Recent News and Updates of Supreme Court of Pakistan, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry, Aitzaz Ahsan, Ali Ahmed Kurd, Munir A Malik, Justice Tariq Mahmood, Lawyers Movement.
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ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court (SC) has ordered, that sugar will be sold out at the retail price of Rs 40 per kilogram till final decision is pronounced. . A 3-member bench of SC headed by the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and comprising justice Ghulam Rabbani and justice Jawad S Khawaja resumed the hearing of the case Thursday. Farooq Amjid Mir advocate while giving the arguments on behalf of SDA took the plea sugar dealers had purchased sugar at the rate of Rs 40 per kilogram from the owners of sugar mills adding it was impossible to sell out the sugar at this or less than this price. CJP inquired Farooq Mir if SDA was a registered body. Farooq Mir told it was not registered body. However we make deals with sugar mills owners in our personal capacity and sell out it to the retailers. CJP asked him to present the documents in the court about the rate at which sugar purchase agreements were made by him with the mill owners.
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan Friday declared the steps taken on November 3, 2007 by former president Pervez Musharraf as illegal and unconstitutional. The judgment came after the 14-judge larger bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry completed the hearing of constitutional petitions regarding PCO judges, appointments of judges of higher judiciary and November 3, 2007 steps. The Supreme Court in its short verdict declared the steps of November 3, 2007 taken by former president Pervez Musharraf as unconstitutional. It termed as illegal and unconstitutional the sacking of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and the other higher judiciary. Former president General (Retd.) Pervez Musharraf’s steps taken on November 3, 2007 were extra-constitutional. Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry announced the verdict. The verdict said all the appointments of judges on and after November 3, 2007 under PCO were unconstitutional. The case of PCO judges will be referred to the Supreme Judicial Council.
ISLAMABAD: SCP summoned Gen. (R) Pervez Musharraf to defend himself over a decision to impose a state of emergency and controversially sacking judges two years ago. A 14-member bench, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, issued notice to Musharraf to appear in person or through counsel on July 29. Attorney General Latif Khosa told reporters that The supreme court invited Musharraf because his actions are being discussed in court, The court is giving him a chance to defend himself.
ISLAMABAD: The two-day National Judicial Conference under the auspices of Law and Justice Commission would be held at Supreme Court on July 4 and 5, aimed to review the judicial policy for 2009. Chief Justice Federal Shariat Court, Chief Justices of Islamabad High Court and High Courts of the four provinces, Attorney General and Judges of Supreme Court, Advocate Generals and Judges of the High Courts of the four provinces and district and session judges of the four provinces would attend the two-day conference. On the first day of the conference on July 4th, three sessions would be held and Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry would inaugurate and address the conference. While, on the 2nd day of the conference four groups would be constituted and Chief Justice would address the concluding session.
ISLAMABAD: The completion of 100 days of restoration of Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and other Judges, after an epic struggle of the lawyers community, supported by the civil society. The struggle had been very peaceful, organized and carried out in a disciplined manner. The people and especially the litigant parties suffered hardships due to the disruption of the judicial system on account of the illegal/unconstitutional acts leading to the removal of independent-minded judges in the Supreme Court as well as high courts.The people suffered delays in disposal of cases but maintained composure as they knew that the struggle had been for high objectives of supremacy of the Constitution, rule of law and independence of judiciary.
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