Real estate tycoon Malik Riaz Monday filed intra-court appeal against the decision of the Supreme Court (SC) to frame charge against him in court of contempt case.
Advocate on Record Raja Abdul Ghafoor submitted the intra-court appeal to the court. It is pertinent to note here that the appeal was filed under new Contempt of Court law 2012.
It should be mentioned that during last hearing, the court decided to indict Malik Riaz in the Monday’s hearing.
In the last hearing, the three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Shakirullah Jan, refused Riaz’s plea seeking exemption from court appearances and ruled that he is bound to appear before the court until a decision to the contrary comes.
Justice Jan directed Riaz’s counsel, Dr Abdul Basit, to submit an application to the court explaining the kind of exemption his client seeks.
Dr Basit told the court that his client had come to Pakistan for the last hearing while his medical treatment was in progress abroad.
The court said that it would continue hearing the case and issued a notice to Attorney General Irfan Qadir, who has been named as a prosecutor in the case.
