IHC CJ Farooq dissolves bench hearing Tyrian White case against Imran
Pakistan
Drama surrounds IHC judgement on case
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Aamer Farooq on Wednesday dissolved the bench hearing disqualification case against PTI chief Imran Khan, wherein Mr Khan had been accused of concealing his alleged daughter Tyrian White in his nomination papers for 2018 elections.
Drama surrounded the case as the IHC’s majority verdict on the case against PTI chief Imran Khan, dismissing the plea as inadmissible, was taken down minutes after it had been uploaded on the court’s website.
An IHC bench, comprising IHC CJ Farooq, Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani and Justice Arbab Tahir, dismissed the plea with Justice Kayani and Justice Tahir going in favour of the dismissal. Justice Kayani authored the 31-page judegment stating “the plea had been inadmissible since its inception” and Justice Tahir assented it. Court had reserved the verdict on April 30.
The court also negated the appellant’s approach toward the plea stating that he should have kept in mind that court was not a tool to resolve irrelative matters. Dissenting judge Justice Kayani had appended two “office notes” on May 2 and May 9 in the judgement taken down from the website.
In May 2’s note, Justice Kiyani wrote that the IHC had received a verdict drafted by IHC CJ but “I did not assent to it” that was also approved by Justice Tahir. “I had written a new judgement and presented it to the court for announcement,” he remarked.
In May 9’s note, he penned that the majority judgement had been sent to IHC CJ with a note for announcement but the CJ did not announce it. “It raised speculations on a wide level at social media,” he added.
Later, IHC spokesperson said CJ Aamer Farooq suspended the majority decision as the “opinion” of two judges did not constitute judgement of the court and was against court rules and norms. Later, he dissolved the bench and ordered to constitute a new one to proceed.
