A full-bench of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Supreme Appellate Court on Saturday ordered convening a separate session of the AJK Legislative Assembly for the election of Leader of the House, it emerged.
\nAccording to media reports, The bench consisted of Chief Justice (CJ) Raja Saeed Akram, Justice Raza Ali Khan, Justice Khawaja Muhammad Naseem and Justice Muhammad Younus Tahir.
\nGiving its ruling on the petition filed against the \u2018stay\u2019 granted by the AJK High Court in the case of election of state\u2019s new prime minister, AJK\u2019s apex court observed that the courts could not order a halt to the assembly\u2019s proceedings, and that assembly\u2019s session had become meaningless after the resignation of the prime minister. \u201cHence calling the session was an \u2018unconstitutional\u2019 step,\u201d the court said.
\n\u201cTherefore, secretary law and principal secretary are directed to bring this to the notice of AJK president to convene assembly\u2019s session so that the new prime minister could be elected,\u201d the apex court said.
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