ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Excessive Court docket (IHC) has dismissed a petition in search of the disqualification of former prime minister Imran Khan for concealing his alleged daughter, Tyrian White.
A 3-member bench comprising Justices Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri, Arbab Mohammad Tahir and Saman Rafat Imtiaz took up the petition on Tuesday after a niche of just about a 12 months.
The court docket issued the order on the grounds {that a} three-judge bench had beforehand dismissed the petition.
This was a reference to the incident on Might 10, 2023, when the opinion of two of the three judges — supporting the petition’s dismissal — was uploaded on IHC’s web site.
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Justices Mohsin Akhtar Kayani and Arbab Mohammad Tahir supported the dismissal, whereas IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq discovered the petition to be maintainable.
The bulk judgement was deleted from the web site minutes after it was uploaded and the bench was additionally dissolved by the IHC chief justice.
Later, the registrar had additionally issued a clarification, stating that almost all opinion “doesn’t represent judgement of the court docket”.
Tuesday’s ruling, nonetheless, contradicted this stance.
In the course of the transient listening to, Justice Jahangiri opened the case file and took out a sealed envelope.
He learn the opinion of the 2 judges given final 12 months and dominated that the case has already been dismissed.
In an announcement issued by its spokesperson, PTI welcomed the judgement, saying that the 2 judges had already determined the case, however the IHC CJ “tried to maintain it alive on technicalities”.
Senior legal professionals have additionally questioned why the bench didn’t resolve the case on its deserves.
Whereas speaking to Daybreak, senior lawyer Ahsanuddin Sheikh requested why a contemporary bench was constituted if the case had been determined earlier.
The lawyer believed that the 2 judges’ opinion was not binding on the brand new bench because it comprised three judges.
He added that the petitioner can file an attraction earlier than the Supreme Court docket.
Whereas the case remained stalled for nearly a 12 months, it continued to stir controversies as six IHC judges, who complained of intelligence companies meddling of their scathing letter to the Supreme Judicial Council, additionally made a reference to this case.
Printed in Daybreak, Might twenty second, 2024