ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Qazi Faez Isa Monday said that Parliament should not be hampered from doing any good because it lacked the two-third majority required for passing a constitutional amendment.
He made these remarks as the Justice Isa-led full court resumed hearing a set of petitions challenging the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Act 2023.
Headed by CJP Isa the bench consists Justice Sardar Tariq Masood, Justice Ijazul Ahsan, Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Justice Munib Akhtar, Justice Yahya Afridi, Justice Aminuddin Khan, Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Ayesha A. Malik, Justice Athar Minallah, Justice Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi, Justice Shahid Waheed and Justice Musarrat Hilali.
At the outset of today’s hearing, President Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Abid Zuberi said that Article 175(2) and Article 191 had been quoted in the Act. He read out Article 191 which states: “Subject to the Constitution and law, the Supreme Court may make rules regulating the practice and procedure of the Court”.
The lawyer contended that the “only authority that can make rules regulating the practice and procedure of the court is the honourable SC and not Parliament”.
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