WORLD NEWS | Pakistani govt files plea for SC challenge bill limiting chief justice’s powers

Islamabad [Pakistan]May 7 (ANI): The federal government of Pakistan on Saturday filed a petition with the Supreme Court to form a full court to hear petitions challenging the Supreme Court’s Practice and Procedure Act 2023, which seeks to limit the Judges’ powers Dawn newspaper, Pakistan (CJP).

According to the Dawn newspaper, the bill has become an act of parliament and speakers Mohammad Shafai Munir, Raja Aamir Khan, Chaudhry Ghulam Hussain and others have targeted Three petitions were filed for the bill.

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The bill proposes stripping the chief justice of the power to initiate suo motu proceedings and granting it to a panel that includes Pakistan’s chief justice and the two most senior justices of the Supreme Court.

The bill seeks the right to appeal against suo motu decisions. Courts froze action against the bill even before it became law in April, according to news reports. The Pakistani government filed an application for the court to have a full panel to hear the petition because the matter raised “some very important constitutional issues”, including the independence of the judiciary and the power of parliament to regulate the operation of the Supreme Court.

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In its request, the Pakistani government said, “However, given the importance of the constitutional issues involved, and the fact that this is a case of first impressions, it is the fairest and most transparent process […] If only all the honorable justices of the Supreme Court heard,” according to Dawn.

The plea said the issue had to be resolved by a full bench, even mentioning cases involving judicial independence. According to news reports, the petition concluded that it was made in the best interests of justice and fairness.

The complaint says the Supreme Court has consistently “disapproved” of any encroachment on the three pillars of the nation, concluding that “prayer is in the best interests of justice and fairness,” Dawn reported.

Since the Supreme Court’s Practice and Procedure Act 2023, which is now an Act, gave senior Supreme Court judges the power to form the bench, and stressed that it was “most appropriate” to challenge the petition, the petition said Tried and adjudicated by the Supreme Court. A full court.

In early April, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif criticized the Supreme Court for ordering to invalidate a bill limiting the powers of the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) after it became law, Dawn newspaper reported.

He emphasized that there are no such examples in the whole world. Speaking at the launch of the Constitution mobile app in Islamabad, Shehbaz Sharif said: “There is no example in the world where a law of Parliament has now been given a stay order before it even comes into being and is not in applicable form,” Dawn reported. .

On March 30, the Pakistani Senate passed the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Bill 2023, which seeks to limit the power of the CJP office to accept suo motu notifications in an individual capacity. However, Pakistani President Arif Alvi withdrew the bill on April 8. (Arnie)

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