Supreme Court reserved its verdict after concluding hearings on contempt law petitions and is expected to announce the verdict at 3:30pm on Friday, according to a local TV channel.
A five-member bench of the court comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Shakirullah Jan, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain, Justice Jawad S Khawaja and Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jilani was hearing 27 identical petitions filed against recently passed contempt of court law.
Attorney General Irfan Qadir said, while presenting his arguments to the court, that he had the utmost respect for the court and he cannot afford even a diversion of one inch from the Constitution.
Justice Khawaja remarked, “you end up moving two to three inches away from the Constition”, which the AG denied.
Justice Arif Hussain said that the law fails to mention several terms related to the law, adding that the terms like ridicule, scandalization and contempt of court were not present in many sections of the law.
Justice Khawaja inquired as to why the former prime minister did not file an appeal against his conviction. The attorney general replied that Yousuf Raza Gilani made the right decision by not filing the appeal.
will we see a clash between SC and PPP after the decision is made?
The verdict was already announced at Karachi in public meetings, much before the hearing was even started.
We solute and say Salam to Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on his bold and courgeous poliy and historical decission on the rejection of Zardari`s laws for contempt of court forcibly stampted by the Pakistan Parliament.GEO IFTIKHAR MUHAMMAD CHAUDHRY CHEIF JUSTIC OF SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN WHO REALLY FOUGHT AGAISNT SELT-MADE DICTATOR.THA ZARDARI THA GEO CJ SAHEB ZINDABAD
INSAF KI JEET JHUOT KA MONH KALA CJ OF SP ZINDABAD HAPPY AND PLEASURE MOMENTS GENTLE PUBLIC LAAEEN AUR MARDOUD AUR OPPURTUNISTS GO TO HELL.AAMEEN
And we will make hell a better place for living (InshaAllah). You can stay in heaven with this CJ
The only hope for some betterment of the country is CJ of Pakistan, who never bent to any one. Gov't changed AG by their Jiala instead of a better Lawer, who has no knowledge of his duties even (non sense personality)
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