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Supreme Court orders inquiry against three SHC Judges

Supreme Court orders inquiry against three SHC Judges

ISLAMABAD – Supreme Court has ordered an inquiry against three SHC Judges.

The Supreme Court on Monday ordered an inquiry against three Sindh HighCourt judges who were unable to decide an application for pre-arrest bailfiled by a murder suspect despite the passage of three years.

In what was the first case heard by the top court via e-Court, a systembased on video-link connectivity, a three-judge bench headed by ChiefJustice Asif Saeed Khosa also approved the pre-arrest bail application ofsuspect Noor Mohammad.

The court was informed during the hearing that a murder case was registeredagainst Mohammad at Shahdadpur police station in 2014.

The suspect had subsequently approached the Hyderabad circuit bench of theSHC for his pre-arrest bail in 2016.