Thursday, April 29, 2010

SC to give PCO judges case verdict tomorrow


GEO 436 ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan will announce its verdict tomorrow regarding whether administrative official of registrar office of Supreme Court is eligible to return back petitions or not. A five-member larger bench of the apex court headed by Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk, and comprising Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmad, Justice Jawwad S Khawaja, Justice Tariq Pervez Khan and Justice Rehman Hussain Jafferi heard the contempt of court case against seven PCO judges, including former chief justice Abdul Hameed Dogar. Dr. Abdul Basit, the counsel of the PCO judges in his arguments said without decision on the appeals, the contempt of court case against the PCO judges cannot be heard, adding registrar of the Supreme Court has no authority to return appeals filed by the judges. Basit said that PCO judges filed intra-court appeals against the court decision.

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