Following are text of the two Supreme Court’s orders in the Contempt of Court case against Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani.
Order 1: For the reasons to be recorded later the accused Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, Prime Minister of Pakistan /Chief Executive of the Federation, is found guilty of and convicted for contempt of court under article 204 (2) of the constitution of the Islamic republic of Pakistan, 1973 read with Section 3 of the contempt of court ordinance (Ordinance V of 2003) for willful flouting, disregard and disobedience of this court’s direction contained in paragraph no 178 of the judgment in the case of Dr Mubashir Hasan vs federation of Pakistan (PLD 2010 SC 265) after our satisfaction that the contempt committed by him is substantially detrimental to the administration of justice and tends to brig this court and judiciary of this country into ridicule.
As regards the sentence to be passed against the convict we note that the findings and conviction for contempt of court recorded above are likely to entail some serious consequences in term of article 63 (1) (g) of the constitution which may be treated as mitigating factor towards the sentence to be passed against him. He is therefore, punished under section 5 of the contempt of court ordinance (ordinance V of 2003) with the imprisonment till the rising of the court today.
Order 2: The respondent appeared in person along with his learned counsel. The short order passed in the matter of contempt of court was read out in the open court after that, the respondent/convict remained in the custody of the court till his release upon rising of the court for the day.
