*LAHORE: A third larger bench of the Lahore High Court formed to hear anddecide petitions seeking contempt of court proceedings against formerpremier Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and other PML-N leadersdissolved after a judge recused himself from hearing the matter on Friday.*

On April 04, Lahore High Court Chief Justice Yawar Ali constituted thethree-judge bench, headed by Justice Mazahir Ali Akbar Naqvi and comprisingJustice Shahid Jameel Khan and Justice Atir Mehmood, to hear the petitions.

Justice Shahid Jameel Khan declined to hear the matter today citingpersonal reasons.

Earlier, the bench was dissolved after Justice Shahid Mobeen declined toproceed with the case, dissolving the bench for the second time.

Last week, the LHC Chief Justice formed the bench, headed by Justice MazharAli Akbar Naqvi and comprising Justice Shahid Mobeen and Justice AatirMehmood, after Justice Shahid Bilal Hasan was transferred to the Multanbench.

The three-judge bench was formed to hear the petitions involvinganti-judiciary speeches of the PML-N supreme leader and his daughter.

Earlier, the court had issued a notice to Pakistan Electronic MediaRegulatory Authority (Pemra) to submit comments, explaining the measures ithas taken to stop the airing of anti-judiciary speeches by the duo.

The petitioners submitted that Sharif and his daughter had been severelycriticizing the judiciary in their public speeches.