Supreme Judicial Council of Pakistan

The Supreme Judicial Council of Pakistan (Urdu: اعلی عدالتی کونسل پاکستان) is a body of judges empowered under Article 209 of the constitution of Pakistan to hear cases of misconduct against judges.

Constitutional composition

The composition of the Council is set out in the constitution as:

The Chief Justice
The two next most senior judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
The two most senior Chief Justices of the provincial High Courts

Where the council is investigating a member of the council he is replaced by the next most senior judge.

Current composition

Name	Retirement	Qualifying citeria	Comments
Qazi Faez Isa	26 October 2024	Chief Justice of Pakistan
Sardar Tariq Masood	10 March 2024	Senior most judge of Supreme Court
Ijazul Ahsan		Second senior most judge of Supreme Court[1]
Ahmed Ali Sheikh	2 October 2023	Senior most chief justice of a provincial high court (Sindh High Court)	Sheikh will remain member of the council until his retirement unless he is elevated to Supreme Court or if there is a reference against him
Muhammad Ameer Bhatti	07 March 2024	Second senior most chief justice of a high court (Lahore High Court)	Ameer Bhatti will remain member of the council until his retirement unless he is elevated to Supreme Court or if there is a reference against him
Ishrat Ali		Secretary of the Council	Member in virtue of being Registrar of the Supreme Court

Powers

No judge of any of the five High Courts or of the Supreme Court of Pakistan may be dismissed except by the President on the report of the Supreme Judicial Council. The Council may start proceedings against a judge either by its own initiative or by reference from the President of Pakistan.

If the Council concludes that the judge is guilty of misconduct and should be removed from office they can recommend this to the President.

A judge of a court or tribunal subordinate to a High Court may be dismissed by the High Court concerned.

List of judges referenced to Supreme Judicial Council

Name	Court	Reasons	Result
Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry	Supreme Court of Pakistan		Acquitted
Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui	Islamabad High Court	Speech against military and ISI[2]	Removed
Qazi Faez Isa	Supreme Court of Pakistan	Purchase price of one property not cited [3]	Acquitted
Muhammad Farrukh Irfan Khan	Lahore High Court	Offshore company reported in Panama Papers[4]	Resigned
Muhammad Anwar Khan Kasi[4]	Islamabad High Court		Acquitted
Sayyed Muhammad Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi[4]	Lahore High Court		Acquitted
Mazhar Iqbal Sidhu[4]	Lahore High Court		Resigned

References

"Supreme Judicial Council, Judicial Commission see major changes". DAWN. 18 September 2023.
"Islamabad High Court judge sacked for his remarks against ISI". October 12, 2018 – via www.thehindu.com.
"Purchase price of one property not cited". thenews.com.pk.
Iqbal, Nasir (December 27, 2018). "SJC to hear complaint of misconduct against LHC judge". DAWN.COM.

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[1] "Supreme Judicial Council, Judicial Commission see major changes". DAWN. 18 September 2023.

[2] "Islamabad High Court judge sacked for his remarks against ISI". October 12, 2018 – via www.thehindu.com.

[3] "Purchase price of one property not cited". thenews.com.pk.

[auto-4] Iqbal, Nasir (December 27, 2018). "SJC to hear complaint of misconduct against LHC judge". DAWN.COM.