CoD has no legal status: SC

Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the case against some provisions of teh 18th amendment till July 12. A 17-member bench, under the head of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, heard the case. During the course of proceedings, Justice Javed Iqbal remarked that Charter of Democracy (CoD) was an accord between two political parties and thus it does not enjoy a legal status. Justice Javed observed that why the lawyers are questioning the appointment of judges through the judicial commission despite the fact that they themselves floated the idea of such an appointing body. Senior Advocate Hamid Khan argued in the court that the judicial commission proposed by the lawyers was not supposed to comprise of law minister and attorney general. Justice Saqib Nisar said that Pakistan Bar Council is the biggest representative body of the black coats and as such its proposal could not be rejected altogether. Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday observed that the individual corruption should not be blamed on the institutions.