Election Act amendments can't void reserved seats ruling, clarifies SC
Pakistan
Eight judges of the Supreme Court clarified this upon the request of the ECP
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The majority of the Supreme Court judges on Friday clarified the reserved seats ruling once again.
The eight judges of the Supreme Court clarified this upon the request of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
According to the majority judges, the amendments to the Election Act cannot invalidate the decision of July 12 in which the apex court granted the reserved seats to PTI. The decision cannot be rendered ineffective based on the retroactive application of the amendments to the Election Act. Therefore, after the short order, the amendments made to the Election Act will have no effect, it added.
The majority judges stated that the short order granted relief to enforce the right of electors through political parties.
“Since both the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and the PTI have sought a second clarification, we only wish to clarify and reiterate the well-established interpretation of the law,” said the clarification.
According to the majority judges, the amendments made to the Election Act do not allow the retroactive application of our decision.
