PAKISTAN PEOPLES PARTY PARLIAMENTARIANS (PPPP) vs FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice Islamabad art — 2022 PLD 574 SUPREME-COURT

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Citation: 2022 PLD 574 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2022
Reporter: PLD
Parties: PAKISTAN PEOPLES PARTY PARLIAMENTARIANS (PPPP) vs FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice Islamabad art

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Judgment text as reported

PAKISTAN PEOPLES PARTY PARLIAMENTARIANS (PPPP) VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice Islamabad art. 69---Proceedings in the [Majlis-e-Shoora] Parliament---Immunity from judicial review---Scope---article 69 of the Constitution recognizes smooth functioning of the Parliament, without interference of Courts only on the ground of any procedural irregularity, to ensure its procedural independence---Procedure is an established or official way of doing something, including efficiency and policy---Constitutional immunity of a judicial review is with reference to a particular method for regulating and conducting business and maintaining order in the Parliament by its members, including the Speaker and officers in whom powers are vested by or under the Constitution, any law or the rules---Such constitutional prohibition, in clear terms, is in respect of mere exercise of power that relates and confines to regulating procedure for conduct of business or for maintaining order in the Parliament---However, there is no prohibition to challenge the constitutional violation and statutory illegality committed by the members of the Parliament---Hence, violation of the constitutional mandates, mala fides, non-compliance with the rules of natural justice and perversity by the Speaker or members of the Parliament are not covered within the ambit of article 69 of the Constitution.

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