SC declares Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui’s removal illegal

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court(SC) declared the removal of former judge Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui illegal and ordered to consider him a retired judge.

A 5-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa, Justice Aminuddin, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, Justice Hasan Rizvi, and Justice Irfan Saadat completed the hearing on Shaukat Siddiqui’s constitutional petitions on January 23, 2024.

The court has now issued a 22-page detailed judgment in the case, which was written by the Chief Justice of Pakistan.

In the ongoing decision of the Supreme Court, it has been said that the dismissal of Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui by the Supreme Judicial Council is declared illegal, while on October 11, 2018, the President issued a notification for his dismissal on the recommendation of the Prime Minister is also declared null and void.

It has been said in the court decision that Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui cannot be reinstated and he should be considered as a retired judge. He will be retired as a judge of Islamabad High Court and will be entitled to all benefits and pension, he will get all benefits including pension.

It should be noted that Islamabad High Court Judge Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui was removed from office on October 11, 2018, for speaking against state institutions.

The then-senior judge of the Islamabad High Court, Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui, during his speech at the Rawalpindi Bar on 21 July 2018, accused the state institutions of interfering in judicial matters.

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Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui had also filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against the Supreme Judicial Council’s decision to remove him from office.