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Justice Mansoor Ali Shah to take charge as acting CJP on April 21

Justice Mansoor Ali Shah to take charge as acting CJP on April 21

Senior puisne judge Justice Mansoor Ali Shah will take oath as acting chief justice of Pakistan on Monday (April 21). The oath will be administered by Justice Muneeb Akhtar, as the current Chief Justice, Yahya Afridi, is going on a foreign visit. Senior lawyers and Supreme Court staff are expected to attend the ceremony. At … Read more

SC withdraws contempt of court notice against Additional Registrar

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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday withdrawn the contempt of court notice against Additional Registrar (Judicial) Nazar Abbas.

A two-member bench consisting of Justice Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Aqeel Abbasi pronounced the verdict in the contempt of court case against Additional Registrar Judicial Nazar Abbas.

Justice Mansoor Ali Shah ruled the case and said that the court order was not intentionally violated by the Additional Registrar Judicial, so the contempt of court notice against the Additional Registrar Judicial is withdrawn.

The decision states that the Judges Committee and the Constitutional Committee violated the court order. The court sent the file to the Chief Justice to set up a full court on the powers of the committees.

The decision of the Supreme Court has said that the matter is sent to the Chief Justice of Pakistan for contempt of court proceedings against the two judges committees.

The Chief Justice of Pakistan should form a full court on this matter, the Practice and Procedure Committee and the Judges Constitutional Committee have ignored the judicial order.

The Supreme Court has terminated the show cause notice proceedings against Additional Registrar Judicial Nazar Abbas.

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Currently 59,191 cases are pending before Supreme Court, Full Court told  

SC constitutional benches to ‘start hearing cases’ from November 14

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court’s full court session on Monday was informed that there were currently 59,191 cases pending in the Supreme Court. Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi presided over the two-hour meeting, which all apex court judges attended. Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, currently in Saudi Arabia for Umrah, participated via video link. During the … Read more

Justice Shah lambastes CJP Isa for being ‘indifferent’ to external pressures on judiciary

Justice Shah lambastes outgoing CJP Isa for being ‘indifferent’ to external pressures on judiciary

ISLAMABAD: Justice Mansoor Ali Shah has openly criticized outgoing Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa for allegedly being “complacent and indifferent to external pressures on the judiciary” during his tenure. Justice Shah, who skipped the full court reference farewell for CJP Isa, highlighted these concerns in a letter to the Supreme Court Registrar. … Read more

Justice Shah will not be head of constitutional bench: Rana Sanaullah

Justice Shah will not be head of constitutional bench: Rana Sanaullah

ISLAMABAD: Rana Sanaullah on Thursday said that Justice Mansoor Ali Shah would not be appointed as the head of the constitutional bench. In an interview with Independent Urdu, the Prime Minister’s Adviser for Political Affairs suggested that either Justice Aminuddin Khan or Justice Jamal Mandokhel could lead the constitutional bench. Sanaullah clarified that neither the … Read more

Justice Shah raises concerns about SC (Practice and Procedure) Ordinance

Justice Shah raises concerns about SC (Practice and Procedure) Ordinance

ISLAMABAD: Senior puisne judge Justice Mansoor Ali Shah has raised concerns about the recently promulgated Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Amendment Ordinance, which affects the court’s operations, including the formation of benches. In a letter to the Supreme Court secretary, Justice Shah expressed his reservations about the reconstitution of the judges’ committee just hours after … Read more

SC declares PTI eligible for reserved seats

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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday while nullifying the verdict of Peshawar High Court (PHC) declared the Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) as eligible for the reserved seats.

Justice Mansoor Ali Shah announced the 8-5 majority verdict which was reserved previously. The court annulled the decision of Peshawar High Court (PHC) that upheld the order of Election Commission of Pakistan for denying the reserved seats to PTI-backed Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC).

Justice Athar Minallah, Justice Shahid Waheed, Justice Munib Akhtar, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Ayesha Malik, Justice Syed Hassan Rizvi, and Justice Irfan Saadat Khan also favored the judgment.

In its ruling, the court said that denial of election symbol doesn’t affect the constitution or the legal right of a political party to participate in an election and to to field candidates.

The commission is under a constitutional duty to apply all statutory provisions accordingly.

The top court remarked that PTI, as a political party, has a legal and constitutional right to reserved seats.

Rejecting the appeals filed by the SIC, the apex court said that the party cannot take reserved seats as per the Constitution.

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Supreme Court suspends PHC’s verdict on SIC reserved seats 

Supreme Court moved against PECA bill 2025

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) suspended the Peshawar High Court judgment on reserved  seats on the petition of the Sunni Ittehad Council(SIC).

A three-member bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Mansoor Ali Shah heard the petition related to the reserved seats of the Sunni Ittehad Council.

Lawyer Faisal Siddiqui told the court that PTI’s independent winning MNAs joined the Sunni Ittehad Council, upon which Justice Mansoor Ali Shah inquired whether the 7 candidates are still part of the National Assembly in independent status.

Justice Athar Minallah asked whether PTI is a registered political party. On which Faisal Siddiqui said that PTI is a registered political party.

Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar asked how many days independent members have to join a party. On which lawyer Faisal Siddiqui said that independent members of the National Assembly have to join a political party within 3 days.

The Supreme Court issued a notice to the Federal Government and the Attorney General and immediately sought the records of the case from the Election Commission of Pakistan. While Justice Mansoor Ali Shah said that they want to hear and decide the case on a daily basis. The scheme of the Constitution is that that mandate should be respected.

Justice Mansoor Ali Shah said that no political party is relevant for us and added that it is to be seen whether the mandate of the people is reflected in it or not.

Justice Mansoor Ali Shah said that one question is whether the allocated seats can be re-allocated. The ther is that reserved seats were allocated so that the house is full, where is the mistake in this.

Justice Athar Minallah remarked that how they were deprived of reserved seats by recognizing the parliamentary party, the constitution of Pakistan also begins with the idea that things will be done according to the aspirations of the people.

The court suspended the decision of the Peshawar High Court regarding the reserved seats and said that the appeals are being accepted for hearing. 

The suspension of the decision will be only to the extent of additional seats. 

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Justice Mansoor Ali Shah issues note in NAB amendments case

Justice Mansoor Ali Shah to take charge as acting CJP on April 21

Says that an eight-member bench has temporarily suspended the bill. Urges that 184/3 cases should not proceed until a decision is reached the bill. Desires to allow parties the chance to validate the legality of the bench. Justice Mansoor Ali Shah has issued a note in the ongoing NAB amendments case, shedding light on important … Read more