The responsibilities and powers of Supreme Court of Pakistan – by Ali Asad
Judiciary in Pakistan has historically allied with army generals to malign democracy and politicians
The SCP draws its powers and responsibilities from the chapter JUDICATURE of The Constitution of Pakistan. Let us see what this chapter says:
Part VII: The Judicature [Articles 175-212B]
Chapter 1: The Courts [Article 175]
Chapter 2: The Supreme Court of Pakistan [Articles 176-191]
I wonder the most trumpeted expression “Interpretation of The Constitution is the responsibility (some even replace responsibility with RIGHT) of Supreme Court” is nowhere found in the Constitution.
Then the clause 190 simply says ” All executive and judicial authorities through out Pakistan shall act in aid of the Supreme Court.”. This article is given the wildest implication ” The order of Supreme Court or even a single judge is binding on all citizens without any exception”. Both of the above myths seem to be extra-constitutional.
The myth that interpretation of Constitution is the sole responsibility of the supreme court has been a dirty spot on our society. Being ext-constitutional it is used by the judges with malafide intentions and mostly results in creating anarchy and instability. The judges use this as a weapon against the executive authority and often rewrite the constitution in guise of interpretation. Al-Jihad trust case is the most conspicuous example of overstepping the powers by the court.
A few days back the SCP ruled appointment of Prosecutor General NAB as void on the grounds that the tenure of the post is “THREE YEARS NOT EXTENDIBLE” as given in the NAB ordinance. This ruling is absolutely unlawful and against the facts. The appointment of Mr. Irfan Qadir was not a matter of extension by any logic. It had nothing to do with his previous tenure.
At the same time The Constitution of Pakistan says “A Judge of the Supreme Court shall hold office until he attains the age of sixty-five years, unless he sooner resigns or is removed from office in accordance with the Constitution”. We daily see The Lord Chief Justice sitting between two people who have crossed this limit of age. This is an example of double standard of our lordships.
I hereby refer the SCP report 2004 compiled by the then Chief Justice
Even in this report there is no mention of responsibility of interpretation or orders being binding on all.
My dear you are 100% correct. why lord Justice choudry will object , have you forget Justice Ramday is his like his loving son, i have not forgeted that Lord Choudry fought like a war for extension in service of Justice amday. Every thing is against tthe law which PPP government is doing. I wrote here one month before that now no day will be free when This Basterd Iftikhar Choudry will take actions against PPP government. He will not allow the PPP government to rule, he has made difficult. And i saluate President Zardari Temper that still he has tolerated his attaitute. If i was on his place i must loose my temper and hit my both shoes on the head of Choudry Iftkhar Bastered.
there r so many incidents that the lord ch. should have acted against his cronies like Ramday, Javed Iqbal and Khawaja Sharif but he did not. He is sitting there with an agenda……….to keep political instability in the country. His lord master is paying him in Dollars for this service.
see the report
http://www.cvc.nic.in/Vol%201%20Issue%203%202003.pdf
SCP report 2004 above is not opening;
here is the link
http://www.ljcp.gov.pk/…/Reports%20of%20the%20LJCP/reports/AnnualReport2004.pdf
I object the comments of Mr. Abdul Qayum Memon, I think he is a tout of PPP he could not saw the corruption of Zardari and PPP Government. they had tottaly destroyed the country.
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