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Justice QAZI FAEZ ISA vs PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN O — 2022 PLD 119 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation
2022 PLD 119 SUPREME-COURT
Court
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year
2022
Reporter
PLD
Parties
Justice QAZI FAEZ ISA vs PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN O

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Judgment text as reported

Justice QAZI FAEZ ISA VS PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN O.XI---Principles of law settled in unanimous and split judgments of the Supreme Court---Numerical strength of Bench required for overruling such principles---Where a case is decided by a 4-3 majority of a 7 member Bench, the judgment of the majority of 4 members, which becomes the judgment of the Court, is considered to be the judgment of a 7 member Bench of the Court, and not of a 4 member Bench---Any principle of law enunciated in such majority judgment of 4 members cannot be overruled in any other case by a unanimous decision of a 5, 6, or even 7 member Bench; this can be done only by a Bench larger than a 7 member Bench---Conversely, any principle of law enunciated in the unanimous judgment of a 5 member Bench can be overruled by majority of only 4 members sitting in a 6 or 7 member Bench---Extent of the judicial power of the members of a Bench in this regard is thus dependent upon the total numeric strength of the Bench.

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