ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Two senior judges of the apex court on Tuesday wrote a letter to Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Yahya Afridi to call a full court bench for hearing plea against the 26th Constitutional Amendment.
Senior puisne judge Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Muneeb Akhtar demanded a full court bench to be called during this week in connection with plea against the 26 Constitutional Amendment.
Both judges pointed out that the committee meeting which was held on Oct 31 had decided to call a full court bench on Nov 4 but no cause list was issued in that regard.
It was mentioned in the letter that the judges had called a committee meeting on Nov 4 under Section 2, in which both of the judges had decided to make a full court bench on that plea.
The judges had also sent directives to the SC registrar to upload minutes of meeting on the SC website.
It must be remembered that President Asif Ali Zardari had signed the Practice and Procedure Amendment Ordinance 2024.
Justice Mansoor Ali Shah recuses himself from special bench in a letter to CJP
The most senior judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah had eralier excused himself from a special bench to hear tax case.
Justice Shah wrote a letter to then chief justice Qazi Faez Isa as head of the Practice and Procedure Committee on Oct 23.
He said he had written earlier that he would not be a part of special benches until the full court sits on the amendment ordinance.
He wrote that “people are watching our actions and history will never forgive [us].”
It may be recalled that the tax review case was heard on October 4 by a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Isa. Justice Shah and Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan were the members of the bench.
Justice Shah had written a dissenting note in the case and it was decided to include him in the bench to hear the review petition.