Overview
- A five-member constitutional bench nullified the IHC’s September 16 interim restraint and held that a judge cannot be barred from judicial work through an interim order, after which Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri resumed hearings.
- The Supreme Court instructed the Islamabad High Court to first resolve registrar and maintainability objections in the quo warranto petition before considering the case on merits.
- Attorney General Mansoor Usman Awan endorsed the position in court, and petitioner Mian Dawood acknowledged that suspending a judge via an interim order could not be defended.
- The University of Karachi’s September 25 cancellation of Jahangiri’s LLB and a three-year bar on admissions remains operative at the provincial level, with related challenges noted in Sindh High Court proceedings.
- The Supreme Judicial Council is scheduled to consider the complaint on October 18, so the allegations about the judge’s credentials remain unresolved.