A group of five judges from the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the appointment of Sarfraz Dogar as the acting chief justice of the federal high court amid a seniority dispute raised by the jurists following his transfer from Lahore’s superior court.
The IHC judges, Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani, Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri, Justice Babar Sattar, Justice Sardar Ejaz Ishaq Khan and Justice Saman Riffat Imtiaz, submitted a 49-page petition via counsels Munir A Malik and Barrister Salahuddin under clause 3 of Article 184 of the Constitution.
Justice Dogar had been notified as the IHC’s acting chief justice by the law ministry last week following the elevation of his predecessor to the apex court.
Three judges — from Sindh, Balochistan, and Lahore — were transferred to the IHC, drawing severe criticism from the legal fraternity, including five IHC judges who were contesting the seniority criteria.
