In response to the petition submitted by the G-B CM, the Supreme Court has issued notices and has postponed the hearing until March 1.
ISLAMABAD: On Tuesday, the Supreme Court served notices on the respondents to the constitutional petition filed by Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid Khan of Gilgit-Baltistan, which contested the government’s appointment of a judge and the extension granted to three judges of the chief court for the region.
The case was considered by a three-judge panel of the supreme court, which also included Justices Munib Akhtar and Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi. Speaking on behalf of the G-B CEO was Makhdoom Ali Khan.
Moreover, Shehzad Ata Elahi, Pakistan’s attorney general and a respondent in the plea, received notice.
The petitioner’s request to modify the complaint contesting the appointment of Chief Judge Supreme Appellate Court (SAC) G-B Sardar Shamim Khan was granted by the bench.
The case’s hearing was postponed until March 1.
Five months later, the constitutional petition was heard by the Supreme Court.
Via a prominent attorney named Makhdoom Ali Khan, the chief minister filed a case under Article 184(3) of the Constitution in September of last year, designating the federal government, the governor of G-B, and recently appointed Chief Court Judge Javed Ahmed as respondents.
As a result of a summary motion made by G-B Governor Syed Mahdi Shah, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had granted an extension to three judges of the G-B Chief Court on September 16. But the summary was started without the chief minister’s input.
Eventually, the petition was returned by the Registrar’s Office with seven objections. The G-B CM responded to the objections in the interim by submitting an appeal in the chamber, which Judge Munib Akhtar heard.
