Parties in the coalition government on Thursday said that they would not accept the apex court\u2019s move to constitute an eight-member \u201ccontroversial bench\u201d for hearing the \u2018Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Bill, 2023\u2019 before the completion of its legislative process and implementation.<\/p>\n
In their joint statement issued here, the ruling alliance said that such a move was never witnessed before in the history of Pakistan and in the conduct of judicial proceedings.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis act is tantamount to damaging the credibility of the superior court besides making the process of justice meaningless,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n
Taking exceptions against the constitution of the bench before the set bill was enacted, the statement likened the bench composition with the purported \u201cdivide\u201d of the Supreme Court and also validated the ruling alliance\u2019s earlier stance.<\/p>\n
The honourable judges of the apex court in their judgments themselves had also openly expressed their reservations over \u201cone-man-show\u201d, they recalled.<\/p>\n
\u201cPakistan is a federating unit and non-inclusion of judges from smaller provinces \u2013 Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the bench is also regrettable,\u201d it said. The statement said that the ruling alliance considers this move an attempt to curtail the Parliament\u2019s power which would be resisted.<\/p>\n
The constitution of the \u201cdisputed bench\u201d in such haste and then fixing the case for hearing clearly indicated that what decision would come.<\/p>\n
According to the statement, the action of the Supreme Court and the statement of bar councils on the formation of the controversial bench \u201cis a clear manifestation that the action is not only against justice and fairness but also against the prevailing judicial procedures and established principles\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u2018All Pakistan Lawyers Convention\u2019, held in Lahore, passed a resolution on October 12, 2019, demanding the Parliament to pass this law. Acting on the demand of the lawyers\u2019 community, the Parliament presented the said bill, the statement added.<\/p>\n
It was asserted in the statement that \u201cevery attempt to take away the authority of the Parliament and interfere in its constitutional jurisdiction will be resisted and there will be no compromise on the supremacy of the Parliament in the light of the Constitution of Pakistan\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Parties in the coalition government on Thursday said that they would not accept the apex court\u2019s move to constitute an eight-member \u201ccontroversial bench\u201d for hearing the \u2018Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Bill, 2023\u2019 before the completion of its legislative process and implementation. In their joint statement issued here, the ruling alliance said that such a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325622,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-325619","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n