Tag: Contempt

The government decided on Sunday, after consultations with legal and constitutional experts, to file a petition in the Supreme Court seeking review of the...

We don’t know where we are or where we’re going With the SC striking down the new contempt law, PM Pervez Ashraf is left with...

President Asif Ali Zardari has called the meeting of legal experts and lawyers belonging to PPP on Sunday to consider the aftermath of the...

Jamaat-e-Islami chief Munawar Hasan on Friday said the Supreme Court’s decision striking down the Contempt of Court Law 2012 was in line with the...

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision that declared the new contempt of court law null and void. A PTI spokesman...

Attorney General Irfan Qadir on Friday said calling the Contempt of Court Act 2012 null and void was unconstitutional. Commenting on the Supreme Court’s verdict...

The Supreme Court on Friday in a short order declared the new law of contempt of court 2012 as unconstitutional and illegal and held...

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...

The Supreme Court on Thursday resumed the hearing of petitions against the recently passed contempt of court law. A five-judge bench of the apex court,...

Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry remarked the Constitution did not say that those holding public offices would be immune to prosecution in case they...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday resumed hearing on 27 identical petitions filed against contempt of court law, according to a private TV channel. A...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the oral petition of property tycoon Malik Riaz in which he had asked for immunity from appearing before...

Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Tuesday rebuffed the government’s assertion that new Contempt of Court Act was free from flaws. A five-judge bench...

The Supreme Court resumed hearing petitions against the contempt law, according to a private TV channel. A five-member bench of the court comprising Chief...

Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has remarked that the logical end of the contempt of court law case would be in the...

Justice Asif Saeed Khosa on Wednesday excused himself from further sitting in the bench hearing contempt case against real estate tycoon Malik Riaz. The...

The Supreme Court (SC) continued hearing of various identical petitions challenging the Contempt of Court Act 2012 Wednesday. A five-judge bench of the apex court...