Plea against judges restoration crumbles on step 1

Plea against judges restoration crumbles on step 1
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Summary A petition was Saturday filled in IHC, challenging restoration of judges through an executive order.

However, the IHC registrar rejected the plea as incomplete.The writ petition was filed in the Islamabad High Court, challenging the restoration of judges including Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry through an executive order.Advocate Shah Jahan on Saturday filed the application under Article 199, contending that Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s order to restore judges was unconstitutional as there was no provision in the Constitution for restoring the deposed judges.The application contended restoration of the judges under excutive order in complete violation of the Constitution.
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