Former IHC justice Shaukat Siddiqui files another petition in SC for early hearing of his case

ISLAMABAD, Nov 13 (SABAH): Former justice Islamabad High Court (IHC) Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui has moved another application in Supreme Court of Pakistan, seeking early hearing of his case pending since October 2018.

Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui requested the court to fix his case for November 15, 2023 or on any date during the judicial week starting from Nov 13, 2023. The application has been filed by Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui on Monday in Supreme Court of Pakistan through Advocate on Record.

Shoukat Aziz Siddiqui had challenged his termination as senior judge of high court on October 11, 2018 by Supreme Judicial Council headed by the then Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar. In the application, federation and others had been made party.

In the application, it has been requested that his termination from service by supreme judicial council should declared null and void.  His case has been pending since 2018 before a special bench of Supreme Court. Last hearing of the case had been done on June 12, 2022.

There have been many basic, legal, and constitutional rights involved in this case which is why it should be fixed for hearing soon while it has been pending since 2018. He has filed the application through advocate on record whereas the judge has reached his retirement date of 62 years during the hearing.