SC STOPS Procedures OF Legal COMMISSION
ISLAMABAD: The High Court (SC) has halted the procedures of the legal commission on sound releases and suspended the warning gave by the national government, ARY News provided details regarding Friday.
The Supreme Court (SC) issued its ruling on the petitions against the judicial commission on audio leaks constituted by the federal government. In its ruling, the top court stopped the proceedings of the audio leak commission and issued notices to the parties. The top court will resume the hearing of the petitions on May 31, the written verdict read.
Earlier in the day, the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) sent transcripts of nine alleged audio leaks to the judicial commission for investigation. The next session of the commission was scheduled for May 27.
The reserved verdict was issued by a five-member bench comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Ijazul Ahsan, Justice Munib Akhtar, Justice Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi and Justice Shahid Waheed.
The order was passed on a set of petitions moved by Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Abid Shahid Zuberi, SCBA Secretary Muqtedir Akhtar Shabbir, PTI Chairman Imran Khan and Advocate Riaz Hanif Rahi seeking to declare the constitution of the audio commission illegal.
During the hearing today, CJP Bandial observed that the formation of the government-appointed judicial commission “interfered in the judiciary’s internal matters” and noted that there were errors in the notification issued by the government for the formation of theEarlier in the day, the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) sent transcripts of nine alleged audio leaks to the judicial commission for investigation. The next session of the commission was scheduled for May 27.
He said that the government cannot have judges included in benches “as per its wishes”. He further said that because of the events of May 9, when violent protests broke out in the country following the arrest of the PTI chief, statements that were critical of the judiciary had stopped.
