Tag: Suo

MQM demands suo motu over Punjab by-polls violence

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) deputy convener Farooq Sattar criticized display of weapons and use of force during the recent by-polls in Punjab on Saturday....

SC gives Riaz 7 days to appoint counsel

A three-member bench of the Supreme Court (SC) hearing the suo motu case against Malik Riaz for conducting a news conference maligning the judiciary,...

No human right violation in Arsalan case: Bukhari

Real estate tycoon Malik Riaz’s legal counsel, Zahid Bukhari said on Wednesday that there was no need to take Suo motu notice as their...

CJ takes suo motu notice of Waheeda Shah’s slap

Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Wednesday took suo motu notice of PPP candidate Waheed Shah physical abuse of female polling staff during by...

CJ, take a suo motu! Don’t let Amina fly…

Minister for Planning Chaudhry Abdul Ghafoor on Friday moved an application to Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry to take suo motu notice...

CJ takes suo motu notice of Lahore factory collapse

Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Thursday took suo motu notice of Lahore factory collapse. According to reports, a three-member bench headed...

CJP takes suo motu notice of PIC deaths

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Monday took suo motu notice of the death of over 100 heart patients, under treatment...

PIAF urges suo moto action from SC on Kalabagh

Pakistan Industrial and Traders Association Front (PIAF) has urged the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry to initiate suo moto proceedings and...

‘SC must take suo motu on drone attacks’

The forum of several political-cum-religious parties, the Difa-e-Pakistan Council on Monday asked the Supreme Court of Pakistan to take suo motu action against drone...

BHC takes suo motu notice of Mastung killings

The Balochistan High Court chief justice on Thursday took suo motu notice of the Mastung incident in which 29 Shia pilgrims were killed and...

Suo motu notices may reduce people’s grievances

Like the Supreme Court, the use of suo motu judicial review by the high courts may reduce grievances of common citizens deprived of justice...

SC suo motu: case highlights

The Supreme Court’s verdict on its suo motu on city violence was reserved on Thursday. During the proceedings, the SC discussed many important points,...

LEAs’ rat race continues alongside SC’s suo motu case

The law enforcement agencies (LEAs) and the Sindh Home Department allegedly continue to exaggerate the number of target killers arrested and cache of weapons...

LHC CJ disposes of suo motu on Nishtar encounter

Lahore High Court Chief Justice (CJ) Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry on Thursday disposed of suo motu notice taken on the killing of a youth in...

SC takes suo motu notice of youth killing by Rangers in...

Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry late Thursday took suo motu notice of the murder of an unarmed youth by the Rangers in...

SC has right to take suo motu notice: counsel

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court was told on Tuesday that it had the jurisdiction and power to review the decisions of the Parliamentary Committee under the Article 184 of the constitution.
A four-member special bench comprising Justice Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui, Justice Jawwad S Khawaja, Justice Tariq Parvez and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain was hearing the government's review petition against the apex court's March 4 decision, which set aside the committee's decision to reject

Government questions SC’s suo motu jurisdiction

ISLAMABAD - The federal government on Monday questioned the Supreme Court's suo motu jurisdiction under Article 184 (3) of the Constitution contending that it denied the federation's full right of appeal in breach of Article 10 (A), besides violating the injunctions of Islam with regards to maintainability. Arguing on a review petition against the court's verdict of declaring the decision of parliamentary committee (PC) for appointment of judges null and void, Additional Attorney