ISLAMABAD: Minutes after the Supreme Court took suo motu notice of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) judge’s letter, former Chief Justice of Pakistan Tassaduq Hussain Jillani has refused to head a commission set up by the government to investigate the allegations against it. intelligence agency. case law.
Apologizing himself, the former JJ said that since the letter was written by a judge to the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) and by the chief justice, it would be a “breach of jurisdiction” to investigate the matter. , “may be under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Judicial Council or the constitutional body which is the Supreme Court of Pakistan itself”.
Justice (retd) Jillani said that the “term of reference for investigation” was not relevant to the issue sought to be probed by the six IHC judges in his letter. He also said at the end of the letter that the judge had asked for “agency advice” on the matter.
The commission to investigate the judge’s letter was formed after Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif and current CJP Kazi Faez Isa met last week regarding the judge’s letter.
A meeting between the CJP and Chief Minister Shehbaz was held on March 27 after a full court meeting the next day.
As a result of the meeting, the government decided to establish a commission to investigate the allegations made by the IHC judges.
Following the controversy, on March 30, the federal cabinet approved the constitution of a commission investigating the allegations of IHC judges and appointed former Chief Justice of Pakistan (retired) Tassaduq Hussain Jillani as its head.
The commission was directed to conduct an investigation into the allegations made in the judge’s letter. As a result, the cabinet members continued the terms of reference (ToR) of the commission.
However, now that the suo motu notice has been passed by the former chief justice and the Supreme Court on the matter, it remains to be seen what will be the fate of the commission.
