Justice Faiz Isa and wife's assets still unresolved: Aitezaz Ahsan
Justice Faiz Isa and his wife's assets are still unresolved: Aitezaz Ahsan
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Law expert Barrister Aitezaz Ahsan has said that the matter of Justice Qazi Faiz Isa and his wife’s assets is yet to be resolved and needs to be proven to the competent authority.
Talking to Dunya News program "Dunya Kamran Khan Kay Saath", he questioned the decision of the Supreme Court, calling it incomprehensible and asking under what authority did the court hand over the case to Federal Board of Revenue (FBR). He said the court did not have the authority to refer the matter to FBR and it is not legal to impose any restrictions on it.
Barrister Aitezaz Ahsan said the court has opened the possibility of the case going back to the Supreme Judicial Council even though the Supreme Court does not have the power to interfere in the Council’s affairs.
He said that he had gotten the proceedings of the Supreme Judicial Council against Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry quashed from the Supreme Court. He said that the government of the time had not even read the reference, something which he proved before the Supreme Court.
He said that there was no ambiguity in the now-quashed reference of Justice Faiz Isa, and in such cases, only the Supreme Judicial Council has the right to decide whether the reference is admissible or not.
Answering a question, Aitezaz Ahsan said that the Supreme Court was not in possession of the concrete evidence required to quash the reference. He remarked that the court would also have to address the sudden appearance of Justice Isa in court during the government’s arguments in its detailed judgment.
He said that the Judge should not have appeared in the court by himself and his lawyer should have advised him against it. Had he been Justice Isa’s lawyer and he appeared in court on his own, I would have disassociated myself from the case, Aitezaz said. He went on to say that judicial conduct requirements must be met, it was a mistake on his part to appear before the Supreme Court by himself.
