*ISLAMABAD: *Islamabad High Court Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui was serveda notice by the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) shortly after his remarksagainst Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar, initiating amisconduct proceeding against him on a pending complaint.
According to the notice, complaint numbered SJC 242 of 2015 against JusticeShaukat Aziz Siddiqui was fixed for hearing before the SJC on Saturday,July 7 at 11am in the conference room of the Supreme Court building.
The complaint against IHC judge had been pending since 2015 in whichseveral charges had been framed against him. The federal government hadhired service of Maulvi Anwarul Haq Advocate to prosecute him.
On February 21, Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar announced that allcomplaints against superior courts judges in the SJC will be decided byJune.
However, several complaints still remain undecided.
On May 10, the SJC suspended proceedings, after the IHC judge urged theapex court to hold an open trial. The top court’s larger bench, headed byJustice Sheikh Azmat, had remanded the matter of holding in-camera trialsfor judges to the SJC for reconsideration. However, no meeting was heldduring this period.
In February, the SJC served another show-cause notice on Justice ShaukatAziz Siddiqui for questioning the role of the ‘constitutional institution’in the matter relating to the Faizabad sit-in last year.
Later, the judge submitted a reply in this regard but the council hadrejected it.