A nine-member special bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry will today (Tuesday) hear the review plea of former ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani against the court’s December 30, 2011 order in the memo case.
In his review petition, Haqqani had pleaded the court to stay the proceedings of the judicial commission probing into the memo case until the petition was disposed of.
The review petition was filed by Asma Jahangir, Haqqani’s counsel, under Article 187 of the constitution read with Order XXXIII Rules 6 of the Supreme Court Rules 1980, for the suspension of the December 30 verdict.
“Pending disposal of the civil review petition, proceedings of the commission formed under the Supreme Court order may graciously be stayed,” the petition said, adding that, “The applicant will suffer irreparable harm if the commission reaches a conclusion while the petition is pending.”
Haqqani said in the petition that the court had heard petitions on the question of maintainability, whereas December 30, 2011, order exhausted the entire relief sought by the petitioners in every respect.
