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**Islamabad District Judicial Service Tribunal’s Reconstitution Declared Illegal**
The Islamabad District Judicial Service Tribunal (IDJST) has declared the Law Ministry’s March 18th notification reconstituting the tribunal illegal.
The original tribunal, comprising Justice Tariq Mahmood Jahangiri, Justice Babar Sattar, and Justice Sardar Ijaz Ishaq Khan, stated that its members were nominated by the then Chief Justice on January 9, 2024, and there was no justification for its reconstitution. The decision emphasized that there is no distinction between the tribunal chairman and its members.
The tribunal directed the Registrar to provide a copy of the order to the Acting Chief Justice and the newly nominated judges.
The decision addressed a situation where a miscellaneous application in an appeal, with a decision reserved on March 13, was assigned to the newly nominated judges. The tribunal clarified it did not wish to embarrass the judges nominated by the Acting Chief Justice. The decision to accept Muhammad Shabbir’s service appeal was issued under these circumstances, necessitating some clarification.
The tribunal asserted that the Acting Chief Justice lacked the authority to interfere after the tribunal’s formation and was not authorized to nominate new members while the existing tribunal was in place. It emphasized that tribunal members, unlike High Court judges, cannot be removed or stripped of their jurisdiction.
This ruling comes just two days after President Asif Ali Zardari reconstituted the tribunal, and the Law Ministry subsequently notified a new tribunal comprising Justice Khadim Hussain Soomro (head), Justice Muhammad Azam Khan, and Justice Inaam Ameen Minhas.