ausaf as Amici Curiae.
In addition, the Bank also sought the Attorney General’s assistance on the subject of Supplica Maintenance.
He decided that the case would remain under postponement to the SJC decision on the matter.
“The Court has to consider an important question, that if an issue is found in the postponement of the Supreme Judicial Council, it can be addressed by the superior court,” the bank observed.
At one point in the hearing, Raja Aleem Abbasi, who represented the Islamabad lawyers association, commented: “We believe in the rule of law.” He added that lawyer associations were also interested in the matter.
CJ Dogar observed during the hearing that anyone was entitled to the hearing and that the court had to consider objections in the request of the registrar’s office.
For his part, lawyer Abbasi declared that if the practice of presenting such cases became a trend, it could be “dangerous.” He argued that objections in the request should be maintained.
The Court concluded the hearing after ruling that Judge Jahangiri should be excluded from judicial work to the SJC decision.
After that, the IHC also issued a revised tax list for the judges, which is seen by Dawn.com And he does not show that Judge Jahangiri is part of any bank.
The request
The petition against Judge Jahangiri, presented under article 199 of the Constitution, seeks a court order of quo (why authority) against him, arguing that his fundamental qualification for the judicial position, a title of LLB of the University of Karachi, is “invaluted”, which represents his legal career complete and subsequent to the illegitimate appointments.
The petitioner has based its case on the official correspondence of the University of Karachi, which is attached as evidence with the plea.
The key accusations in the petition include the use of dual registration numbers, since the registration shows two different registration numbers for the LLB part-i and part II exams of Judge Jahangiri. The University of Karachi has previously stated that it is “impossible to assign two registration numbers to a student for a program.”
The registration number AIL-5968/87, which appears on the brand sheet LLB Part I of Judge Jhangiri, was officially assigned by the University to another individual, Imtiaz Ahmad, son of Muhammad Elláhi, according to the request.
In addition, the director of the Islamia Law College, Karachi, declared in a letter that a student named “Tariq Mehmood s/o Qazi Muhammad Akram”, under the registration number AIL-7124/87, was never admitted to the University for the LLB program during the relevant period, the request.
In addition, he declared that the exam controller in KU concluded in an official letter that the title and the brand leaves in question were “invalid.”
The petition argued that the appointment of a judge without the required legal qualification is not only an administrative error, but a violation of the fundamental rights of all citizens.
The petitioner has argued that the presence of a judge with a supposedly invalid degree “shakes public trust” and “tarnishes the image of the Judiciary as a neutral referee.”
It can be remembered that Judge Jahangiri is one of the five judges who challenged the transfer of Dowar justice, along with two other judges, Justice Khadim Hussain Soomro and Judge Mohammad Asif, to the IHC.
He was also among the cohort that, last year, wrote a letter to the Supreme Judicial Council, claiming interference of intelligence agencies in judicial affairs.
Days before the controversy arose on his title, Judge Jahangiri quickly listened to electoral requests against alleged rigs in the three constituencies of Islamabad.
