Minority verdict in reserved seats case issued
Pakistan
CJP criticises establishment of a “virtual court” by the majority judges as unconstitutional
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The Supreme Court on Tuesday released a minority detailed verdict in reserved seats case, authored by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa and Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail.
The CJP added 14-pages supplementary note, emphasising his duty to point out constitutional violations in the judgement.
He urged the majority judges to fix their mistakes.
He noted that Justices Mansoor Ali Shah and Muneeb Akhtar opposed his view and that the appeals in the reserved seats case remained unresolved.
According to CJP Isa, the 8-judge majority decision contains errors, and its implementation is not binding.
Additionally, he criticised the establishment of a “virtual court” by the majority judges as unconstitutional.
