After the Prime Minister’s advice, President Asif Ali Zardari has authorised the de-notification of Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri as a judge of the Islamabad High Court.
According to the media reports, Jahangiri’s photographs have been removed from the official IHC website. The private media channel reported that a seniority list of Islamabad High Court judges is likely to be issued in the next few days.
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Islamabad High Court (IHC) has announced Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri fake degree case verdict.
The division bench, led by Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar and Justice Muhammad Azam Khan ordered to remove Justice Jahangiri’s as judge.
The decision announced by division bench led by Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar and Justice Muhammad Azam Khan on a plea challenging the legitimacy of Justice Jahangiri’s appointment as a judge and law degree.
Earlier, the Supreme Court suspended the Islamabad High Court (IHC) order barring Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri from judicial work.
Justice Jahangiri challenged the interim order of IHC barring him from judicial work till the judge of SJC in his degree case.
During the hearing, senior lawyer Muneer A. Malik argued that the order restraining Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri disregarded the law and failed to meet the requirements of justice.
He stressed that this was the first instance in which a two-member-high court bench had restrained one of its own judges from judicial work.
Justice Jahangiri, present in court, stated: “I will go today and hear cases.”
Multiple bar councils, including the Islamabad Bar Council and District Bar, also sought to become parties to the proceedings.
Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail remarked that the case before the Supreme Court was limited to the High Court’s interim order, noting that the Supreme Court had already held that a sitting judge cannot be barred from judicial work.
