During the hearing of the petition in the Supreme Court against the alleged rigging in the 2024 general elections, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf lawyer Hamid said that the weakness of the court is that it has not yet been able to take suo motu on this matter, to which Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel said that Hamid sir, you are a senior lawyer, pay attention to the choice of words.
A hearing was held in the Supreme Court on the petition of PTI founder Imran Khan against election rigging, a 6-member bench headed by Justice Aminuddin Khan heard the case.
Lawyer Hamid Khan said that jurisdiction has been given in Article 184(3) or not, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel said that if you think that the Election Commission is biased, then you should have gone to the relevant forum, the court will have to tell you for the notification of each candidate.
If there is a difference between Form 45 or 47, then one of them will be correct, a full inquiry will have to be done to check the form.
Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar remarked that Hamid Sahib, you should come prepared for the next hearing, Hamid Khan said that I had only come to remove objections, you are talking about merit.
Justice Jamal Mandokhel said that was the entire election from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to Balochistan wrong? There will be a separate inquiry for each constituency, each candidate will tell about the allegations of his constituency, the issue of election rigging had been raised earlier too, an ordinance had to be brought for the inquiry.
Justice Jamal Mandokhel said that we did not have the authority to take action, so we had to make an ordinance, under 184, the jurisdiction is not of the court, lawyer Hamid Khan said that it is the weakness of this court that it has not been able to take suo motu yet,
Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel said that Hamid Sahib, you are a senior lawyer, please consider your choice of words, Justice Aminuddin Khan remarked that the objections will be removed only after considering your request.
Lawyer Hamid Khan said that we are still suffering from what happened on February 8, the Deputy Attorney General said that the Deputy Speaker has also formed a committee on the matter, Justice Jamal Mandokhel said that we have nothing to do with this committee,
The court gave time to the lawyer of the founder of PTI to prepare for the objections of the Registrar’s Office and, giving time, adjourned the hearing for an indefinite period.
