ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court’s Additional Registrar Judicial Nazar Abbas has challenged the contempt of court show-cause notice issued against him.
Additional Registrar Judicial Nazar Abbas has also field for a stay order against ongoing contempt of court proceedings.
The Supreme Court has constituted a six -member bench on the intra -court appeal of Additional Registrar Judicial Nazar Abbas.
The Supreme Court has constituted a six-member larger bench to hear his intra-court appeal. Headed by Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, the bench includes Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Athar Minallah, Justice Hasan Azhar Rizvi, Justice Shahid Waheed, and Justice Musarrat Hilali.
The case is scheduled for hearing on Monday, January 27.
Earlier, Supreme Court removed the Additional Registrar Judicial Nazr Abbas from the post, declaring him guilty of a serious mistake.
In the Supreme Court's declaration, the Registrar Supreme Court was directed to look into the matter of the Additional Registrar Judicial.
The controversy arose when Justice Mansoor Ali Shah’s constitutional bench issued a contempt of court notice against him for allegedly listing constitutional bench cases before a regular bench.
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The Supreme Court has ordered Abbas to appear in person to address the charges.
