IHC judges: Hearing of government's review petitions put off

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) has adjourned the contempt of court and government’s review petition hearing till indefinite period Friday.

A special five-judge bench headed by Justice Khilji Arif heard the contempt of court petition against the president, prime minister and Law minister in the judge’s appointment case moved by NadeemAhmed Advocate. During today’s hearing, Abdul Rauf told the court that counsel of the petitioner AkramSheikh has pleaded for stay-order. On this, Justice Khilji remarked that there is no need of stay as the review petition is now ineffective. Attorney General Irfan Qadir requested to uphold the review petition till court issues its detailed verdict in the case. Review petition after the short order was filed to prevent contempt of court and to retain the right to appeal, he added. Justice Khilji Arif said that the notification of the appointment has been issued, thus, turning the petitions ineffective.Later, the court adjourned the hearing while upholding the petitions. The federation under Article 188 of the Constitution, had filed a review petition in the SC through Attorney General Irfan Qadir, seeking review of the apex court’s order of Dec 21, 2012 wherein the court directed President Asif Ali Zardari to issue notifications about appointment of Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui as a regular judge and Justice Noorul Haq NQurashi as additional judge for six months. The Judicial Commission on September 22, 2012 recommended the appointments of these judges. The federation however, contended that the court’s short order sought to be reviewed had errors of law and fact apart from being incapable of implementation which in itself constituted sufficient cause for seeking the review of the instant order. The government prayed to the court to review its order and discard the instant constitutional petition, filed by Advocate Nadeem Ahmed. The review petition contended that under Article 177 and 193 read with clause 13 of Article 175-A of the Constitution, the president is empowered to make the appointment of judges, adding where the president has been specifically empowered to do something as per Article 48[2] of the Constitution, he shall then act at his discretion. On December 21, 2012, the court had withheld its finding on the reference sent by PresidentAsif Ali Zardari to the Supreme Court by invoking its advisory jurisdiction. President Asif AliZardari, through a presidential reference had sought the opinion of the Supreme Court on a host of questions including the seniority dispute between Justice Riaz Ahmed Khan and Justice Mohammad Anwar Khan Kasi, both judges of the Islamabad High Court (IHC). The court however on December 21, 2012 in its short order in the constitutional petition ofNadeem Ahmed had directed the president to issue notifications regarding the appointment of two judges of Islamabad High Court. It is pertinent to mention here that Nadeem Ahmed advocate, the petitioner, the other day filed a contempt petition in the Supreme Court, praying to initiate contempt of court proceedings against President Asif Ali Zardari and others for willfully subverting and violating the Constitution as well its order pertaining to the appointment of Judges in Islamabad High Court deliberately. http://rtilive.pk/detail/9619 Right to Information Pakistan Live, RTI Live, Information Pakistan, RTI online Research ORganization,breaking news pakistan,current news about pakistan,current news from pakistan,current news of pakistan,current news on pakistan,current news pakistan,google news pakistan,hot news of pakistan,karachi pakistan news,latest news about pakistan,latest news from pakistan,latest news in pakistan,latest news of pakistan,latest news on pakistan,latest news pakistan,latest news pakistan urdu,latest pakistan news,live news pakistan,news about pakistan,news from pakistan,news in pakistan,news of pakistan,news on pakistan,news pakistan,news pakistan latest,pakistan current news,pakistan flood news,pakistan floods news,pakistan karachi news,pakistan latest news,pakistan latest news online,pakistan live news,pakistan new news,pakistan news,pakistan news channel,pakistan news lahore,pakistan news latest,pakistan news live,pakistan news online,pakistan news paper,pakistan news papers,pakistan news service,pakistan news today,pakistan news tv,pakistan news urdu,pakistan news english,pakistan news video,pakistan political news,pakistan top news,pakistan urdu news,pakistan english news,pakistan world news,todaynews of pakistan,rti news of pakistan,rtilive news of pakistan,top news of pakistan,urdu news pakistan,english news pakistan,urdu pakistan news,english pakistan news,world news pakistan,www pakistan urdu news,www pakistan english news,www rtilive pk news,yahoo pakistan news,action news,breaking news,business news, current news,daily news,e news,entertainment news,google news,headline news,india news,pakistan news,international news,it news,latest news,live news,lacal news,national news,new news,news,news channel,news channels,news entertainment,news for kids,news for today,news live,news of the day,news of the world,news of today,news of world,news paper,news papers,news today,news video,news weather,online news,recent news,science news,news the,today news,top news,weather news,world news,news yahoo,yahoo news,Law & justice in Pakistan, Court cases, constitutional cases, chief justice of Pakistan, Justice and court news, criminal cases, Supreme court cases in Pakistan, Judgments of Supreme Court,Supreme Court of Pakistan, SC, contempt of court , government’s review petition, Justice Khilji Arif , Akram Sheikh , Attorney General, Irfan Qadir , President, Asif Ali Zardari , Islamabad High Court ,