Supreme Court docket suspends PHC’s verdict on SIC reserved seats

The Supreme Court docket has suspended a call of the Peshawar Excessive Court docket and the Election Fee of Pakistan to distribute the reserved seats in all legislatures amongst different events as an alternative of allotting them to the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC).

A 3-judge bench of the court docket heard the case associated to the reserved seats of the Sunni Ittehad Council within the Nationwide in addition to all provincial assemblies. The bench was headed by Justice Mansoor Ali Shah and contains Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Athar Minallah.

Earlier, the court docket rejected an objection from the federal authorities to the three-member bench listening to the case. In accordance with particulars, the objections had been raised over the bench by the ladies lawmakers nominated on the reserved seats in addition to the federal authorities. They adopted the stance {that a} five-member bench might hear the case below the Apply and Process Act.

Further Legal professional Normal Aamir Rehman instructed the court docket that solely a bigger bench can hear the appeals, however the court docket rejected the objection. Justice Shah remarked that if the appeals are declared admissible, any bench can hear them, including that even a two-member bench can hear them at this stage.

It ought to be famous that the Sunni Ittehad Council in addition to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Meeting speaker had filed appeals towards the choice of the Peshawar Excessive Court docket on the problem of reserved seats. The Election Fee of Pakistan had determined to not allocate reserved seats to the Sunni Ittehad Council, which was upheld by the Peshawar Excessive Court docket.

On March 14, the Peshawar Excessive Court docket had rejected the purposes of the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) looking for reserved seats and towards their division amongst different political events.