Five IHC Judges Challenge SC Ruling on Judicial Transfers, Seniority
- On June 29, 2025, five Islamabad High Court judges filed an intra-court appeal challenging the Supreme Court's June 19 ruling on judicial transfers and seniority.
- The Supreme Court upheld the relocation of three judges from the high courts of Punjab, Sindh, and Balochistan to the Islamabad High Court and directed the President of Pakistan to determine their seniority.
- The appellants urged the Supreme Court to overturn the transfer ruling, halt its execution, and prevent the reassigned members of the judiciary, among them Justice Sarfraz Dogar, from carrying out any judicial or administrative responsibilities.
- The Supreme Court’s 3-2 majority ruling affirmed the President’s constitutional authority under Article 200 to transfer judges and mandated the President to promptly examine whether transfers were temporary or permanent.
- The appeal raises continuing legal uncertainty over the transfers' permanence and seniority order, indicating further judicial review and administrative action are pending.
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‘Judges’ transfer case’: Five IHC justices challenge constitutional bench’s verdict
Intra-court appeal filed through senior lawyer Munir A Malik, requests the apex court to declare the verdict given by 5-member constitutional bench null and void ISLAMABAD: Five judges of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Saturday challenged the Supreme Court (SC) verdict in the judges’ transfer case. In an intra-court appeal filed in the SC through their counsel Munir A Malik, the judges prayed to the court to declare the verdict given by a fiv…
Five IHC judges challenge SC ruling on judicial transfers, seniority
Five judges of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) have filed an intra-court appeal before the Supreme Court, challenging the decision on judicial transfers and seniority, which was ruled in favour of the IHC by the apex court earlier, Express News reported. Through senior counsel Munir A Malik, the five judges prayed SC to annul the decision made by a five-member bench, which had upheld the transfer of judges within the IHC. The decision had also re…
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