Overview
- The SHC suspended Karachi University’s notification revoking Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri’s LLB and barred further action based on the Syndicate and Unfair Means Committee recommendations.
- During the hearing, the KU registrar said the university received notice only two days earlier and sought time to respond, prompting the bench to stress that the affected party must be heard.
- Justice Muhammad Iqbal Kalhoro noted that ex-parte decisions carry little weight and questioned whether proper notice was issued before the degree was cancelled.
- The case was adjourned to allow replies, with the court maintaining interim protection for Jahangiri until fuller arguments are heard.
- Separately, Jahangiri has petitioned the Supreme Court to overturn an SHC order that refused to implead him, while a prior Supreme Court ruling restored him to limited judicial duties after KU declared his degree “fictitious.”