Supreme Court links home violence to civil service fitness
A two-judge bench dismissed former Intelligence Bureau cook Jawad Abbasi’s challenge to compulsory retirement over allegations he set his wife on fire.
A Supreme Court bench led by Justice Ayesha A. Malik dismissed Jawad Abbasi’s appeal against compulsory retirement.
Justice Shahid Waheed’s judgment called a woman’s dignity a fundamental constitutional value the state may expect of every public servant.
Departmental charges under the Civil Servants (Efficiency and Discipline) Rules, 2020 were found established; a lower court had acquitted him criminally.
The court said private-life violence can still matter for service discipline and public confidence, and is not sealed behind home walls.