Justice Mazahar Naqvi of the Supreme Court challenged the proceedings of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) in the Supreme Court.
Justice Mazahar Naqvi has challenged both the show causes and requested to run the case in the open court.
It is pertinent to mention that Justice Mazahar Naqvi has been accused of having assets beyond known sources of income and violating the code of conduct, and the Supreme Judicial Council issued a show-cause notice to him.
In the petition, the federal government, the President, and the SJC have been made parties and it has been said that before issuing the second show cause, it was necessary to decide the objections to the Supreme Judicial Council.
Earlier, Justice Mazahar Naqvi had also challenged the proceedings of the Supreme Judicial Council and approached the Supreme Court against the proceedings.
In his petition, he had sought quashing of the proceedings of the Supreme Judicial Council and declaring the notice received for the proceedings as illegal.
SJC starts proceedings against Justice Mazahar Naqvi in misconduct case
SJC serves show cause notice to Justice Naqvi after hearing complainants
SJC has issued a detailed show cause notice to Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi after hearing the complainants.
Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa chaired the meeting of the SJC where it heard around 10 complainants against Justice Naqvi while the SJC also reviewed the objections raised by Justice Naqvi.
The SJC after reviewing all the complainants’ statements issued the detailed show cause notice to Justice Naqvi and sought a response from him in two weeks.