Four Islamabad High Court Judges Challenge 27th Amendment in Supreme Court

Islamabad: Four judges of the Islamabad High Court have formally challenged the 27th Constitutional Amendment in the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

The petition has been filed by Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani along with Justice Babar Sattar, Justice Saman Rafat Imtiaz, and Justice Sardar Ejaz Ishaq Khan. According to sources, a draft of the petition challenging the amendment has been prepared and dispatched to the Supreme Court.

However, the Supreme Court’s diary branch refused to receive the petition, raising objections that—under the new amendment—the matter now falls under the jurisdiction of a Constitutional Court, not the Supreme Court. The filing staff informed the Advocate-on-Record that, after the 27th Amendment, the Supreme Court cannot accept cases of constitutional nature directly.

The judges have argued that the amendment has effectively barred them from performing their constitutional duties, prompting them to seek its annulment. Further developments are expected once the court clarifies its jurisdiction on the matter.