SC Dismisses Plea Against 26th Constitutional Amendment After Withdrawal Request

ISLAMABAD: A Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa dismissed a plea challenging the proposed 26th constitutional amendment. The dismissal came after the petitioner’s lawyer, Advocate Hamid Khan, requested to withdraw the case. The three-member bench also included Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan. The petition sought to challenge …

Supreme Court Strikes Down Majority Judgment

ISLAMABAD: In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court criticized its previous interpretation of Article 63-A of the Constitution. The court stated that the earlier majority judgment effectively allowed political leaders to act like dictators, unchallenged by their parties or assemblies. This scenario threatens the democratic framework of the country. The detailed 23-page judgment, authored by …

Supreme Court Overturns 2022 Verdict on Article 63-A

The Supreme Court of Pakistan unanimously accepted a review petition on Thursday. The petition challenged its 2022 decision regarding the defection clause under Article 63-A of the Constitution. The earlier verdict had declared that votes cast against the parliamentary party line in specific circumstances should not be counted. However, today’s ruling changes that, stating that …

Justice Munib Akhtar Protests Exclusion from Supreme Court Bench

Justice Munib Akhtar of the Supreme Court of Pakistan has protested against a decision by the Chief Justice-led bench to proceed without him. He refused to attend the hearing of a review petition challenging the Supreme Court’s verdict on the defection clause under Article 63-A. Justice Munib registered his objection in a letter to the …

SC Directs ECP to Revisit Reserved Seats Notification

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) has issued a separate note from Justice Yahya Afridi, directing the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to revisit its notification of returned candidates on reserved seats. Justice Afridi’s note emphasizes that a candidate, who declared their representation of a political party, must be declared as such unless they have withdrawn …

Parliament vs. Supreme Court, Tensions Rise Over Reserved Seats Allocation

ISLAMABAD – The conflict between Pakistan’s parliament and the Supreme Court has intensified. National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq sent a strong letter to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday. The speaker urged the ECP to respect parliamentary sovereignty in allocating reserved seats to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). The Supreme Court had earlier …

CJP urges Govt and PTI to resume talks

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial urged the government and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to resume talks during a hearing on Monday. The CJP was presiding over a three-member bench, which included Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan and Justice Munib Akhtar. The bench was hearing the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) plea to reconsider the …

PDM Decides to Boycott SC Bench on Election Delay Case

The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) has expressed its distrust in the Supreme Court’s three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, hearing the election delay case. Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the president of the PDM and chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), announced this decision in a press conference in Islamabad. The PDM is a coalition …

SC bench dissolved after recusal of four judges in election suo motu

Chief Justice of Pakistan formed New bench after recusal of judges in election suo motu case. A nine-member larger bench of the Supreme Court, which was hearing a suo motu notice regarding elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab, was dissolved on Monday after four judges recused themselves from the case. The judges who recused themselves …

CCPO Lahore Ghulam Mahmood Dogar reinstated by Supreme Court

The Lahore Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Ghulam Mahmood Dogar has been reinstated by the Supreme Court of Pakistan after it suspended a notification issued by the Punjab interim government to transfer him. This decision was made following a hearing on a petition against Dogar’s transfer, during which the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) secretary …

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