Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Thursday said that after the repeal of one law, another never came into force by itself and the court would still discuss the restored 1979 Sindh Local Bodies Act.
He passed the remarks while heading a three-judge bench comprising Justice Gulzar Ahmed and Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed during the hearing of petitions against the Sindh People’s Local Bodies Ordinance 2012.
During the course of proceeding petitioner Zameer Ghomroo informed the court that the Sindh government had repealed the ordinance thus his application stood void.
Sindh additional advocate general presented the cancellation papers of Sindh People’s Local Bodies Ordinance, 2012 and stated that after the cancellation of the ordinance, local bodies act of 1979 had been restored in the province.
To this, the CJP remarked that the issue would not settle in this manner and the court had to see the other side of the application as well.
CJP Iftikhar Chaudhry said two queries arose after the cancellation of the ordinance that whether during the whole exercise, Article 264 and 140-A of the constitution were kept in consideration or not.
He stated that after the repeal of one law, another never came into force itself and the discussion would be made on the topic.
The CJP questioned who would be held responsible for the wastage of time and money while crafting the Sindh People’s Local Bodies Ordinance, 2012 which was repealed later on.
The bench then adjourned the hearing for three weeks while issuing notice to the attorney general.
