The Supreme Court delivered its verdict on the reserved seats issue on Friday. Five order sheets were issued by the Supreme Court and due to this, many people found it difficult to understand the judgment. In the decision of the Supreme Court, the decisions of the judges are divided into 4 groups.
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An order issued by the name of Order of the Court is the overall order of the court, which reads at the beginning that the appeals of the Sunni Ittehad Council have been decided by a majority of 8 judges.
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The second order was issued by 8 judges. Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, Justice Muneeb Akhtar, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Ayesha Malik, Justice Athar Manullah, Justice Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi, Justice Shahid Waheed, and Justice Irfan Saadat, as a result of this order, reserved seats for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf. The way to meet has been paved. This is the majority decision of the Supreme Court and it will be followed. It is further detailed below.
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Chief Justice Qazi Faiz Isa and Justice Jamal Mandukhel jointly issued a separate order. In this third order too, the right of PTI to certain seats has not been denied and PTI has also been recognized as a parliamentary party. However, giving these seats to PTI without asking has been opposed. It is further detailed below.
What happened in the case of reserved seats of the Sunni Ittehad Council?
- Justice Yahya Afridi gave his separate decision in which he said that the Election Commission should decide the specific seats following listening to all the parties. He wrote in his decision that it would not be legally appropriate to issue clear orders to the Election Commission.