A 10-member constitutional bench headed by Justice Aminuddin Khan delivered a short verdict, quashing the July 12 decision of the Supreme Court and upholding the Peshawar High Court’s decision
Court Reporter, Daily Dawn+ Dawn TV Report
Islamabad: The constitutional bench of the Supreme Court has accepted the review petitions related to reserved seats by a majority of 7 to 5. The court, in a short verdict, quashed the July 12 decision and upheld the Peshawar High Court’s decision not to grant reserved seats to the Sunni Ittehad Council.
A hearing was held in the Supreme Court of Pakistan on the review petitions related to reserved seats, and an 11-member constitutional bench headed by Justice Aminuddin Khan heard the case.
In today’s hearing in the Supreme Court, the hearing of the reserved seats review case was completed after the Attorney General’s arguments in the reserved seats case were completed, after which the court reserved the decision in the case.
The constitutional bench included Justice Jamal Mandokhel, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Ayesha Malik, Justice Hassan Azhar Rizvi, Justice Musarrat Hilali, Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan, Justice Aqeel Abbasi, Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan, Justice Hashim Kakar, Justice Salahuddin Panhor, Justice Aamir Farooq and Justice Ali Baqir Najafi.
Later, after a short break, the court delivered a summary judgment in the case, in which the Supreme Court’s constitutional bench granted the review petitions by a majority of 7 to 5.
In the summary judgment, the constitutional bench declared the July 12 Supreme Court’s decision null and void and upheld the Peshawar High Court’s decision not to grant reserved seats to the Sunni Ittehad Council.
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