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

Case information

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 arts

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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 arts. 66 & 69---Court not to inquire into proceedings of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)---Phrase "proceedings in Parliament"---Scope---Protection of article 69(1) of the Constitution is only available when an act suffering from an irregularity of procedure is committed on the floor of the National assembly---Perusal of the text of article 66(1) of the Constitution showed that proceedings in Parliament are essentially comprised of the two basic rights of the members of the National assembly, namely, the freedom of expression and the right to vote---Freedom of every individual member to speak and vote and the collective decisions of the House are treated as proceedings in Parliament---Collective decision making of the House may be viewed as the extension of the right of every member of the House to express his/her views on a matter and ultimately vote on it to take a collective decision---Important feature that emerges from the fundamental constituents of proceedings in Parliament, namely, free speech and vote, is that these all relate to the internal functioning of Parliament---Resultantly, the Courts, whilst determining the ambit of and the immunity attached to proceedings in Parliament, refer to these proceedings as the 'internal proceedings' of Parliament.

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