Supreme Court of Pakistan

9 May Riots: Military Courts Can Announce 85 Civilian Accused’s Verdicts: SCP

Sana MehmoodDecember 13, 2024

ISLAMABAD: The Constitutional Bench of the SCP, headed by Justice Aminuddin Khan, on Friday (13th Dec, 2024) has allowed the Military Courts to announce verdicts apropos eighty-five civilian who are accused of involvement in 9th May, 2023 riots. According to the short order the decisions of the Military Courts will be subject to the decisions […]

SCP restores PML-N’s Adil Khan Bazai as lawmaker

Sania JamaliDecember 12, 2024

ISLAMABAD: SCP has restored Adil Khan Bazai, PML-N lawmaker from Quetta on Thursday (12th December, 2024) annulling the ECP verdict of disenfranchising him maintaining that the regulator failed to justify the move. Three-member bench, headed by Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and also comprising Justices Ayesha Malik and Aqeel Abbasi heard the case. ECP held […]

26th Amendment Challenged in SCP

Sana MehmoodNovember 8, 2024

ISLAMABAD: The 26th Amendment has been challenged in the SCP on Friday (8th Nov. 2024) by Akhtar Mengal, Fahmida Mirza; Mohsin Dawar, and Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar. Another similar petition was filed by a number of former parliamentarians and an ex president of Sindh High Court Bar Association. As President Asif Ali Zardari gave consent here […]

Senate body agrees to raise number of SC judges from 17 to 25

Sana MehmoodNovember 1, 2024

ISLAMABAD: While PTI and JUI-F have vehemently opposed the move saying that the legislation was meant to appoint favourite judges, the Senate Standing Committee on Law and Justice agreed to increase the number of Supreme Court judges from 17 to 25 in order to clear the backlog of cases. Senator Farook H Naek presided over […]

Reserved Seats Case: Clarification by SCP’s 8 judges

Sana MehmoodSeptember 14, 2024

ISLAMABAD: Eight judges of SCP (Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah; Justice Munib Akhtar; Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar; Justice Ayesha A. Malik; Justice Athar Minallah; Justice Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi; Justice Shahid Waheed; Justice Irfan Saadat Khan) in a 4-page clarification has made it clear on Saturday (14th September, 2024) to ECP (in response to its […]

Wildlife Board ordered by SCP to take possession of Monal

Sana MehmoodAugust 22, 2024

ISLAMABAD: Wildlife Management Board has been asked by the SCP on Wednesday (21st August, 2024) to take possession of eateries (Monal, La Montana & Gloria Jeans) that were operating from inside the Margalla Hills National Park here. The three-judge bench of the SCP, headed by CJP Qazi Faez Isa, in its 25-page order instructed the […]

SCP issues contempt notices to 34 News Channels

Sana MehmoodJune 5, 2024

ISLAMABAD: SCP has issued contempt notices to 34 Channels for airing for broadcasting derogatory speeches delivered by independent Senator Faisal Vawda and Mustafa Kamal. The suo motu contempt of court case was heard on Wednesday (5th June, 2024) by a three-member bench led by CJP, comprising Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Justice Irfan Saadat Khan. […]

Z A Bhutto (executed on 4th April, 1979) was not given a fair trial: SCP said on 6th March, 2024

M M AlamApril 4, 2024

KARACHI: SCP on 6th March, 2024 had proclaimed that Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (who was executed on 4th April, 1979) did not get a fair trial. Life and death of Zulfikar Ali (Z.A.) Bhutto: * Z. A. Bhutto was born in Sindh on 5th of January, 1928. * He studied Law to become a barrister. * […]

SCP nullifies lifetime disqualification for lawmakers

Sana MehmoodJanuary 8, 2024

ISLAMABAD: SCP, in a 6-1 majority verdict, has nullified the lifetime disqualification under the Constitution’s Article 62(1)(f) here on Monday (8th of Jan, 2024). Justice Yahya Afridi dissented from the verdict of the larger bench that says the parliamentarians would be barred from holding office for five years under the law: “With profound respect, I […]