\u2018Separation of powers\u2019
\n islamabad
\nSupreme Court\u2019s senior puisne Judge Mansoor Ali Shah has stressed the importance of implementing the top court\u2019s verdicts, saying that there is no option to \u201cdisregard or delay\u201d the judgments.
\n\u201cThe SC verdict cannot be disregarded or delayed or else the entire legal system will be disrupted and the balance of Constitution will be out if you seek non-implementation of judgments,\u201d he said Saturday while addressing an event in Islamabad. \u201cI want to underline that Supreme Court\u2019s judgments [always] get implemented and it is the structure of the Constitution,\u201d Justice Shah said, stressing that there has never been a case where an apex court verdict was not implemented.
\nHe said that not implementing the SC rulings would be \u201ca violation of the Constitution\u201d.
\n\u201cThere is no choice but to comply with the Supreme Court\u2019s orders,\u201d he added.
\nThe SC judge further stated that implementation of judgments was the structure of Constitution as the top court draws the authority to decide the matters from the Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, instead of any other document \u201cNo one has the choice to call it [SC rulings] \u2018wrong\u2019 or \u2018not right\u2019. The Constitution says that this is a judgment and it has to be implemented,\u201d he said. Justice Shah went on to say that those who have any objection to the Supreme Court\u2019s verdict can change the entire structure of the Constitution \u201cbut right now this is how it is\u201d.
\nHe said that disregarding the apex court\u2019s rulings was also \u201cagainst the separation of powers\u201d.
\n\u201cSeparation of powers is the core component of democracy which shouldn\u2019t be disturbed. This is not a burden or a courtesy that you have to do, but a constitutional obligation that needs to be fulfilled.
\n\u201cThis is a delicate equilibrium which needs to be respected. We have an obligation to keep this equilibrium in balance and there shouldn\u2019t be any executive overreach. No one has the choice or the prerogative to second guess if the judgment is right or wrong,\u201d the justice said.
\nHe said that only SC had the prerogative to decide a matter and after that the judgment has to be implemented.
\nThere will be severe consequences if the constitutional duty of implementing the SC\u2019s orders is not fulfilled, he added.
\nIt may be noted that the ruling parties recently passed the Elections (Second Amendment) Bill, 2024, in parliament which seeks to \u2018circumvent\u2019 the Supreme Court\u2019s July 21 ruling that declared Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) a political party and eligible for reserved seats.
\nThe apex court\u2019s full bench on July 21 ruled in favour of the Imran Khan-founded party in the reserved seats case, paving the way for its return to the parliament and effectively depriving the PML-N-led coalition government of its two-thirds majority in the parliament.
\nJustice Shah had announced the 8-5 majority verdict of the SC full bench, which declared the PTI eligible to receive reserved seats for women and minorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u2018Separation of powers\u2019 islamabad Supreme Court\u2019s senior puisne Judge Mansoor Ali Shah has stressed the importance of implementing the top court\u2019s verdicts, saying that there is no option to \u201cdisregard or delay\u201d the judgments. \u201cThe SC verdict cannot be disregarded or delayed or else the entire legal system will be disrupted and the balance of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365002,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-424078","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n