Apex court suspends IHC order barring Justice Jahangiri from judicial work

According to a report by Dawn… The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday suspended an order issued by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) barring Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri from carrying out judicial duties in a case pertaining to his law degree allegedly being fake.
The court also issued notices to the respondents in the case as well as the attorney general of Pakistan and adjourned the hearing till tomorrow.
A complaint pertaining to Justice Jahangiri’s allegedly fake degree was submitted to the Supreme Judicial Council (SKC) last year in July, while a petition challenging his appointment was filed in the IHC earlier this year. The matter centres on a letter that began circulating last year on social media, purportedly from the University of Karachi’s controller of examinations, regarding the judge’s law degree.
The petition against Justice Jahangiri, filed under Article 199 of the Constitution, seeks a writ of quo warranto (by what authority) against him, arguing that his foundational qualification for judicial office — an LLB degree from the University of Karachi — is “invalid”, thereby rendering his entire legal career and subsequent appointment illegitimate.
Subsequently, Justice Jahangiri had approached the SC, pleading for the Sept 16 restraining order to be set aside and suspended during the pendency of the petition.
Today, a five-member bench, headed by Justice Aminuddin Khan, and including Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Hassan Azhar Rizvi and Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan took up the matter in the apex court.
Justice Jahangiri’s lawyer, Munir Malik, addressed the bench, noting that this was the first instance that “a two-member judge has prevented a judge of its own high court from judicial work”.
Also present at today’s hearing were Justice Jahangiri himself, Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kiani, Justice Babar Sattar, Justice Sardar Ijaz Ishaq Khan and Justice Saman Rafat Imtiaz.

More to follow. complete report is on below link. Source: https://www.dawn.com/news/1945428/apex-court-suspends-ihc-order-barring-justice-jahangiri-from-judicial-work