Pak Lawyers Seek SC Intervention on Intelligence Agency Interference

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Nadia Nawaz | April 24, 2024 | 08:38 PM IST | Breaking News, Courts & Law, Pakistan News, World | Follow on Google News

Pak Lawyers Seek SC Intervention on Intelligence Agency Interference

Pak Lawyers Seek SC Intervention on Intelligence Agency Interference

Highlights

1. Pakistani lawyers’ bodies approach Supreme Court, urging constitution of full court to address alleged intelligence agency interference in judicial matters.
2. Balochistan Bar Council and Balochistan High Court Bar file multiple pleas, seeking court’s guidelines to prevent future incidents.
3. Pleas call for annulment of government-formed one-man commission and strict punishment for those meddling in judicial affairs.
4. Seven-member SC bench to resume hearing on Islamabad High Court judges’ letter to Supreme Judicial Council on April 29.
5. Former Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani recused from heading one-man commission; Justice Afridi recused from suo motu case citing SJC’s code of conduct.

Various lawyers’ bodies in Pakistan have petitioned the Supreme Court to constitute a full court to address alleged interference by intelligence agencies in judicial matters. Balochistan Bar Council and Balochistan High Court Bar have filed pleas, seeking court intervention and guidelines to prevent future incidents. They also request annulment of the government-formed one-man commission and strict punishment for those found meddling in judicial affairs.

The SC bench, headed by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa, is set to resume hearing on April 29, following a letter from Islamabad High Court judges regarding intelligence interference.

Former Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani recused from heading the one-man commission, while Justice Afridi stepped back from the suo motu case, citing adherence to the Supreme Judicial Council’s code of conduct.

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