ISLAMABAD – The federal government on Monday withdrew the services of the Registrar of the Supreme Court (SC) and directed him to report to the Establishment Division with immediate effect.
According to the notification issued, on the direction of the federal cabinet conveyed vide case No 55/12/2023 dated 03-04-2023, the services of Ishrat Ali, BS-22 officer of Pakistan Administrative Service, presently posted as Registrar Supreme Court on a deputation basis are hereby withdrawn and he is directed to report to the to Establishment Division with immediate effect and until further orders.
Earlier, Senior Supreme Court Judge Justice Qazi Faez Isa asked the federal government to immediately removed Ishrat Ali, registrar of the top court for issuing a circular, discarding his judicial order related to suo motu proceedings.
The apex court on Friday ‘disregarded’ a judgement written by Justice Faiz Isa, and ordered the postponement of suo motu cases till amendments were made in the SC Rules 1980 regarding the discretionary powers of the chief justice to form benches.
In its circular issued by the Supreme Court Registrar, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial noted that the observations made by the majority judgement in paras 11 to 22 and 26 to 28 were beyond the matter fixed before the court and “invokes its suo motu jurisdiction, ” reported the Tribune.
The SC registrar said that the order violated the rules laid down by a five-member judgement.
