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Summary The federal govt has filed a review petition in the SC against its verdict on judges' extension.
The federal government has filed a review petition in the Supreme Court against its verdict of declaring the decision of the parliamentary committee about the appointment of judges as null and void.KK Agha has filed the petition in the Supreme Court on behalf of the federal government. The petition maintained that verdict of the court against the parliamentary committee’s decision over judges’ appointment was against the constitution and it should be reviewed.The parliamentary committee, rejecting the suggestions of the judicial commission, had refused to grant one-year extension to four additional judges of the Lahore High Court and two additional judges of the Sindh High Court.After this, the decision of the parliamentary commission was challenged in the Supreme Court and the court had declared the decision on March 4 as null and void and ordered the government to issue the notice of one-year extension within 14 days.
