Respondents submit reply in SC Practice and Procedure Act 2023 case
Pakistan
Respondents submit comments in SC Practice and Procedure Act 2023 case
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The respondents in a case pertaining to the Supreme Court Practice and Procedure Act, 2023, on Monday submitted written reply to the top court.
Khawaja Tariq Rahim, the counsel for petitioner Raja Aamer, filed the written answer on behalf of his client.
The lawyer requested the court to dismiss the said act, adding that parliament could not make changes in the judiciary’s powers.
The response detailed that the alleged interference by parliament into the powers of judiciary was against the constitutional division of powers. Parliament could not bring such changes through act in judicial power under Article 184/3, it added.
Khawaja Tariq Rahim said that the full court could itself amend the rules of 1980.
He said that lawyers and journalists could challenge a law on violation of fundamental rights, adding that high courts were not a forum to view the legislations about the top court.
The counsel for the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) also filed the answer, and requested the bench to terminate the cases against the said act.
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The response detailed that the said act had made the judiciary more independent, adding that parliament had introduced the legislation as per the constitution.
It said that the law had shared the authority of chief justice of Pakistan with two senior judges.
It may be mentioned here that the top court had sought written answers from respondents in the said case.
