IN THE SUPREME COURT OF (Original Jurisdiction)

PRESENT: Mr. Justice Umar Ata Bandial Mr. Justice Maqbool Baqar Mr. Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik Mr. Justice Faisal Arab Mr. Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel Mr. Justice Sajjad Ali Shah Mr. Justice Munib Akhtar Mr. Justice Yahya Afridi Mr. Justice Qazi Muhammad Amin Ahmed

CONSTITUTION PETITION NO.17 & 19 OF 2019 & C.M.A. NO.7417 OF 2019 IN CONST. P. 19 OF 2019 & CONSTITUTION PETITION NO.20-27 OF 2019.

Justice Qazi Faez Isa … Petitioner(s) (in Const.P.17/2019)

Supreme Court Bar Association thr. … Petitioner(s) its President (in Const.P.19/2019)

Abid Hassan Minto & another … Petitioner(s) (in Const.P.20/2019)

Pakistan Bar Council thr. … Petitioner(s) its Vice Chairman (in Const.P.21/2019)

Abdul Basit, President High Court … Petitioner(s) Bar Association, Quetta. (in Const.P.22/2019)

Muhammad Asif Reki, President … Petitioner(s) Quetta Bar Association (in Const.P.23/2019)

Sindh High Court Bar Association … Petitioner(s) thr. its President (in Const.P.24/2019)

Balochistan Bar Council thr. its … Petitioner(s) Vice Chairman Haji Atta Ullah Langove (in Const.P.25/2019)

Sindh Bar Council thr. it Secretary … Petitioner(s) (in Const.P.26/2019)

Const. P.17 of 2019, etc. 2

Hafiz Abdur Rehman Ansari, ASC … Petitioner(s) (in Const.P.27/2019) VERSUS

The and others …Respondent(s) (in Const.P.17, 19, 21 to 25&27/2019)

The Supreme Judicial Council thr. … Respondent(s) Its Secretary and others (in Const.P.20&26/2019)

Const. P. No.17 of 2019. For the petitioner(s) : Mr. Salahuddin Ahmed, ASC. Mr. Babar Sattar, ASC. Mr. Tariq Mehmood, ASC Mr. Kazim Hassan, ASC Mr. Kassim Mirjat, AOR. assisted by Barrister Rabi Bin Tariq & Barrister Kabir Hashmi

Respondents : Not represented.

Const. P. No.19 of 2019. For the petitioner(s) : Mr. Hamid Khan, Sr. ASC. Mr. Rasheed A. Rizvi, Sr. ASC. Mr. M.S. Khattak, AOR.

Respondents : Not represented.

Const. P. No.20 of 2019. For the petitioner (s) : Ms. Hina Jillani, ASC. Mr. Bilal Hassan Minto, ASC.

Respondents : Not represented.

Const. P. No.21 of 2019. For the petitioner (s) : Syed Amjad Ali Shah, ASC. Mr. Kamran Murtaza, ASC. Syed Rifaqat Hussain Shah, AOR.

Respondents : Not represented.

Const. P.17 of 2019, etc. 3

Const. P. No.22 of 2019. For the petitioner (s) : Syed Amjad Shah, ASC. Mr. Abdul Basit.

Respondents : Not represented.

Const. P. No.23 of 2019. For the petitioner (s) : Mr. M. Asif Reki

Respondents : Not represented.

Const. P. No.24 of 2019. For the petitioner (s) : Mr. Rasheed A. Rizvi, Sr. ASC.

Respondents : Not represented.

Const. P. No.25 of 2019. For the petitioner (s) : Nemo.

Respondents : Not represented.

Const. P. No.26 of 2019. For the petitioner (s) : Mian Raza Rabbani, Sr. ASC. Mr. Saalim Salam Ansari, ASC.

Respondents : Not represented.

Const. P. No.27 of 2019. For the petitioner (s) : Nemo.

Respondents : Not represented.

For Federation of Pak : Mr. Amir Rehman, Addl. AG Pak. (in all cases)

Date of hearing : 24.09.2019

* * * * * * Const. P.17 of 2019, etc. 4

O R D E R

UMAR ATA BANDIAL, J. Learned senior counsel for the Petitioner-Judge in Constitution Petition No.17 of 2019 is indisposed. A request for adjournment on his behalf has been made by his colleague. There are 9 other petitions on the same subject filed by different Bar Associations, Bar Councils and senior members of the Bar, namely, Mr. Abid Hassan Minto and

Hafiz Abdul Rehman Ansari. The Reference dated 20.05.2019 filed by the President of Pakistan against the Petitioner-Judge is assailed primarily on the ground, inter alia, of mala fide in fact and mala fide in law based upon the principles enunciated in the judgment of this Court in Chief Justice of Pakistan

Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry vs. President of Pakistan

(PLD 2010 SC 61). We consider that the points raised in these petitions deserve consideration and accordingly we issue notice to the respondents. Learned Additional Attorney General seeks a week’s time to file his concise statement.

2. The President of Pakistan and the Prime Minister of

Pakistan have been arrayed as respondents in some of these petitions. Since they have immunity under Article 248 of the

Constitution, therefore, it shall be examined during the hearings whether they can be retained as parties to these proceedings.

3. As the questions raised in these petitions involve interpretation of the Constitution, accordingly, notice under Const. P.17 of 2019, etc. 5

Order XXVII-A CPC is also issued to the Attorney General for

Pakistan.

4. As the questions raised for consideration by this

Court are essentially of a legal nature, including the bar of jurisdiction imposed by Article 211 of the Constitution, accordingly, the matters to come up for submissions by the learned counsel for the petitioners on 08.10.2019. Adjourned accordingly.

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