ISLAMABAD, AUGUST 01 (ONLINE): Supreme Court (SC) has reserved judgment on whether full court will hear the case of trial of civilians in military courts or otherwise.
The petitions filed against hearing of trial of civilian in military courts came up for hearing before a six member’s bench of SC presided over by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial here Tuesday.
During the hearing of the case, Faisal Siddiqui, counsel for former CJP Jawad S Khawaja demanded for formation of full court.
Faisal Siddiqui argued when there is fear of clash between the institutions then full court should be constituted.
The CJP remarked how we can constitute full court when some judges don’t want to hear the case.
The lawyer said as per court’s order when some judge refused to hear the case then he cannot be asked again to hear the case.
However during the hearing Suleman Akram Raja counsel for petitioners, Abid Zuberi counsel for SC Bar, Shoaib Shaheen counsel for chairman PTI and Aitzaz Ahsan opposed the constitution of full court.
The petitioner Aitzaz Ahsan argued two judges have raised objection and after it this is full court.
The court after hearing the arguments of the lawyers reserved judgment on formation of full court or otherwise.
The decision will be announced today (Wednesday).
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