The Supreme Court also issued notices on the request for the formation of a full court and live broadcast of court proceedings.
Lawyers requested the formation of a full court on petitions filed against the 26th Constitutional Amendment in the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, to which Justice Jamal Mandokhel remarked that a full court cannot be formed as per your wishes right now, the Judicial Commission nominates judges in the Constitutional Bench, and all the judges nominated by the Judicial Commission for the Constitutional Bench are part of this Bench.
Justice Ayesha Malik remarked that there is no restriction on the formation of a full court, Justice Jamal Mandokhel said that the Judicial Commission nominates judges, and the fixation of cases is done by a 3-member committee.
Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, while talking to the petitioner’s lawyers, said that you yourself are confused about the issue of the full court, you should consider this bench as the full court.
The lawyers said that a full court should be formed comprising all the judges present in the Supreme Court.
Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar said that this is not possible, only the constitutional bench will hear the constitutional matter.
Justice Jamal Mandokhel said that a full court has been formed comprising all the judges present in the constitutional bench.
Lawyer Salahuddin said that Akhtar Mengal’s petition has drawn a map of the circumstances of the amendment, how free the members of the assembly were to vote, this should also be taken into account.
Justice Ayesha Malik said that the decision on reserved seats was also not implemented.
Lawyer Salahuddin said that a point regarding reserved seats has also been raised in the petition, how could the amendment be made if the house was not full?
Senior lawyer Shahid Jamil said that only the real representatives of the people have the authority to amend the constitution.
Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar said that you want to wait for the decisions of the election cases first and then hear the constitutional amendment case? In this way, the constitutional amendment case will remain pending for a long time.
Later, the court issued notices to the parties and adjourned the hearing for another 3 weeks.
