ISLAMABAD: The petitions against the law that limits the powers of the chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) heard again by the Supreme Court.
The CJP’s powers will limited by the Supreme Court (Practise and Procedure) Act 2023, passed by Parliament on 10 April during a joint session.
The Supreme Court (Practise and Procedure) Bill 2023 became a law on April 21.
The Supreme Court’s eight-member bench led by CJP Umar Ata Bandial stopped the bill from going into effect. The case currently heard again by the same judges.
The CJP, Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan, Justice Munib Akhtar, Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi. Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Ayesha A Malik. Justice Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi, and Justice Shahid Waheed all part of the eight-person larger bench of the apex court.
The case has also brought to the attention of the AGP. As well as the Supreme Court Bar Association, and the Pakistan Bar Council.
The country’s highest court has also sent notice to nine political parties, including Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
During the last time the case heard on April 13, the highest court stopped the law from put into effect. It said that even if the president signed the law, it would not used in any way until further order.
“The Act that comes into being shall not have any effect or be acted on in any way until further orders,” said a nine-page interim order issued on April 13.
In its order, the bench said that both the meaning and the effect of the facts and circumstances in this case are out of the ordinary.
