LHC bins plea seeking restoration of Punjab Assembly, fines petitioner
Pakistan
Justice Shahid Karim has declared the petition inadmissible
LAHORE (Dunya News) – The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday imposed a fine on a petitioner who sought restoration of the Punjab Assembly dissolved by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) earlier this year.
Declaring the petition inadmissible, Justice Shahid Karim slapped a fine of Rs100,000 on petitioner Sharafat Ali and warned him of doubling the amount if he submitted plea for waiving the penalty.
“Who is the petitioner and what is his connection with the case?” the LHC judge asked at the outset of the hearing. He also raised objections to the petition filed by Mr Ali.
The petitioner’s lawyer said his client was a political worker, adding that he had pleaded the court to invalidate a summary sent by then chief minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi regarding dissolution of the Punjab Assembly. He argued that former CM’s move to send the summary was unlawful, adding that the public in the province did not have its representation.
However, Justice Shahid Karim rejected the petition with a fine on the citizen for wasting court's time.
