ISLAMABAD:

The Supreme Court has ruled that the transfers of judges to the Islamabad High Court are valid and in line with the Constitution, dismissing petitions that challenged a February 2025 notification ordering the transfers.

In a detailed 55-page judgment, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, who authored the decision, explained that transferring a judge from one High Court to another does not equate to a new appointment. The judge’s role and status remain unchanged, despite the change in location. "A transfer is simply a reallocation of an existing resource," the ruling stated.

The court further clarified that the process for transferring judges under Article 200 of the Constitution operates independently of the rules governing appointments under Article 175A.

It was also noted that the

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