| Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan سردار محمد رضا خان |
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| Justice Supreme Court | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 10 January 2002 |
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| Nominated by | Pervez Musharraf |
| Chief Justice Peshawar High Court | |
| In office April 28, 2000 – January 9, 2002 |
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| Nominated by | Mohammad Rafiq Tarar |
| Justice Peshawar High Court | |
| In office December 14, 1993 – April 27, 2000 |
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| Nominated by | Mohammad Farooq Leghari |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 10, 1945 Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan (Urdu: سردار محمد رضا خان) is a justice in Supreme Court of Pakistan and a former Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court. He was born in village Namli Maira District Abbottabad on the February 10, 1945.[1]
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After graduating from Government College Abbottabad, he obtained Masters degree in Economics from the Punjab University through Forman Christian College Lahore. He passed his LLB from the same University in 1967.[1]
In 1985 he visited USA in 1985 to study the American Legal System.[1]
In 1999 he visited Tokyo Japan in 1999 to attend a Three Months Training Course on “Corruption Among Public Officials”.[1]
In June 2004, he visited Ipoh—Kualalumpur, Malaysia in connection with and International Seminar on “Human Rights and Independence on the Judiciary in the Islamic and Non-Islamic Judicial Systems”.[1]
In 2006, he visited Dhaka, Bangladesh to attend a conference on Criminal judicial system.
Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan joined PCS (Judicial Branch) in 1970 after passing a competitive examination held in 1968-69. He was appointed as Senior Civil Judge in 1973. In 1976 he was appointed as Additional District and Sessions Judge. Justice Sardar was appointed as District and Sessions Judge in 1979. He Remained Judicial Commissioner for Northern Areas for more than four years.[2]
He was appointed Special Judge Customs Taxation and Anti Smuggling in 1992-93.[2]
Justice Sardar was elevated to the Bench Peshawar High Court on December 14, 1993. He was confirmed as judge of Peshawar High Court in June 1995.[2]
On April 28, 2000 he took oath of office of Chief Justice Peshawar High Court.[1]
Justice Sardar was elevated as Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and took the oath on January 10, 2002.[2]
Justice Sardar Muhmmad Raza Khan refused to take oath on Provisional Constitutional Order on November 3, 2007. As a result he along with eleven other justices was removed from the Supreme Court Bench.[3]
On September 19, 2008, after a democratically elected government came to power,taking oath under the Constitution, he was reinstated to the Supreme Court with his seniority intact.[4]
On September 28, 2007, a nine member bench of Supreme Court of Pakistan, in a 6-3 spilt verdict held that petition challenging General Pervez Musharraf candidature for the second term as the president as non maintainable. Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan along with head of bench Justice Rana Bhagwandas and Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan dissented with the majority opinion. Declaring the petition as non-maintainable were Javed Iqbal, Abdul Hameed Dogar, M. Javed Buttar, Mohammad Nawaz Abbasi, Faqir Muhammad Khokhar, and Falak Sher.[5]
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| Preceded by Mian Mohammad Ajmal |
Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court April 28, 2000 – January 9, 2002 |
Succeeded by Mian Shakirullah Jan |