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In Molvi Tamizuddin Khan case, the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Mohammad Munir backed Governor General Ghulam Mohammad's action to dissolve the first Constitutional Assembly. This judgement of Supreme Court is always strongly criticized by all democratic parties of Pakistan and is referred as a root cause of unstable democracy in Pakistan.
Pages in category "Supreme Court of Pakistan cases" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The Supreme Court building on Constitution Avenue, Islamabad. The Supreme Court of Pakistan is the highest and apex court in the judicial hierarchy of Pakistan. [1] Its judicial membership currently composed of the Chief Justice of Pakistan and fifteen senior justices, also consisting the ad hoc appointments of the Shariat Appellate. [2]
In 1947, the Supreme Court consisted of a Chief Justice and six senior judges from Sindh, Punjab, NWFP, Balochistan, and East Bengal.: 94–95 [13] Over the several successive years, the work of the Court increased and cases began to accumulate, leading the Supreme Court requesting the Parliament to increase the number of judges. [4]
Future appointments will be made in the same manner as those to the Supreme Court. But instead of 4 supreme court judges, 4 most senior high court judges, provincial law minister and a member of provincial bar councils (such as Punjab Bar Council) will sit the Judicial Commission of Pakistan considering the appointment of high court judges. The ...
A Pakistan court on Tuesday overturned a conviction for graft of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his lawyer said, removing one of the last major hurdles for him to qualify to contest national ...
Talal Chaudhry: In 2018, Talal Chaudhry, a leader of Pakistan Muslim League (N), was convicted of contempt of court by the Supreme Court. His conviction resulted in a prison sentence until the court's adjournment and a monetary fine under Article 204. Following his conviction, Chaudhry became ineligible to participate in elections for the ...
Pakistan’s top court on Friday found that the party of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan was improperly denied at least 20 seats in parliament, in a significant blow to the country’s ...