Phone Taping Law Challenged Supreme Court Questions Oversight
Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar questioned any legislation about phone taping in the hearing by a seven-member constitutional bench of the apex court.
“A law exists since 2013,” the Additional Attorney General told the court. “The law gives phone-taping mechanism, while judicial monitoring is also part of the law,” AAG said.
“According to the law only a judge could allow taping a phone,” Justice Mazhar observed. “If any judge was notified of it,” the judge questioned.
“The law has been ambiguous,” Justice Jamal Mandokhel remarked. “We are not interested in reports or the law, we want results,” Justice Aminuddin Khan said.
“I don’t know about the nomination of a judge for it,” AAG replied.
“This case would also have an impact over several pending cases,” Justice Mandokhel said. “This case was started with the chamber of the chief justice, where the chief justice will go,” Justice Mandokhel questioned.
“The law doesn’t allow everyone to tape the phone of anyone,” Justice Mazhar remarked.
“The petitioner of the case has not been in contact, the petitioner’s lawyer also expired last year,” the advocate on record (AOR) said.
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