ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court suspended the decision of the Peshawar High Court in the reserved seats case.
According to details, Supreme Court has suspended the decision of Election Commission and Peshawar High Court to give certain seats to other parties.
Justice Mansoor Ali Shah said that we are accepting the case for hearing and suspending the decisions of the Election Commission and the High Court, however, the suspension of the decisions will be only to the extent of awarding additional seats.
Justice Mansoor Ali Shah said that the mandate that the people voted for should be properly represented in the Parliament. Lawyer Election Commission said that certain seats were distributed only once, there is no issue of redistribution. Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar said that you Read the Election Commission’s ruling, Justice Athar Manullah said, “You can name any name, more than the seats have been given to these parties, right?”
Justice Mansoor Ali Shah said that sharing more seats is not against the principle of proportionality. The Election Commission’s counsel said, “I will tell you what the Election Commission has actually done,” to which Justice Mansoor said, “We are interested in what the Constitution says, not what the Election Commission has done.”
Justice Athar Manullah raised questions in his remarks that specific seats were distributed to other parties without giving any reasonable reason, can specific seats be re-distributed in the second phase? What to do if there are more seats left?
The Supreme Court, while hearing the case, said that the decision to allot seats to other parties would remain suspended, and the suspension of the decision would be to the extent of additional seats. Further hearing of the case in the Supreme Court will be held on a daily basis on June 3. It should be noted that the members who took additional seats after the Supreme Court’s decision will not be able to be a part of the proceedings of the House, and the membership of these members will be suspended until the Supreme Court’s final decision. will also be suspended.
