Overview
- The miscellaneous petition was submitted by Justices Mohsin Akhtar Kayani, Babar Sattar, Sardar Ejaz Ishaq Khan, Saman Rafat Imtiaz and Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri.
- The Federal Constitutional Court has listed the intra-court appeal for November 24 before a six-member bench led by Chief Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan.
- The judges ask the FCC to return their appeal to the Supreme Court, contending the matter falls within the apex court’s constitutional jurisdiction.
- The petition challenges the 27th Amendment and related changes to Article 200 that permit transfers without a judge’s consent, citing threats to judicial independence.
- The appeal stems from a June Supreme Court split ruling that found the transfer of three judges to Islamabad was not unconstitutional, and earlier this week the Supreme Court directed four of the petitioners to approach the FCC.