SJC meeting probably in mid-October

Islamabad:

The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) should convene a meeting to examine complaints against judges of the higher judiciary, sources said.

The meeting should be held in mid-October under the chairmanship of chief Yahya Afridi. The chief judge of the High Court of Islamabad, Sarfraz Dogar, was inducted as a member of the SJC.

The SJC is a judicial body of the higher judiciary, authorized under article 209 of the Constitution, to hear cases of misconduct against the judges.

In a recent observation, the Supreme Court judged that only the SJC could investigate the allegations of misconduct against judges.

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