The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), at its meeting on Saturday, discussed 24 complaints against judges under Article 209 of the constitution, rejecting 19 of them while putting five others on hold for further discussion, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
The meeting discussed complaints against judges and the amendments to the council rules.
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Yahya Afridi chaired the meeting, while Justice Mansoor Ali Shah attended the meeting via a video link.
Other judges, who attended the meeting, included Justice Muneeb Akhtar and chief justices of the Lahore and Sindh high courts – Justice Aalia Neelum and Justice Junaid Ghaffar.
As per the declaration issued at the end of the meeting, the participants approved the draft of the SJC Service Rules, 2025.
It was decided that more brainstorming would be done on making amendments to the code of conduct for the judges and the mode of inquiry to be adopted.
Sources told the 24News TV channel that the meeting rejected the proposal to make the names of judges against whom complaints had been disposed of public.
Following is the text of the press release issued after the SJC meeting:
A meeting of the Supreme Judicial Council was held under the chairmanship of Mr Justice Yahya Afridi, Chief Justice of Pakistan/Chairman Supreme Judicial Council at Supreme Court Islamabad today (12.07.2025) at 11:00 AM.
The meeting was attended by Mr Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah (present through video link), Mr Justice Munib Akhtar, Justice Aalia Neelum, Chief Justice Lahore High Court and Mr Justice Muhammad Junaid Ghaffar, Chief Justice Sindh High Court.
The Council discussed all the agenda items one by one. The proposed draft of Supreme Judicial Council secretariat service Rules, 2025 was approved by the council, while it was resolved that procedure of enquiry and amendments in the Code of Conduct needed to be examined from legal and drafting point of view therefore these required further deliberation.
The Council also examined 24 complaints under Article 209 of the Constitution filed by different individuals. 19 complaints were unanimously decided to be filed while 5 others were deferred for the time being.
Reporter: Amanat Gishkori