Justice Naqvi expressed the fear that delay in formulating the opinion on the fate of a number of complaints by a member of the SJC was allegedly deliberate and by design . On May the Chief Justice of Pakistan CJP sought the opinion of Justice Sardar Tariq Masood on complaints moved against the SC judge .
The complaints accused the judge of allegedly violating the Code of Conduct for judges and thus committing misconduct . An informed source said financial transactions including the purchase of properties being alleged against the judge were all in order and could be accounted for any time, according to the source .
The complaint or information is . always referred to a member . before initiating any formal proceedings of the judicial council to ascertain whether it was a fit case to be proceeded or not . Justice Masood is also a member to the fiveman SJC. Justice Masrow is also is also an SJC is also a member for the five man SJC .
The source told Dawn that the financial transactions are all in place and can be explained for all of the allegations against the . judge were in order, the source said . It is the responsibility of the judge to whom the matter has been referred to form the opinion as early as possible preferably within a period of .
days, preferably within . a month of a fortnight, or within a month, to form an opinion within a fortnight of a month to form a judge, or to the judge’s opinion of the complaint. The source said. The complaint is all in the judge. The report said. It is also in order to be explained by the complainant.
The information is all to be presented by the judge, and to the complainant’.
