Islamabad: The most important case of 2024 in the Supreme Court was the case related to reserved seats. The Supreme Court gave a short verdict on July 12 on the appeal of the Sunni Ittehad Council and gave reserved seats to the PTI.
The review appeals against the decision have not yet been scheduled for hearing, and the parliament has also been incomplete for 7 months.
When the Sunni Ittehad Council filed an appeal against the Peshawar High Court’s decision regarding reserved seats, a 3-member bench headed by Justice Mansoor Ali Shah and comprising Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar suspended both the decisions of the Election Commission and the Peshawar High Court on May 6 to give reserved seats to the ruling coalition and referred the matter to the Practice and Procedure Committee for the formation of a larger bench.
A three-member Practice and Procedure Committee comprising former Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Muneeb Akhtar formed the full court.
On July 12, eight judges, headed by Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, gave a majority decision and gave reserved seats to the PTI.
Two judges, in a dissenting note, termed the majority decision as an overstepping of constitutional authority. When review appeals were filed, former Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa gave an opinion for an early hearing, however, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Muneeb Akhtar gave an opinion for the review appeals to be heard after the summer vacations.
In the context of reserved seats, the Parliament passed the Election Act Second Amendment Act.
