Justice Ali Baqir Najafi of Lahore High Court will hear the request of the local lawyer on May 13
Saturday 11 May 2024
Lahore (Urdu Point News Latest. May 11, 2024) The request to declare Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf senators independent and merge them into PML-G has been set for hearing. According to the details, the Lahore High Court has scheduled the petition to declare PTI senators independent and merge them into the Muslim League-N for hearing, where Justice Ali Baqir Najafi will hear the petition on May 13. Local lawyer Afaq Ahmed has filed, in which it is requested that the PTI senators be declared free, the senators involved in the PTI be ordered to join the Muslim League-N.
On the other hand, the Supreme Court has suspended the decision of the Sunni Ittehad Council, which consists of members supported by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf, to give specific seats to other parties. A three-member bench of the court is hearing the appeals, the bench is chaired by Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, while Justice Athar Minullah and Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar are also part of the bench. The bench was objected to by the Assembly, whose lawyer took the stand that 'this is a case of interpretation of Article 51 of the Constitution, a case can be heard by a five-member bench under the Practice and Procedure Act', similarly to the federal government. Objection was also raised against the three-member bench, but the court rejected the objection on the bench.
Justice Mansoor Ali Shah remarked that 'now it is a preliminary hearing, if the appeals are declared admissible, any bench will hear them, at this stage a two-member bench can also hear them'. Lawyer Faisal Siddiqui started the arguments and stated that 'PTI's independent winning MLAs have joined the Sunni Alliance Council', Justice Mansoor Ali Shah inquired that 'seven candidates are still in the National Assembly as independents'. ', Justice Athar Minullah asked that 'Is PTI a registered political party?' Faisal Siddiqui replied that 'PTI is a registered political party'.
Justice Mansoor Ali Shah remarked that 'it is a registered political party but it has not participated in the election', Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar inquired that 'in how many days do independent members have to join a party?', Faisal Siddiqui. said that 'Independent members of the National Assembly have to join a political party within three days', Justice Athar Minullah questioned that 'if a political party does not have an election symbol, does its candidate have the right to represent? Lawyer Faisal Siddiqui said that "a political party can become a parliamentary party by participating in the elections, the other way is that a political party does not participate in the elections and the members who win freely in this party." Join'.
Justice Mansoor Ali Shah remarked that 'under what formula is the distribution of specific seats among political parties, will the political party take specific seats according to its won seats or can it take more?', on this Faisal Siddiqui. said that 'no political party can take reserved seats more than its proportion', Justice Athar Manullah remarked that 'a political party can get as many reserved seats as the proportion of seats won'. .
Justice Mansoor Ali Shah said that 'where is it written in the law that the remaining seats will be distributed to the same political parties', we have to protect the public mandate, the real problem is the public mandate', Justice Athar Manullah found. Where is it written in the law that a political party cannot contest an election if it does not receive an election symbol? PTI lawyer Salman Akram Raja said, "Yes, I went to the court with this question before the election." '.
On this occasion, in the case of specific seats, the Supreme Court summoned the Election Commission officials, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah remarked that the Election Commission officials should come immediately with the records. Seats given under? We suspend the decision of the Election Commission and the High Court, the suspension of the decisions will be only to the extent of giving additional seats, we will fix the date of the case and hear it on a daily basis.
