Declares that the SC judge should have been removed from his office
\nISLAMABAD
\nThe Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) Thursday held that controversial Supreme Court Justice (retd) Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi was guilty of misconduct, suggesting that he should have been fired before his resignation.
\nIn a short statement on Thursday, the top judicial body opined that the ex-judge \u2014 facing several allegations \u2014 was guilty of misconduct and \u201cshould have been removed from the office of Judge\u201d.
\nIn a surprise move in February this year, Justice (retd) Naqvi had stepped down from his post following misconduct allegations \u2014 and within a day, Justice (retd) Ijazul Ahsan also resigned, raising questions over their untimely departure.
\nIn his resignation letter, the former judge had said: \u201c[…] in the circumstances which are a matter of public knowledge and to some extent public record, it is no longer possible for me to continue to serve as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Considerations of due process also compel so.\u201d
\nThe SJC Friday reserved its opinion after completing the misconduct proceedings against its former judge Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi.
\nThe council, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa and comprising Justice Sardar Tariq Masood, Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Chief Justice Balochistan High Court Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan, and Chief Justice Lahore High Court Justice Amir Bhatti, conducted the proceedings.
\nIn the statement today, the top judicial forum said SJC considered six different complaints, in chronological order, and in respect of five the opinions expressed by the members to whom it was referred, recommended that there was no substance therein, with which the SJC concurred.
\n\u201cHowever, in respect of complaints submitted against a Judge of the High Court of Balochistan the SJC issued notice to submit his reply \/explanation within fourteen days,\u201d it added.
\nRegarding Navi, the SJC rendered its opinion in respect of the nine complaints against the former judge under Article 209(6) of the Constitution and \u201copined that he was guilty of misconduct and should have been removed from the office of Judge\u201d.
\nThe development comes following the Supreme Court\u2019s last month\u2019s verdict that the proceedings against a judge by the SJC will not stop even after his resignation or retirement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Declares that the SC judge should have been removed from his office ISLAMABAD The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) Thursday held that controversial Supreme Court Justice (retd) Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi was guilty of misconduct, suggesting that he should have been fired before his resignation. In a short statement on Thursday, the top judicial body opined […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330114,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-392124","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n