The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) has issued a show cause notice to the Islamabad High Court (IHC) for making “unwarranted comments” while passing an interim order in the Faizabad sit-in case.
The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) show case notice read as “You knowing and purposely while adjudicating upon Writ Petition No. 3914 of 2017 made unnecessary and unwarranted comments about some important constitutional institutions,”
“Such comments had prima facie travelled beyond the scope of lis under consideration and had seemingly tendency to undermine the respect otherwise due to such constitutional institutions.” the show case further states
“Such comments also included observations which questioned the manner in which an administrative issue was resolved and also questioned participation of some officials in resolution of such issue which apparently fell outside the judicial domain. This act on your part amounts to misconduct as envisaged in provisions of Article II of the Code of Conduct prescribed by the Supreme Judicial Council,” says the notice.
Justice Siddiqui passing interim order remarked about the role of the armed forces in negotiating an end to the Faizabad dharna by Tehreek-e-Labbaik in November 2017.
The SJC has sorted response from Justice Siddiqui’s within 14 days.
