Breaking News : Supreme Court declares contempt law null and void

[Pak1stani]

Dawn News Reporting Supreme Court Strike Down new Contempt of Court Law.

The Supreme of Court of Pakistan declared the contempt law, recently passed by the parliament, as “null and void”, while hearing petitions against the law on Friday.


Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, heading a five-member bench, remarked that the immunity provided by the new law is against the Constitution.

The chief justice added that the Section 6 and Section 8 of the new law are also unconstitutional and are against the freedom of judiciary.

The Section 11, which says that a hearing will be suspended when an appeal is filed, is also against the freedom of the judiciary, the chief justice remarked, and added that the new law is contradictory to the Article 4 and 9 of the Constitution.

No government official can be given any immunity, the bench maintained, adding that the 2003 contempt law will now come into effect.

Earlier during the hearing, Attorney General Irfan Qadir completed his arguments and petitioners were ordered by the chief justice to give rejoinders as written statements due to lack of time.

While presenting his arguments, Qadir said that the words of the constitution should be “given new meaning” in accordance with the law.

This statement was greeted with surprise by the court.

“You are the attorney general of Pakistan, how can you make such a statement?” enquired Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, while Justice Jilani said, “You should know the consequences of giving such a statement.”

Justice Khawaja remarked that such a thing was not possible.

Earlier, the chief justice objected to Article 2 (a) of the contempt law, saying that the use of the term “judge” there left no difference between the Supreme Court judges and revenue officers.

“All judicial officers have been treated as one,” said the chief justice, in objection to Article 2 (a) of the Contempt of Court Act 2012 which states:

(a) “Judge” includes all officers acting in a judicial capacity in the administration of justice;

During yesterday’s proceedings, Qadir had objected to the bench,terming them biased, but when the chief justice had challenged
him to name the judges, he backed down.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/417058/c...-sc-judges-cj/

[Ghzanfar]

Dunya News reporting this story... So, Packing should have been started in PM house from now on.

[Awami]

Well done CJ

[AhsanAltaf1]

Allah ki lathi beawaz hai ,,,,,,,..................

[frenes]

لگے رہو بھائی لگے رہو.
اس ملک کو لگتا ہے کسی قانون ، عدالت، پارلیمان کی ضرورت نہیں، یہ اب صرف ایجادات اورمعجزات پر چلے گا. مگر نادان جانتے نہیں ان کا علم اور عمل کسی ایجاد اور معجز ے کے قابل ہرگز نہیں.

[aneeskhan]

shame full judges allah hi hafiz Iss Pakistan Ka ,Har eik apn ullu seedha kar raha hai.

[aamirksa]

شاباش ہو افتخار چودھری کو ، زرداری نے اسکے خلاف کیا نہیں کیا مگر یہ بندہ ذرا سا بھی نہیں جھکا اور میری دعا ہے کہ اللہ اسکو ایسے ہی ثابت قدم رکھے .. آمین

[mashah]

[Zulfi Khan]

@aneeskhan , brother, do you have any idea about Pakistani constitution or just you
want that your emotions must be made law that suits PPP led govt. No law against
Islamic principles can be femed; it guarantees the 1973 constitution.

You are devoid of even common; how can these rulers be free hand to abuse the judges
or any others. Ge o SC and Geo Imran Khan! PML(N) and PPP are the worst parties in Pakistan
anfd they ruined Pakistan; it is no longer a secret.

[Internet]

Wow toheen-e-iftikhar isn't allowed. Is he a prophet or some equivalent that he can't be insulted ?

Iftikhari is the name of his new religion perhaps!

[barca]

shame full judges allah hi hafiz Iss Pakistan Ka ,Har eik apn ullu seedha kar raha hai.

Wow toheen-e-iftikhar isn't allowed. Is he a prophet or some equivalent that he can't be insulted ?

Iftikhari is the name of his new religion perhaps!

جل گئی برنول لگاو

[wadaich]

Wow toheen-e-iftikhar isn't allowed. Is he a prophet or some equivalent that he can't be insulted ?

Iftikhari is the name of his new religion perhaps!

Treachery/Fraud thy name is PPPP.

[M Ali Khan]

Judicial Dictator

[Raaz]

توہین عدالت قانون کیس میں سپریم کورٹ کےفیصلے پر ملتان اور فیصل آباد میں جشن

Dunya news....head lines...

Wait for the details please....

[Clear]

Same people were celebrating when Zardari took oath.

[M Ali Khan]

Same people probably didnt even bother to vote in Multan by-election.

[seekers]

no doubt many people are worshiper of this holy cow, but this banjh cow would never milked these fool people

[sshahid]

Great decision! Pakistanis are celebrating all over the world, including myself. Everybody knows it was a stupid law, waste of time for the nation, by a stupid jahil parliament with a daku head of state. Tamam ghunde manhoos.

[crankthskunk]

I like the way Judges have played this one out. I really like it. First they gave further time to the PM to write the letter on contempt. While they take care of the new contempt laws. This is the only excuse Raja and AG Qadir could have played in SCP. The excuse is gone, now Mr Raja write the letter or here you go out like puppet Gilani.

What Zardari would do now? Now even his political allies would be reluctant. Or they face the prospect of really really destroying their own credibilities and going down the drain.

Well played. I already predicted this law would go down in my article.

[UKPakistani]

Wow toheen-e-iftikhar isn't allowed. Is he a prophet or some equivalent that he can't be insulted ?

Iftikhari is the name of his new religion perhaps!

Whereas you PPP lot have been doing pooja of the Bhutto clan like they are worthy of worship