The PTI’s four pleas included an application seeking orders for the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to return records; a second sought a stay of proceedings till the Supreme Court passes an order on ECP’s pending application in the reserved seats matter; the third also sought a stay till the SC issues a detailed verdict in […]
In its 5-0 ruling, the apex court incorporated an additional note by Justice Athar Minallah, stating that the federal government’s appeal is not maintainable. However, he also noted that the intra-court appeals of private parties have been accepted for hearing. The Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, approved the government’s appeals regarding the NAB amendments […]
It is visible that one camp has the majority in the apex court. There is a perception that the PML-N government is increasing the number of SC judges to give the other camp the majority. Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa is retiring on October 25, but the PML-N government wants him to […]
A five-page judgment, authored by Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, on an appeal filed by the Punjab police, said that no court had the jurisdiction to grant arbitrary relief without the support of any power granted by the Constitution or the law. The case stemmed from recruiting driver constables in Lahore district police in 2007. Later, […]
In a nine-page judgment authored by Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, the court highlighted the prolonged and often inhumane conditions faced by death row inmates, noting that many prisoners remain in death cells for years, sometimes even decades, due to delays in the judicial process and subsequent execution of sentences. The ruling came during the hearing […]
The bench, comprising Justice Aminuddin Khan and Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan, issued a 5-page written order for the hearing of a government appeal on Monday. The order said that notices had been issued to the parties who could submit additional documents if they wished. The order said that, on May 19, 2023, the federal government […]
As per details, a two-member bench, headed by Justice Aminuddin Khan, including Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan heard the case. The Supreme Court suspended the Islamabad High Court’s orders dated May 29 and June 25 and issued notices to Bushra Bibi, wife of former PM Imran Khan, and Najam-ul-Haq, son of ex-CJP Saqib Nisar. The top […]
Imran has also requested the court to provide records of the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) April 2020 decision to close the £190 million case. He contends that the investigating officer stated that approval to close the case was given during NAB’s 343rd Executive Board meeting. However, the trial court had previously rejected a request for […]
A five-member larger bench, led by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa, had on July 4 suspended the LHC’s June 12 notification that established the tribunals. The SC also set aside the LHC ruling that gave its chief justice the final authority in appointing tribunals to resolve election disputes. The top court’s ruling […]
A three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa and including Justices Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi, delivered the ruling on Monday. The decision pertains to the recount of votes in various polling stations in NA-154, NA-81, and NA-79. The case arose after Azhar Qayum Nahra of the Pakistan […]
