Justice Mazahar Naqvi challenged Supreme Judicial Council proceedings in Supreme Court

Justice Mazahar Naqvi challenged the proceedings of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) in the Supreme Court.Justice Naqvi has challenged both the show causes and requested to run the case in the open court.

Justice Mazahar Naqvi, through his legal team, has filed a petition against the revised show cause notice and the SJC proceedings being pursued against him. In the plea, he has also responded to the 10 allegations put forward against him.

Justice Naqvi contends that the complaints against him are politically motivated due to the verdict on the Punjab elections taken after the suo motu proceedings initiated by former chief justice Umar Ata Bandial during the hearing of the Ghulam Mehmood Dogar case.

He further contended that he was merely fulfilling “his solemn duty to protect and safeguard the Constitution” which was being violated by delaying the general elections in the provincial assembly of Punjab.

The judge has appealed to the apex court to quash the initial show cause notice, hearing notice and the revised notice. He also contends that he was not informed of the procedure that was followed against him in SJC.

In October, Justice Mazahar Naqvi challenged the proceedings of the Supreme Judicial Council and approached the Supreme Court against the proceedings.He requested the court to nullify the misconduct allegations against him, deeming them ‘without lawful authority and of no legal effect.

In today’s plea, the judge has also asked the apex court to consider the grounds raised in the earlier petition as an “integral part of this petition”..