ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court\u2019s Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar on Friday remakred that the top court\u2019s constitutional bench retains the authority to take suo motu notice.
\nThe apex court judge made these remarks during the hearing of an anti-terrorism case.
\nThe case, took up by the constitutional bench, was brought to the court\u2019s attention after the petitioner\u2019s counsel, Advocate Munir Paracha, argued that no further action was needed in the case. He contended that following the 26th Amendment, the supreme court no longer had the right to initiate suo motu proceedings.
\nIn response, Justice Mazhar clarified that while the amendment had changed procedural aspects, it did not eliminate the Supreme Court\u2019s ability to take suo motu notice.
\n\u201cThe procedure may have changed, but the Supreme Court still retains the power to take suo motu notice. The only difference is that such cases are now heard by the Constitutional Bench,\u201d he remarked. \u201cConstitutional Bench is empowered to hear such cases and initiate suo motu proceedings if necessary,\u201d SC judge Muhammad Ali Mazhar observed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court\u2019s Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar on Friday remakred that the top court\u2019s constitutional bench retains the authority to take suo motu notice. The apex court judge made these remarks during the hearing of an anti-terrorism case. The case, took up by the constitutional bench, was brought to the court\u2019s attention after the petitioner\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-443808","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n