ISLAMABAD: Despite the government setting up a commission to look into the subject, the Supreme Court on Monday took suo motu notice of a letter from the judges of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) accusing intelligence agencies of interfering in court cases.
The first hearing on the matter will take place on Wednesday, presided over by Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa and a seven-member panel.
Judge Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Justice Yahya Afridi, Justice Athar Minallah, Justice Mussarat Hilali, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, and Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan make up the bench in addition to the CJP.
Following the incendiary letter that emerged last week, there has been pressure on the Supreme Court, presided over by Chief Justice Picha Isa, to consider the case in accordance with Article 184(3) of the Constitution.
Only one day prior, more than 300 attorneys from various bar associations around the nation applauded the judges and demanded that the Supreme Court take up the case under its suo motu authority.
In their letter to the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), the judges of the Islamic Haq Court (IHC) — Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kiyani, Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri, Justice Babar Sattar, Justice Sardar Ejaz Ishaq Khan, Justice Arbab Muhammad Tahir, and Justice Saman Rafat Imtiaz — urged the body to hold a judicial convention in response to the alleged meddling in judicial affairs by intelligence services.
This happened a few days after the Supreme Court ruled that it was unlawful to remove former IHC Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui and ordered that he be treated as a retired judge.
