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The Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Bill 2023 was approved by the Parliament of Pakistan on 10 April 2023. The proposed law suggests that a panel formed by a Committee consisting of the most senior judges, led by the Chief Justice of Pakistan, will handle and conclude all cases, appeals, or issues presented before the Supreme Court. [1]
Although the Supreme Court was established pursuant to the Government of India Act 1935, the modern structure of the court was reestablished by the second set in 1956, and restructured by the Constitution of Pakistan in 1973 where a significant part of the Constitution is dedicated towards the restructuring of the Supreme Court.
On 2 November 2023, President Arif Alvi and the ECP agreed on holding general elections on 8 February, after a meeting was held in Aiwan-i-Sadr on the orders of the Supreme Court. The court had instructed the ECP to consult with the President on the poll date. [148] On 15 December 2023, the ECP issued the election schedule.
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan's Supreme Court on Monday scrapped lifetime bans on contesting elections for people with criminal convictions, paving the way for Nawaz Sharif to run for prime ...
The Supreme Court was petitioned in its original jurisdiction by lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan and retired chief justice of Pakistan Jawwad S. Khawaja; arguments before the Court proceeded from June to October 2023. On 23 October 2023, the Court issued a unanimous decision striking down ongoing trials by military courts and, by a majority of 4-1, held ...
These include the removal of the controversial [4] suo motu prerogative of the Supreme Court, the capping of the Chief Justice of Pakistan's tenure to three-years, the reconstitution of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) to sit on judicial appointments, the formation of a separate constitutional bench in the Supreme Court, the limiting ...
In 2024, the Twenty-Sixth Constitutional Amendment Act was enacted on October 21st, introducing landmark reforms to Pakistan's judicial system, with a focus on the Supreme Court and High Courts. Original text
The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) organised a sit-in protest and demonstration outside the Pakistan Supreme Court in May 2023 in the Pakistani capital city Islamabad. The ongoing dispute between the Pakistani government and the judiciary erupted into a sit-in protest of what were allegedly "undue favours" given to the former prime minister ...