Islamabad : Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the government to produce records of parliamentary proceedings in connection with a bill that aims to empower the office of the Chief Justice to take suo motu cognizance of cases and form a committee of judges to hear cases. to be deprived of. Relations between the judiciary and the ruling coalition have soured ever since the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz-led government has been pushing for the ‘Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Bill- 2023’. It was passed by both the Houses of the Parliament and sent for the assent of the President. The President, however, sent it back saying that the proposed law was “beyond the purview of Parliament”. The provisions of the Bill include curtailing the powers of the Chief Justice to take suo motu cognizance of cases and constitute benches. The bill, however, was again passed with some amendments in the joint session of Parliament on 10 April and sent to the President.
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Copies of parliamentary proceedings sought
Three days after the bill was passed by Parliament, an eight-judge bench of the Supreme Court issued an order restraining the government from implementing the bill. An eight-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial heard the matter on Tuesday and directed the attorney general to provide copies of the parliamentary proceedings regarding the bill.
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During the hearing, Chief Justice Bandial said that the law was the first of its kind in Pakistan, affecting the judiciary. He dismissed a petition seeking removal of a judge from the bench as a complaint was pending against him. The Chief Justice also rejected another petition to set up a full court to hear the case. Justice Bandial also criticized the political parties saying that they want a decision favorable to them. He said that an independent judiciary is one of the main features of the Constitution.