The government has demanded that Chief Justice Bandial resign.
According to Judge Minallah, the majority of the court earlier ruled against the suo motu case.
ISLAMABAD: The government has requested that Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial resign over the “controversial” decisions he made when ordering the electoral body to hold elections in Punjab on May 14. This move appears to have reached a breaking point in the ongoing dispute between the two parties.
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb demanded that the chief justice resign because his position has come under fire, particularly in light of Justice Athar Minallah of the Supreme Court’s dissent in the Punjab poll case, during a harsh news conference against the chief judge and two other judges.
Nawaz Sharif, the leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), also requested the chief justice’s resignation and accused him of advancing PTI agenda.
The ousted prime minister claimed in a tweet that judges frequently save countries from crises rather than causing them. He also questioned the CJP’s authority to overturn a majority ruling with a minority judgment.
In calling for the chief justice’s resignation, Nawaz tweeted that Justice Bandial should retire immediately rather than doing further damage because he is “pushing the agenda of PTI while insulting his office as well as the constitution.”
The government’s spokesman said during the press conference that Judge Minallah’s judgment cast doubt on the legal system, noting that a three-member bench headed by the Chief Justice of Pakistan was constituted on the petition that had previously been rejected by four judges.
Because there was no petition before the court, the information minister questioned why the bench was established and why a judgment was made on it. She also questioned how people could accept a conclusion that the majority of judges do not agree with.
The minister emphasized that political parties do not avoid elections and that the Punjab polls case was no longer only about elections but had expanded to include, among other things, “bench manipulation.”
Marriyum questioned who one would believe in a ruling if the supreme court itself caused the constitutional problem. “Power abuse and arbitrary constitutional interpretation cannot be tolerated,” she remarked.
She made reference to court proceedings when she stated that all political party attorneys appeared before the highest court but were not given a hearing since only those who had petitioned were. She questioned, “Why were these 13 parties not heard?
The National Assembly (NA) passed a resolution declaring that the “parliament rejects” a recent “minority” judgment of the top court ordering to hold elections in Punjab on May 14; prohibiting the prime minister and the federal cabinet from implementing it; and urging the top court to form a full court to review the “rewriting” of the constitution under Article 63-A of the Constitution of Pakistan. This is when the government demanded the resignation of the CJP.
While expressing worry over excessive judicial meddling in political affairs, the lower house of parliament said that the recent ruling by the supreme court was causing political instability in the nation and opening the door for the partition of the federating units. According to the resolution put out by the ruling coalition, the House believes that conducting general elections simultaneously nationwide is the best way to bring about political and economic stability in the nation.
