Justice Jahangiri terms cancellation of his law degree after 34 years \u2018unprecedented in world history\u2019
\n ISLAMABAD
\nThe Supreme Court on Monday suspended the Islamabad High Court (IHC) order barring Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri from judicial work. The apex court issued notices to relevant parties, including office of the attorney general of Pakistan, and adjourned the case hearing till tomorrow. The decision was announced by a five-member constitutional bench, headed by Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan, on an appeal filed by Justice Jahangiri challenging the IHC\u2019s September 16 order.
\nOther members of the bench included Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi, and Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan. The development comes after a two-member bench of the IHC, led by Chief Justice (CJ) Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar and comprising Justice Mohammad Azam Khan, restrained Justice Jahangiri from performing judicial duties until the Supreme Judicial Council\u2019s (SJC) decision on a petition pending against him. The petition was filed by lawyer Mian Dawood.
\nFollowing the verdict, five IHC judges, including Justice Jahangiri, separately approached the SC against the divisional bench\u2019s order. The four other judges were Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kiyani, Justice Babar Sattar, Justice Saman Rifat and Justice Ejaz Ishaq Khan. The case centers on a controversy regarding Justice Jahangiri\u2019s LLB degree, which was cancelled last week by the University of Karachi.
\nAccording to the university\u2019s notification dated September 25, the university syndicate, in its meeting on August 31, 2024, approved \u201cResolution No 06\u201d in compliance with the competent authority\u2019s decision, upholding the recommendation of the Unfair Means Committee (UFM). The notification stated, \u201cJustice Jahangiri was found guilty of using unfair means and has been barred for three years from admission to any university or college, as well as from appearing in any university examination.\u201d
\nFurthermore, the University of Karachi clarified that Justice Jahangiri had never been enrolled as a student at Islamia Law College, Karachi, in 1989. Earlier, the Sindh High Court (SHC) had suspended both the University of Karachi\u2019s Unfair Means Committee decision and the syndicate\u2019s declaration invalidating the judge\u2019s degree. The petitioner had challenged the UFM committee\u2019s decision to cancel Justice Jahangiri\u2019s degree on August 17, 2024.
\nSince then, the SHC has also dismissed similar petitions concerning the judge\u2019s degree on grounds of non-prosecution, despite objections raised by the defence counsel. The counsel in the case questioned the legality of the bench\u2019s decision to assign the hearing to itself from another constitutional bench, which had originally scheduled the petitions for hearing on September 30. In protest, the lawyers boycotted the proceedings after the bench refused to recuse itself.
\nThe bench stated that both judges agreed there were no valid grounds for recusal, adding that any issues regarding maintainability must be addressed first. Additionally, the SHC bench rejected the petitioners\u2019 counsel\u2019s argument that these petitions should be heard by a regular SHC bench, noting that the constitutional bench was the appropriate forum given the nature of the relief sought.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Justice Jahangiri terms cancellation of his law degree after 34 years \u2018unprecedented in world history\u2019 ISLAMABAD The Supreme Court on Monday suspended the Islamabad High Court (IHC) order barring Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri from judicial work. The apex court issued notices to relevant parties, including office of the attorney general of Pakistan, and adjourned the […]<\/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-505715","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n