The Islamabad High Court (IHC) issued a notification on Thursday to Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADSJ) Raja Khurram Ali Khan, withdrawing him from his current duties and reassigning him an Officer on Special Duty (OSD) at the same court, effective immediately.

The notification was issued by IHC registrar Raja Jawad Abbas Hassan.

According to the notification, Khan's services from the Civil District and Sessions Division-East Islamabad have been "withdrawn".

He has been placed in the IHC as OSD, maintaining "his own pay and scale i.e. BPS-20", with immediate effect until further notice.

Tayyaba, the child maid allegedly tortured by the family of ADSJ Raja Khurram Ali Khan, was recovered from the judge's house on Dec 29, police had said.

An FIR was later registered against the judge and his wife.

By Jan 2, the ADSJ had signed a compromise deed with Tayyaba’s parents through their lawyer, Raja Zahoor Hassan, and obtained pre-arrest bail for his wife from fellow ADSJ Raja Asif Mehmood.

The Supreme Court, which took suo moto notice of the case, on Wednesday said it had found anomalies in the way the sessions courts handled the case.

Read more: SC finds anomalies in lower court’s handling of Tayyaba case

Chief Justice of Pakistan Saqib Nisar has ordered the deputy inspector general Islamabad police to investigate all aspects of the case without restrictions of jurisdiction or legal immunity and to submit a detailed report within 10 days.

With additional input by Tahir Naseer in Islamabad

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