Reserved Seats Case: 8-judge majority judgment issues clarification for second time

The 8 judges who gave the majority decision of the Supreme Court on the case of reserved seats have issued the clarification for the second time.

The Supreme Court clarified for the second time on the request of the Election Commission, which said that the decision of July 12 cannot be invalidated by amending the Election Act. May not be effective.

The Supreme Court says that the matter has been heard in chambers in Karachi and Islamabad, the right to appeal for clarification was given so that there would be no problem in the implementation of the short order, now the detailed decision has been issued, so now No explanation is needed.

PTI was and is a political party, explained 8 judges in reserved seats case

The majority judges said that all the legal and constitutional points are covered in the detailed judgment, we have issued the explanation before issuing the detailed reasons, the first explanation issued as per the short order has also been included in our detailed reasons. was, the power to seek clarification in a summary decree was an interim relief until detailed reasons were given.

The judges said that the detailed reasons have already been issued, all the legal and constitutional issues raised by the parties have been comprehensively dealt with, answered, so no further explanation is required, the court said. The judgment is enforceable under Article 189 of the Constitution and should have been enforced.

Reserved Seats: A review was filed on a few points in the Clarification Order, Election Commission

It should be remembered that on July 12, the Supreme Court had issued a decision on the reserved seats case.

The Supreme Court has heard the Election Commission / Pishaw Release Court on allotting reserved seats for women and minorities in the National and Provincial Assemblies (supported by PTI) to other parliamentary parties instead of giving them to the Sunni Ittehad Council. The decision of the Election Commission and Peshawar High Court was annulled while issuing a reserved decision on the appeals filed against the decision.

After which on September 14, the 8-member bench issued an explanation and said that PTI was and is a political party, there is no ambiguity in the decision of July 12, the Election Commission should fulfill its responsibility immediately, failure to fulfill its responsibility and Refusal may have constitutional and legal consequences, the seat will be deemed to belong to the same political party that received the certificate.

The judges who gave the majority verdict issued a clarification saying that there is no ambiguity in the July 12 verdict.

The court said that the Supreme Court’s short order of July 12 is very clear, the Election Commission has made this order unnecessarily complicated, and non-implementation of the decision will have serious consequences.