The Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the stay order issued by the Sindh High Court (SHC) in case of election of mayor and deputy mayor in Karachi under secret balloting.
A three-member bench of the SC presided over by Chief Justice (CJ) Anwar Zaheer Jamali took up the case for hearing on Wednesday.
Farooq H Naik appeared in the court on behalf of Sindh government. He argued that there was contradiction in detailed decision and short order of the SC. In the short order, the procedure for holding election of mayor and deputy was declared null and void but in the detailed decision the entire constitutional amendment had been undone due to which law enacted with regard to reserved seats of women, seats for youths and general seats stood no more, he argued.
It had given rise to some legal complications, he added. Therefore, the SC should release a clear decision in this regard, he prayed.
Farooq H Naik said that the SHC was not entitled to nullify legislative decision and the court had overstepped its powers. The court required the counsel to explain this point how court was not entitled to nullify legislative decision and granted him time till April 4
