The Supreme Court has fixed for hearing review pleas in connection with presidential reference against Justice Faiz Isa and his wife’s assets.
Justice Umer Atta Bandial will head a seven-judge larger bench to take up the matter.
A few days ago, the top court declared that the presidential reference against Justice Qazi Faez Isa is tainted with mala fide in law. Also, strong comments against the president, the federal minister for law and the former attorney general for Pakistan (AGP) were made.
Although the preparation and framing of the reference against the petitioner are not patently motivated with malice, in fact, the scale and degree of the illegalities are such that the reference is deemed to be tainted with mala fide in law, the verdict maintained.
“For this reason, the reference is hereby quashed,” said the 173-page detailed judgment authored by future Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial and endorsed by six more judges.
A 10-judge full court on June 19 quashed the presidential reference that sought Justice Isa’s removal in view of his failure to mention his family members’ London properties in his wealth statement.