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Print Print 2023-04-08

Complaint against CJP filed in SJC

  • Petition states CJP Bandial has been found guilty of misconduct and so he should be removed from office, immediately
Published April 8, 2023

ISLAMABAD: A complaint has been filed in the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) against the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Umar Ata Bandial. A lawyer, Raja Sibtain Khan, has filed the complaint, wherein, he submitted that CJP Bandial has been found guilty of misconduct and so he should be removed from office, immediately.

A three-judge bench on April 4 declared the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision to postpone polls in the Punjab province as “unconstitutional” and fixed May 14 as the date for the polls in the province.

The ECP on March 22 had delayed the Punjab assembly election by more than five months, citing the deteriorating security situation in the cash-starved country.

Punjab, KPK polls: Supreme Court orders elections in 90 days

The government rejected the Supreme Court’s decision, terming it a “minority verdict”, with the National Assembly passing a resolution against the top court. The National Assembly urged the government and the premier not to obey the apex court’s orders as it was a “minority verdict”.

According to the complaint, the chief justice “devised groupings within the vagaries of the Supreme Court of Pakistan”, and “he remained successful throughout keeping in his basket four other hon’ble Judges of this Court and thus guilty of misconduct by luring those hon’ble Judges for his own personal motives and benefits”.

Sibtain contended that the chief justice constituted a bench according to these groupings “so that he might be able to score a majority order” in the case over delay of provincial elections “which is not only violation of Article 10-A of the Constitution but has also jeopardised the Constitutional and Fundamental Rights of the people of Pakistan”.

The complainant argues further that, with these acts, the chief justice demonstrated “unfaithfulness and disloyalty to the State” and “miserably failed to perform his functions honestly and to preserve, protect, and defend the interest of the State”.

“Jurisdiction of the Supreme Judicial Council is being invoked to form an opinion that the incumbent Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Umar Ata Bandial, is guilty of misconduct, be removed from his office, after inquiring into the matter, in accordance with the Article 209(6) of the Constitution by the President,” stated the lawyer in his complaint. The complaint against the SJC comes amid an ongoing battle between the coalition PDM government and the judiciary over the holding of elections in Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provinces.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2023

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Tulukan Mairandi Apr 08, 2023 06:40am
This man, the CJP is nothing but an Imran and Hassan Niazi stooge. The ultimate, and final punishment must be rendered for such thugs who hide behind judiciary to wreck the constitution (it which we submit to Islam) for their own benefit.
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Tariq Apr 08, 2023 12:58pm
The corrupt punjabi ruling mafia is totally out of control! No lessons learnt from 1971!
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Shaukat 3 Apr 08, 2023 02:08pm
Ìt isn't the mater of jurisdiction but the constitution. Is it not mentioned in the constitution that the prime minister and the chief minis6can dissolv the assemblies.When provincial assembly is dissolve the care taker will announce the date in concences with the chief election commissioner.It is against the constitution to extend the care taker.Constitution make it Very clear to arrange election with in 90 days
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