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ABID SHAHID ZUBERI vs FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Cabinet Division, Islamabad S — 2023 PLD 493 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation
2023 PLD 493 SUPREME-COURT
Court
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year
2023
Reporter
PLD
Parties
ABID SHAHID ZUBERI vs FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Cabinet Division, Islamabad S
Subject matter
Criminal
Provisions referred to
S. 3---C

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Judgment text as reported

ABID SHAHID ZUBERI VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Cabinet Division, Islamabad S. 3---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 184(3)---Constitutional petitions challenging formation of an Inquiry Commission comprising of Senior Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court and two Chief Justices of the High Courts---Permission of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court---Whenever a sitting Judge was intended to be made a member of a Commission, the permission of the Chief Justice (of the Supreme Court) first had to be sought---Since such power was peculiar to the said office, the incumbent for the time being of the same could neither divest himself nor be divested by the Federal Government from discharging the constitutional duty---Said constitutional principle would apply even in regard to the Chief Justices of the High Courts being made members of a Commission---Prima facie, therefore, the very constitution of the Commission in the present case was cast in doubt.

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