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SHC Extends Interim Order Suspending KU’s Cancellation of Former IHC Judge’s Law Degree
Sindh High Court extends interim order suspending Karachi University’s decision to cancel former IHC judge Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri’s law degree. Contempt plea proceedings to continue.
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by Muhammad Hashir
2025-12-22
SHC Extends Interim Order Suspending KU’s Cancellation of Former IHC Judge’s Law Degree

The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday extended its interim order suspending Karachi University’s (KU) decision to cancel the law degree of former Islamabad High Court (IHC) judge Justice (retd) Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri, who was removed from office last week.

Justice Jahangiri has been embroiled in a fake degree controversy since last year and has faced proceedings in both the SHC and IHC. While an IHC division bench headed by Chief Justice Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar ruled on December 18 that his degree was “invalid” and his elevation to the high court was “without lawful authority”, the SHC maintained its earlier order, keeping KU’s August 2024 decision suspended.

A two-member bench comprising Justices Yousuf Ali Saeed and Abdul Mobeen Lakho extended the stay while hearing a contempt of court application filed against KU Vice Chancellor Professor Khalid Mehmood Iraqi and Registrar Imran Ahmed Siddiqui. The interim order will remain in force until the next hearing, the date for which will be fixed later.

During the proceedings, both the KU vice chancellor and registrar appeared before the court and submitted affidavits. The KU registrar argued that the contempt plea had become ineffective following the IHC’s final verdict and said the university had not acted upon the SHC’s October 3 order suspending the cancellation of the degree. He added that KU’s records were sought by the IHC through the Higher Education Commission.

Vice Chancellor Iraqi told the bench that the degree records were submitted to the court without any alteration. The court directed Justice Jahangiri’s counsel, Barrister Salahuddin Ahmed, to receive the replies filed by the respondents.

Barrister Ahmed, speaking to the media after the hearing, said the contempt application was filed because KU allegedly concealed from the IHC the fact that the SHC had suspended both the proceedings and the cancellation order regarding Jahangiri’s degree. He stressed that the matter was urgent and should be heard promptly.

Justice Saeed observed that it was the bench’s last working day before winter vacations and noted that the case would be taken up later as per the roster. Following this, the bench extended the interim order.

Barrister Ahmed maintained that legally, the cancellation order remains suspended to date and argued that the IHC decision was based on an order that was not in effect. “A judge has been removed on the basis of an order that was suspended and continues to remain suspended,” he said.

The case will be heard again after court vacations.
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