A six-member bench of the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday reserved its verdict on a fresh petition seeking the formation of a full court to hear pleas challenging the trial of civilians by military courts.<\/p>\n
The bench comprised Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Ijazul Ahsan, Justice Munib Akhtar, Justice Yahya Afridi, Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi and Justice Ayesha A. Malik.<\/p>\n
Earlier, the apex court had rejected the federal government\u2019s plea to constitute a full court for the case.<\/p>\n
However, a fresh application pertaining to the matter was moved yesterday by senior counsel Faisal Siddiqi on behalf of civil society members. \u201cThe full court should include all judges willing and available for the adjudication on the fundamental and complex constitutional and legal questions,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n
The petition further stated that the petitioners would have no objection if all the judges of the Supreme Court were part of the proposed full court.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is categorically stated that unlike the government\u2019s malafide actions, the petitioners have no objection, whatsoever, on any judge willing and available to hear this case,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n
During the hearing today, the CJP discussed the plea with other petitioners in the case and then reserved the verdict on Siddiqi\u2019s application. He said the bench would announce the decision after discussion.<\/p>\n
Justice Bandial added that lawyers would be informed in case of a delay in the verdict.<\/p>\n
However, a court associate later told reporters gathered outside the apex court that the reserved verdict would be announced tomorrow (Wednesday).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A six-member bench of the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday reserved its verdict on a fresh petition seeking the formation of a full court to hear pleas challenging the trial of civilians by military courts. The bench comprised Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Ijazul Ahsan, Justice Munib Akhtar, Justice Yahya Afridi, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324266,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[292],"class_list":{"0":"post-346631","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-supreme-court"},"yoast_head":"\n