Islamabad
Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Wednesday filed a review petition against the verdict of Justice Qazi Faez Isa case in Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP).
The SCBA petition requests Supreme Court to remove paragraphs 3 to 11 of June 19 decision. President of Pakistan, Federal government and Supreme Judicial Council have been made respondents in the petition.
It is pertinent to mention here that Supreme Court (SC) has rejected the presidential reference against Justice Qazi Faez Isa. The short verdict was announced by Justice Umar Ata Bandial, leading the 10-judge full court bench hearing the case.
The case was wrapped up after Justice Isa’s spouse provided the money trail pertaining to her foreign properties and the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) provided its input on the matter.
The full court has also withdrawn the show-cause notice against Justice Qazi Faez Isa.
Seven judges referred matter to the FBR for tax proceedings against Justice Qazi Faez Isa s wife & children, however, three judges Justice Baqar, Justice Mansoor and Justice Yahya did not endorse majority view to refer matter to FBR. The short verdict stated that the top court ordered the concerned Commissioner of Inland Revenue shall himself issue appropriate notices under the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 (“2001 Ordinance”) to the spouse and children of the Justice Qazi Faez Isa to offer an explanation regarding the nature and source of the funds separately for each property that are in the names of the spouse and the children were acquired.
