ISLAMABAD – A two-member bench of the Supreme Court is set to announce its reserved verdict in the contempt of court case against Additional Registrar Nazar Abbas today(Monday).
The bench had reserved the verdict on Thursday, while also requesting arguments regarding the formation of a full court to address the powers of Supreme Court benches.
On January 20, the Supreme Court had issued a show-cause notice and removed Additional Registrar (Judicial) Nazar Abbas from his position, citing “serious misconduct.” The court directed the registrar to investigate the matter.
The issue arose when the additional registrar mistakenly scheduled a case for the constitutional bench before a regular bench, wasting both the Supreme Court’s time and resources, as well as those of the parties involved.
Nazar Abbas has requested the withdrawal of the show-cause notice.
It is also noted that a six-member bench will review Nazar’s intra-court appeal on January 27 (Monday). The Supreme Court had previously accepted his appeal and formed a larger bench under Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail.
Also read: Additional registrar challenges contempt notice in Supreme Court.
Additional Registrar (Judicial) Nazar Abbas has contested the contempt of court notice issued to him following the controversy surrounding the case scheduling.
