ISLAMABAD – Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of the Islamabad High Court (IHC)on Friday has made a new appeal to the Supreme Court.
He has urged SC to set aside the order passed by the Supreme JudicialCouncil (SJC), dismissing his two applications, seeking provision ofcertain documents of expenditures incurred on residences ofjudges of thesuperior judiciary.
Justice Siddiqui filed the petition in the Supreme Court under Article184(3) of the Constitution making the Federation of Pakistan through Lawand Justice secretary and Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) Secretary asrespondents Justice Siddiqui, who had been alleged for spending Rs80million on the renovation of his official residence as judge of theIslamabad High Court had sought record of other judges of the superiorcourts just to compare the volume of expenditures with him.
Ali Anwar Gopang, former employee of the Capital Development Authority(CDA), had filed a complaint before the Supreme Judicial Council againstJustice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui, alleging the judge for misusing funds forthe refurbishment of his official residence.
The SJC, which is hearing the instant complaint against Justice Siddiqui,is expected to resume the instant hearing in the first week of September.
Justice Siddiqui, however, on Friday challenged the order passed by theSupreme Judicial Council (SJC) on July 30, 2018, dismissing his twoapplications, requesting for provision of certain documents/information.
He prayed to the apex court to issue direction to the Supreme JudicialCouncil (SJC) for summoning the requisite information and documents of lastseven years expenditures incurred on residences of judges of the superiorjudiciary.