IHC Bar condemns filing of reference against Justice Kiyani

The Islamabad High Court Bar Association has strongly condemned a reference filed against Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani, declaring it false and baseless, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

A declaration of the IHCBA meeting was issued on Saturday.

The declaration strongly condemned the filing of a ‘false and baseless’ reference against Islamabad High Court judge, Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani.

“The IHCBA expresses serious concern over the inclusion of the names of its respected members in the reference. The reference is an attempt to defame the members of the bar and the respected judges. We will not allow the image of the judiciary and the bar to be tarnished,” the declaration stated.

The IHCBA said that it could not sit silent over the filing of false and baseless references against bar judges. Respected judges are performing their judicial responsibilities conscientiously, it added.

The bar has decided to fully support the honourable judges and bar members. A conspiracy to blackmail the bar judges and bring our institution into disrepute will not be allowed to succeed, the IHCBA resolved.

The declaration was issued by IHCBA President Naveed Malik and Secretary Rizwan Shabbir Kayani.

A reference was filed with the Supreme Judicial Council on Thursday against Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani over alleged favouritism and accumulation of assets beyond his known sources of income.

A lawyer of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bar Council (KBC), Murtaza Qureshi, filed the reference against the IHC judge. He accused him of favouritism in the promotion of judges of the subordinate judiciary of Islamabad and also highlighted the real estate business in which the judge was allegedly a shareholder.

 

Reporter Ehtisham Kiyani