IHC) has decided to convert Justice Babar Starr's letter into contempt of court case and will take up the case on Tuesday (tomorrow)
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court has decided to convert Justice Babar Sattar’s letter into contempt of court case and will take up the case on Tuesday IHC Justice Babar Sattar wrote a letter to Chief Justice High Court Aamir Farooq about social media campaign against him.
Earlier on April 28, the Islamabad High Court clarified that one of its judges Justice Babar Sattar does not hold dual nationality, amid a ‘malicious’ social media campaign against him after a letter was written to the Supreme Judicial Council. “Justice Babar Sattar has never had any nationality other than that of Pakistan,” said a press release from the Islamabad High Court.The statement was issued after a social media campaign against the judge which the high court described as “false, malicious and contemptuous”. As part of the campaign, the confidential information has been posted and reposted on social media, including travel documents of the judge, his wife and children, accompanied by “untruthful” allegations, and details of his properties provided in his tax returns. The campaign started against the backdrop of a letter from six IHC judges to the five members of the Supreme Judicial Council. Justice Sattar was one of the judges who signed the letter. In the March 25 letter, they demanded that a judicial convention be summoned over the alleged intelligence agencies’ interference in the judiciary. It contained 10 points, mentioning the events where alleged interference by spy agencies and the executive in the judiciary were seen. After former chief justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani refused to become part of the one-man commission formed to probe the allegations, the Supreme Court constituted a seven-member bench to probe the claims of meddling.
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