Sayyed Muhammad Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi (Urdu: سید محمد مظاہر علی اکبر نقوی; born 1 September 1960) is a former Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, he assumed office on 16 March 2020 and resigned as a Judge on 10 January 2024.
[6] The Supreme Judicial Council of Pakistan opinioned on 7 March 2024 that Naqvi had been guilty of misconduct and should have been removed as a Judge .
[13] In 2016, he was subject to a show-cause notice from Supreme Judicial Council of Pakistan (SJC) due to an alleged misconduct.
[21] During the hearing of that case, Naqvi had a heated argument with the lawyer of the accused over the latter's objection on inclusion of a judge in the bench who was formerly associated with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
[25] Naqvi also headed the bench hearing the case of Preston Institute of Management Science and Technology's students against non-confirmation of their degrees and issued an order to put university's owner on Exit Control List.
Although it was clear that the accused Shahrukh Jatoi had shot Shahzeb Khan In a surprising move, he acquitted the earlier convicted death row prisoner Shahrukh Jatoi of murdering Shahzeb Khan, citing it as an egoistic murder and a failure to meet the burden of proof.
[35] Former Islamabad High Court Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui alleged that General Faiz Hameed, the former spymaster, exerted influence on certain members of the SJC to shield Naqvi from a case.
On 23 November 2023, by a majority of 4-1, the Supreme Judicial Council of Pakistan issued a second show-cause notice to J. Naqvi, with a direction to come up with his defence by filing a reply within a fortnight.
[42] In response, Naqvi challenged the two show-cause notices in the Supreme Court of Pakistan, deeming them politically motivated.
[45] Subsequent to holding detailed proceedings spanning a couple of months, on 7 March 2024, the Supreme Judicial Council of Pakistan opinioned that Naqvi was guilty of misconduct and should have been removed as a Judge.
[6] The detailed opinion released on 8 March 2024, concluded that the number of instances of misconduct committed by Naqvi included fraud, which damaged the reputation of the judiciary.