
Supreme Court's senior puisne Justice Mansoor Ali Shah addressing an event in Islamabad on December 7, 2024. — Geo News/ YouTube
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ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court (SC) Justice Mansoor Ali Shah has said on Friday that he is not afraid of any reference, adding that if he has not done anything wrong, then no concern for him. There is no reason.
In an informal conversation with reporters after the oath -taking ceremony for the newly appointed Supreme Court judges, Justice Mansoor answered a question that was presented against him.
He replied: “We will see when the reference comes. If I have not done anything wrong, why should I be afraid? Allah is the ultimate authority.”
Rana Sanaullah, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Political and Public Affairs earlier this week, indicated that two senior Apex Court judges, according to him, wrote a letter on every issue containing critical remarks. They were committing “” corruption “. “Leaking the media”.
However, the prime minister’s adviser explained his statement a few days later, saying that his remarks to file a reference against the judges were neither a declaration nor a threat.
Federal Minister for Law and Justice Nazir Tarar also made it clear that Premier’s aide never talked about submitting any reference against the judges, except for some judges to present his point of view. Senior jurisprudence between the rising tensions during the nomination and transition by some judges.
Meanwhile, the Senior Poice Judge also said that he regularly meets fellow judges and even sharing tea with them. Smiling, he added: “Now, I came to get tea after the oath -taking ceremony.”
In a secret comment, he added: “If an elephant is in the room and no one sees it, what can be said [of it]?
Justice Mansoor rejected any concept of personal disturbances or disputes, saying: “I do not have personal enmity or disagreement with anyone.”
Another question about whether the judges did not perform their duties, saying that everything was available online, pointing to the case wasting the case.
“Look at the case clearance rate,” he said. Everything is available on the Supreme Court website. ” He also noted that the record shows how many decisions of each judge have been published in the legal books.
Irfan Siddiqui unaware of the reference against judges
On the other hand, Pakistan Muslim League -Nawaz (PML -N) Senator Irfan Siddiqui has said that he is unaware of any government plans to file a reference against two judges.
Addressing the Geo News program “Geo Pakistan”, Siddiqui mentioned that everyone knows which two judges are being discussed in this context.
However, he emphasized that he had no knowledge of whether the government was considering such a move.
Siddiqui added that when politicians often walk out and boycott, they have never seen judges doing so.
Earlier this week, the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) approved the appointment of six new judges in the peak court during the boycott of PTI lawmakers and two senior SC judges. The Chief Justice of all the High Courts, except the Lahore High Court (LHC), was among the six judges.
Earlier, three judges – belonging to Sindh, Balochistan and Lahore – were shifted to IHC, which was strongly criticized by legal brother, including IHC judges.
The five judges who competed on seniority standards believed that the judges were transferred from other high courts, the oath should be renewed to reset their sanity.
However, his representation was rejected by the then Chief Justice of the IHC, Aamir Farooq, saying that this new oath was not needed because his seniority was calculated since he was in his own High Court. I was sworn in and not from the date of transfer.
PML -N Senator Siddiqui also revealed that he was present at the Prime Minister’s House Lunch, where the case of PTI founder Imran Khan was allegedly raised by Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir.
According to Siddiqui, the Army Chief replied that he had not received any such letter.
Speaking to the media informally and apparently referring to the ‘Open Letters’ of the founding chairman of the PTI, the Army Chief has refused to receive a letter from the former Premier in the jail. The Army Chief said he would “not read it [letter] Even if I receive it. “
Coas maintained that if he received him, he would send any such conversation to the Prime Minister.