Five IHC judges filed representations against this seniority list. Both dissenting judges held that the transfers in question suffered from malice in fact as well as malice in law. The dissenting judges wondered why all judges senior to Justice Dogar in the LHC, Justice Soomro in the SHC, and Justice Asif in the BHC were ignored or not considered for transfer to the IHC. The opinion said that the transfers created turbulence within the IHC, damaging collegiality among its judges and disrupting smooth functioning, thereby causing hardship to litigants. They added that the transfers had frustrated the legitimate expectations of the sitting IHC judges.