The Supreme Court registrar’s office, while returning the government’s “curative review petition” in the Justice Qazi Faez Isa case, ruled that the federation had misinterpreted the 1980 rules. — Photo courtesy Supreme Court website/File
ISLAMABAD: The federal government finally lodged an appeal before the Supreme Court on Thursday against a refusal by the registrar’s office to entertain an unheard of legal remedy — curative review petition — in the Justice Qazi Faez Isa case.
The registrar’s office had returned a set of nine curative review petitions on May 25 on the grounds that the petitions contained “scandalous language”. The Supreme Court office also observed that a second review petition cannot be filed against a decision already given on a review petition.