Explained: Pakistani lawmakers on Monday had passed for the second time the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Bill 2023 to dilute chief justice's power
ISLAMABAD: The parliament and judiciary arrived at a standoff on Thursday as the ruling alliance rejected the eight-member bench constituted to hear the petitions challenging the Supreme Court Bill.
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Ignoring calls to stop interfering in the domain of parliament, Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday stopped operationalisation of a bill aimed at clipping the powers of the chief justice. The lawmakers on Monday passed for the second time the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Bill 2023 to dilute chief justice’s power to take suo motu action and form a panel of judges for hearing of cases.