The Supreme Court (SC) registrar’s office has returned constitutional petitions filed by five judges of the Islamabad High Court (IHC), citing multiple procedural objections, according to court sources on Monday.

The petitions, which challenged the powers of IHC Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar, were filed under Article 184(3) of the Constitution.

Article 184(3) of the Constitution of Pakistan grants the Supreme Court original jurisdiction to hear matters of public importance concerning the enforcement of any of the fundamental rights guaranteed in Chapter I of Part II of the Constitution.

The registrar’s office raised several objections, noting that the judges failed to specify any matter of public importance or to identify which fundamental rights were affected to justify i

See Full Page