The Supreme Court bench hearing the PTI’s petition against the Election Commission of Pakistan’s decision to postpone polls to the Punjab Assembly till Oct 8 dissolved after Justice Aminuddin Khan recused himself from hearing the matter.
“After yesterday’s judgement, I recuse myself from hearing the case,” Justice Khan said.
He referred to a judgement, authored by himself and Justice Isa, issued a day earlier which noted that the chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) did not have the power to make special benches or decide its members, and said that all hearings based on suo motu notices and cases of constitutional significance — under Article 184(3) — should be postponed until they are legislated upon.
Justice Khan’s recusal came as an unexpected development before the court proceedings began today.
High Court Advocate Salaar Khan breaks down what happens now that the five-member SC bench is dissolved.
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