Cannot play into the palms of these behind audio leaks: IHC CJ

Having such an investigation might result in anybody bringing an audio clip [to court] tomorrow and asking it’s investigated, the IHC CJ mentioned.

The petition has been filed within the IHC by Sindh Excessive Court docket Bar President Salahuddin Ahmed and Syed Hyder Imam Rizvi, a member of the Judicial Fee.

In the beginning of the listening to, Justice Minallah requested the petitioner to state how the petition is admissible. “In opposition to whom was the writ filed? Your utility is said to the audio clip of the current service CJP,” he mentioned.

On the judicial inquiry, the petitioner responded that the petition was not in regards to the current CJP however in regards to the audio clip of a former CJP.

We are going to first problem a pre-admission discover to the attorney-general and discuss whether or not this utility is admissible, the IHC CJ mentioned.

Through the case listening to on Monday, Justice Minallah mentioned that the court docket is not going to interact in judicial activism and can solely think about the information as they seem in mild of the legislation.

“The court docket desires to make sure that this doesn’t open new floodgates,” he added.

Justice Minullah acknowledged that whereas the judiciary has confronted important challenges and the Bar has fought for the judiciary’s independence, we now dwell in a society the place social media is unregulated, to which the petitioner mentioned that it’s painful that the audio was leaked and is being mentioned on social media too.

In response to the pre-admission discover, Advocate Salahuddin Ahmed acknowledged that the Pakistan Bar Council has accredited a call, and that if the court docket finds it vital, it also needs to ship a discover to the bar council.

To this, Justice Minallah replied that the court docket respects him for the rule of legislation, “You’re upset with some audio clips. Who has the authority to file Chief Justice Pakistan’s audio tapes?” he requested.

“Did they [Bar Council] launched it or did a person sitting in the US?” requested the court docket.

The court docket acknowledged that the alleged audiotape is said to a matter that’s at the moment underneath attraction, and that the events concerned within the audiotape case have proven no real interest in bringing it [the case] earlier than the court docket.

The listening to of the case has been adjourned for per week.