The Supreme Court link has soughtNational Assembly deputy speaker’s March 31 order and the minuteslink of the government meetingslink held on March 31 and April 3 whilemaintaining that not holding voting on the no-trust motion was not aprocedural mistake rather it was a violation of the Constitution.
During the hearing of court’s suo motulink regarding the politicalsituation in the country following deputy speaker’s rejection ofno-confidence motion on Tuesday, Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice UmarAtta Bandial summoned the March 31 order of the deputy speaker and minuteslink of the March 31 and April 3 meetingslink.
The CJP remarked that the rules permit tabling of the no-confidence motion.“The Constitution cannot be made ineffective through the rules,” he added.
A five-member larger bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice UmerAtta Bandial was hearing the case in Islamabad.
Justice Muneeb Akhtar said that in accordance with the Constitution it wasmandatory to hold voting on a no-trust motion within seven days. JusticeMuneeb asked how can the court interfere in the National Assembly’sproceedings?
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Justice Jamal Khan remarked that not holding voting on the no-trust motionwas not a procedural mistake rather it was a violation of the Constitution.
PML-N’s counsel informed the court that if there was a solid reason fordeferring the voting beyond the limited period then Article 254 providesprotection. “Voting on eighth day will not negate the Constitution,” hedeclared.
