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Summary Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said that the Parliament did not indemnify the Provisional Constitutional Order, so how it could give indemnity to the PCO Judges.
A seven-member SC bench, headed by the chief justice, is hearing the appeals of the PCO judges. During the hearing, the chief justice remarked that the PCO of November three was not indemnified by the parliament. Those judges who took oath between November 3 and December 15 are no longer the part of the judiciary because they did not take oath after the restoration of the constitution.He said that he respects his former colleagues but they could not be called judges without the approval of the Parliament.Barrister SM Zafar, lawyer of former justice, Zahid Hussain, said that PCO judges were declared judges in July 20th verdict of the Supreme Court.He added that he was unable to figure out why the court was showing urgency to end the case. The Supreme Court asked the government to tell the court about its stance for PCO judges and adjourned the hearing till March 7.
