LAHORE- Lahore session court on Wednesday accepted Meesha Shafi’s appeal for changing the judge after the singer filed a ‘no confidence’ petition for lack of confidence in Ali Zafar’s defamation suit.
The application seeking transfer of the case to another court had its verdict reserved by District and Sessions judge Muhammad Khalid Nawaz on Saturday.
In her application, Shafi had expressed a lack of trust in Additional District and Sessions Judge Shakeel Ahmad, who had been hearing the suit, arguing through her counsel that she believed the judge was displaying partiality towards Zafar.
“The judge has shown a clear and obvious bias in favour of the plaintiff which is apparent from the mode and manner in which he has so far conducted the proceedings,” the petition read. “The defendant does not have any confidence that the learned judge will be able to impartially and fairly proceeding in the case and hence desires to transfer her above-mentioned case to any other court of competent jurisdiction.”
The petition noted that the judge had “advised the witnesses not to give long answers as he may contradict himself or he may prejudice his own stance”.
Meanwhile, the defamation suit filed against Meesha Shafi by Ali Zafar has now been adjourned till May 11.
Ali Zafar had sent Meesha a defamation lawsuit of Rs1 billion in last year April after she alleged him of sexual harassment on Twitter.
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