Six-member constitutional bench begins listening to pending instances

(Clockwise from top left to right) The collage shows Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, Justice Naeem Afghan, Justice Musarrat Hilali and Justice Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi. — SC website/ File
(Clockwise from high left to proper) The collage exhibits Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, Justice Naeem Afghan, Justice Musarrat Hilali and Justice Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi. — SC web site/ File
  • 34 instances to be heard by constitutional bench in two days.
  • Bench will hear environment-related case pending since 1993.
  • It’s set to take up instances associated to disqualification as effectively.

ISLAMABAD: The six-member constitutional bench on Thursday started listening to the instances, pending within the Supreme Court docket for years, in Court docket Room No 3.

The trigger checklist for November 14 and 15 states that about 34 instances can be heard by the six-member constitutional bench led by Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan.

This marks the primary listening to of the brand new bench, created underneath the twenty sixth Constitutional Modification.

Eighteen of those instances will likely be heard by the bench right this moment and the remaining 16 will likely be heard on Friday (tomorrow).

Aside from Justice Amin, the constitutional bench includes Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi, Justice Musarrat Hilali, and Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan.

In view of the unavailability of Justice Ayesha A Malik on November 14 and 15, a related committee had determined {that a} bench comprising all accessible judges shall be constituted to proceed with instances on these dates.

The bench will hear environment-related instances together with the one which has been pending with the Supreme Court docket since 1993 as effectively.

A assessment petition towards the dismissal of a case difficult the nomination of Justice Qazi Faez Isa as chief justice of the Balochistan Excessive Court docket, filed by Riaz Hanif Rai Advocate, can even be heard by the bench.

The bench can even take up a plea searching for a rescheduling of the 2024 elections because it was prayed earlier than the courtroom that the elections ought to be held between February and March.

Equally, the constitutional bench can even take up instances associated to pleas searching for disqualification of lawmakers, possessing enterprise and belongings overseas apart from taking over instances associated to pleas searching for a ban on authorities servants for contracting marriages with international nationals in addition to suo motu a case taken up by former chief justice Isa relating to use of Standard Centre, Islamabad for personal functions.

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