ISLAMABAD: Former Islamabad High Court (IHC) judge Tariq Jahangiri has approached the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC), challenging his removal from office and seeking to have the decision declared null and void.
In his appeal, Jahangiri contended that he was removed without the fulfilment of mandatory legal requirements, arguing that the process adopted by the IHC was unlawful and violated principles of due process.
The IHC had officially de-notified Jahangiri on December 18, 2025, following a verdict by a division bench headed by Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar and Justice Muhammad Azam Khan. The bench ruled that Jahangiri did not possess a valid law degree at the time of his appointment and subsequently declared his appointment “illegal.”
The court ordered him to immediately vacate his office and directed the Ministry of Law to formally remove him from the judiciary, observing that he had held an invalid law degree both at the time of his appointment and confirmation as a judge.
Jahangiri, however, has maintained that the decision was flawed and influenced by external pressure. He accused Chief Justice Dogar of misconduct, claiming he was under “immense pressure” for the swift disposal of the quo warranto petition filed against him.
Separately, Jahangiri also moved an application in the IHC through his counsel Akram Sheikh, seeking referral of the matter to a full court comprising all judges except the transferee judges, including Chief Justice Dogar.
Appointed as an additional judge of the IHC in December 2020 during the PTI government, Jahangiri was due to retire on July 10, 2027. Prior to his elevation to the bench, he had served as deputy attorney general during the Pakistan Peoples Party government and later as advocate general for the Islamabad Capital Territory under the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government.
The controversy surrounding his law degree surfaced in 2024, when a letter—allegedly issued by the University of Karachi’s controller of examinations—began circulating on social media. In July that year, a formal complaint regarding the alleged fake degree was submitted to the Supreme Judicial Council, the constitutional body responsible for probing misconduct allegations against judges.
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