Islamabad:
Tehreek-E-Tahaffuz Ayeen-E-Pakistan (TTAP) Senior Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar presented an appeal of the Chamber that challenges the objections of the Office of the Supreme Court on the requests against the 26th constitutional amendment.
The 26th constitutional amendment, promulgated on October 21, 2024, reduced the Suo Motu jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and transferred the authority to appoint the president of the president of Pakistan (CJP) to a special parliamentary committee. According to the new agreement, the Committee can choose the CJP among the three most important judges of the Apex court, instead of automatically elevating most of the elderly.
At present, the Supreme Court is handling several requests that seek the formation of a complete court to deliberate on the issue, instead of the Constitutional Bank (CB) established in line with the 26th amendment. The CB is scheduled to continue listening to the original appeals on October 7.
In his appeal, Khokhar asked the Apex court to declare the decision of the September registration office, arguing that cases related to constitutional amendments could only be heard by a complete court, not a constitutional bank.
He pointed out that the orders of Judge Mansoor Ali Shah and Judge Munib Akhtar, who referred the matter to a complete court, were still intact. The appeal also argued that the Moving of the Registry Office to return the requests violated the decisions of the previous Supreme Court and ascended to “close the doors of justice.”
