Federal cabinet forms sub-committee to take action against those involved in filing reference against Justice Isa
\n ISLAMABAD
\nThe federal government on Wednesday decided to withdraw the review petition filed against Justice Qazi Faiz Isa during former prime minister Imran Khan\u2019s tenure.
\nThe federal cabinet has constituted a sub-committee to look after the matter. It was said during the cabinet meeting that Justice Isa and his family were mistreated.
\nAccording to sources, the petition was filed by the previous government but it was not discussed by the government during a cabinet meeting. The prime minister\u2019s advice was also not available on the matter.
\nThey said that the then law minister Farogh Naseem took the appeal \u201cby hand\u201d to President Arif Alvi and he filed the appeal in Supreme Court after getting direct approval.
\nSources revealed that the appeal was filed on the instructions of Imran Khan who was the prime minister at that time. At that time, the decision was in favour of Justice Isa, against whom a revision appeal was filed in the top court. The appeal is currently pending in the apex court.
\nRead more: CJP constitutes bench to hear Justice Isa\u2019s review petition
\nOn June 19, 2020, seven judges of a 10-judge bench quashed a presidential reference against Justice Isa but also ordered the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to conduct an inquiry into the judge\u2019s family members\u2019 foreign assets and submit a report to the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC).
\nThe three judges \u2013 Justice Maqbool Baqar, Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Yahya Afridi \u2013 had opposed the majority order to refer the matter to the FBR.
\nWhen Justice Isa and a number of other petitioners filed review petitions against the SC\u2019s June 19 order, the CJP formed a six-member bench comprising judges who wrote the majority order. One of the majority judges, Faisal Arab, has already retired.
\nThe petitioners later challenged the constitution of the review bench and requested the court to also include in the bench the three judges who had written the minority judgment.
\nThe six-judge bench, headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial, on December 11, 2020, reserved judgment on the pleas. This judgment was unveiled on February 22, 2021.
\nAnnouncing a 28-page order, the bench noted that as a matter of law and settled practise, it is for the CJP \u2013 as the master of the roster \u2013 to determine the composition of a bench \u201cand he may, for like reason, constitute a larger bench for hearing the review petition\u201d. The court, however, also gave certain guidelines for the CJP\u2019s consideration.
\n\u201cThe minimum numerical strength of the bench that delivered the judgment or order under review is the numerical strength of the bench which heard and decided the original matter, regardless of whether the judgment under review was passed unanimously or by majority,\u201d it said.
\nThe order said the review bench should comprise the author judge, if still on the court, as its member, and in case he is unavailable any other judge who agrees with the author judge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Federal cabinet forms sub-committee to take action against those involved in filing reference against Justice Isa ISLAMABAD The federal government on Wednesday decided to withdraw the review petition filed against Justice Qazi Faiz Isa during former prime minister Imran Khan\u2019s tenure. The federal cabinet has constituted a sub-committee to look after the matter. It was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-273957","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n