[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text dp_text_size=”size-4″]The federal cabinet asked President Dr Arif Alvi on Monday to sign the Supreme Court Practice and Procedure Act 2023 immediately so that the country could be brought out of its constitutional and political crisis, according to APP.
The special meeting of the federal cabinet was chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at the Prime Minister’s House.
The two-point agenda was thoroughly discussed by the ministers.
Senator Azam Nazeer Tarar, Minister of Law, and Attorney General Mansoor Usman Awan briefed the cabinet on various issues.
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The cabinet deliberated on the issue of the Registrar Supreme Court issuing a circular in violation of the Supreme Court’s order.
The cabinet decided to terminate the services of the Supreme Court Registrar and directed him to report to the Establishment Division.
The development comes just hours after Supreme Court Justice Qazi Faez Isa stated that the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial lacks the authority to issue administrative directions on a judicial order passed by fellow judges of the apex court.
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In a letter to the Supreme Court’s Registrar, Justice Faez Isa stated that the circular issued by his office on March 31 was contrary to the top court’s three-member bench led by him.
“Needless to say, as a senior officer you are expected to know what the Constitution of Pakistan stipulates, act in accordance therewith and abide by the decisions of the Supreme Court (article 189 of the Constitution.),” the letter read.
Justice Isa, the seniormost judge of the SC after the Chief Justice, noted that the SC Registrar was unfit to hold the office, and advised him to relinquish the post immediately.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
