Supreme Court (SC) judge Justice Qazi Faez Isa on Saturday objected to the verdict issued against him by a six-member SC bench remarking that it held no constitutional significance.
Justice Isa issued a detailed note on the Hafiz-e-Quran extra marks case wherein he wrote that no other bench was entitled to hear the appeal against the orders issued by the apex court adding that neither the formation of the so-called larger bench nor the court which heard the case was in line with the constitution.
“The six-member bench issued the verdict in haste,” he remarked.
The six-member bench was unconstitutional which renders its verdict constitutionally insignificant, he wrote.
He went on to write that the federal government had withdrawn the services of SC registrar Ishrat Husain on April 3 but the registrar floated the government’s order by issuing a roster for the six-member bench on April 4. “The registrar had issued an unconstitutional circular on SC’s March 29 verdict,” he remarked.
The judge penned that CJP Umar Ata Bandial was also approached for an unconstitutional circular but was not responded to. “The six-member bench was formed after the circular was declared unconstitutional,” he penned further.
Justice Isa remarked that the apex court was responsible for deciding cases in line with the constitution adding that it would be akin to breaching the judges’ code of conduct if not complied with. “The larger bench’s verdict reflects dictatorship and the constitution does not address the CJP as masters of rosters anywhere,” he wrote.
Earlier, Justice Isa had challenged the authority of the registrar of the apex court who, he said, had no right to annul a judicial order.
