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SC rebukes ‘misconceived’ ECP clarification request, orders immediate implentation of reserved seats verdict
Dawn.com Published September 14, 2024 Updated 15 minutes agoThe Supreme Court on Saturday rebuked the “misconceived” request by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to seek clarification from the top court on its verdict in the reserved seats case and ordered the immediate implementation of its original directions.
On July 12, a 13-judge full bench of the apex court had declared that the opposition PTI was eligible to receive reserved seats for women and non-Muslims in the national and provincial assemblies, dealing a major setback to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s ruling coalition and potentially making the PTI single largest party in both houses of Parliament.
The Supreme Court had also declared the PTI a parliamentary party.
The ECP had subsequently finally decided to implement the Supreme Court decision. Instructions were issued to the ECP’s legal team to identify obstacles in the implementation of the judgement so that further guidance could be sought from the top court.
A written order from the apex court issued today on the ECP’s request seeking guidance on certain legal and factual issues said that considering all evidence placed before the court left “little doubt that the clarification sought by the commission … is nothing more than a contrived device and the adoption of dilatory tactics, adopted to delay, defeat and obstruct implementation of the decision of the court. This cannot be countenanced. Even on the application of elementary principles of law, the application filed by the commission is misconceived”
SC rebukes ‘misconceived’ ECP clarification request, orders immediate implentation of reserved seats verdict
Condemns ECP request as "contrived device and the adoption of dilatory tactics, adopted to delay, defeat and obstruct implementation of the decision of the court".
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