Islamabad, August 28: There appears no finish to the woes of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. At the same time as he's concerned in a perpetual confrontation with the brand new Shehbaz Sharif dispensation, a five-judge bigger bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has been constituted to proceed in opposition to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) boss for "intimidating a female judge".
Headed by IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah, the bench contains Justices Mohsin Akhtar Kayani, Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb, Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri and Babar Sattar.
It should resume proceedings on the matter on August 31 when the ex-PM is meant to seem in particular person earlier than the court docket. Earlier, the IHC had issued a show-cause discover to Khan asking him to seem earlier than the court docket, reported the Daybreak. Initially, the matter was heard by a three-member bench. 5-judge Bench of Islamabad HC to Proceed Against Imran Khan over Contempt of Court Costs.
The show-cause discover to Khan talked about that the assertion was made in a sub-judice matter to get "favourable" verdict and prima facie, this act was tantamount to obstructing the course of justice and due course of and to undermine public confidence within the court docket of regulation.
"These remarks have been made with the motive of bringing the administration of law into disrepute and eroding the integrity and credibility of the judicial system."
"Prima facie, Mr Khan committed criminal as well as judicial contempt, punishable under section 5 of the Contempt of Court Ordinance, 2003", it added. Additionally, Yaseen Gill, brother of Khan's chief of workers Shahbaz Gill, has filed a criticism earlier than the IHC chief justice in opposition to extra periods decide Zeba Chaudhry.
It said that "she had passed the order on August 17, 2022 [to hand over Mr Shahbaz's custody to police] in grave violation and derogation of judicial norms and express provisions of law". (The above story first appeared on SociallyTrend on Aug 28, 2022 04:26 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports activities, entertainment and way of life, go browsing to our web site latestly.com).
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