Justice Isa accuses CJP Khosa of being 'biased against him'

Supreme Court judge says his family was 'illegally monitored by intelligence agencies' in his new petition

ISLAMABAD:

Supreme Court judge Justice Qazi Faez Isa in a fresh petition on Monday accused the country's top judge Asif Saeed Khosa of being biased against him.

"The language used by the chief justice [of Pakistan] in the [Supreme Judicial] Council’s order sadly demonstrates his lordship's bias and prejudice towards him [Justice Isa]," the plea states.

It also says that Justice Isa has nothing but respect and regard for the chief justice of Pakistan.

It goes on to say that,"The petitioner has always treated him [CJP] as his elder."

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It adds that Justice Isa acknowledges that he benefited from the rich experience and expertise of the CJP in criminal matters while siting and working with Justice Khosa at the Supreme Court.

"It is therefore all the more puzzling  that his lordship has disrespected, disparaged, denigrated and castigated the petitioner in the strongest of terms," it reads.

Justice Isa states that a month back before the filing of the reference against him, Justice Khosa asked him to discuss the petition against him behind the Supreme Court building.

He also says that in light of the sensitivity of the matter he will disclose the conversation in-camera before the court so the top judge may contradict him if given the chance to do so.

"Another reason for the Chief Justice’s displeasure appears to be the Petitioner’s Justice Isa requested the SC to declare  that the present Chairman and Members of the Supreme Judicial Council are no longer competent to hear the Reference Number 1 against the petitioner on account of the bias shown against the petitioner demonstrable from the order disposing off reference number 427 of 2019 and in the circumstances it may graciously be ordered that the instant petition be heard by the full court comprising all eligible judges."

Justice Isa also claims that intelligence agencies were deployed to monitor his family in which public funds were also misused.

Moreover, he alleges that his wife's personal data and records were also probed.