ISLAMABAD – New developments have been reported in SC Justice Qazi Faez Isacase.
A full bench of the Supreme Court set to hear a slew of petitionschallenging the presidential reference against Justice Qazi Faez Isa wasdissolved on Monday due to the non-availability of a judge.
Justice Umar Ata Bandial, who was heading the bench, said as Justice MazharAlam Miankhel is unavailable as he has submitted an application for longvacations.
Justice Bandial said that the matter of forming a news bench is being sentto the chief justice.
Justice Isa’s counsel, Munir A. Malik, requested again that a full-courtbench be formed to take up the case, to which Justice Bandial remarked thatit is up to the chief justice to form a bench however he finds suitable.
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The 10-member larger bench of the apex court was consisted of Justice UmarAta Bandial and comprising Justice Maqbool Baqar, Justice Manzoor AhmadMalik, Justice Faisal Arab, Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel, JusticeSajjad Ali Shah, Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Justice Munib Akhtar,Justice Yahya Afridi and Justice Qazi Muhammad Amin Ahmed.
The matter of forming a bench for the case has been sent to the chiefjustice for the second time.
Initially, a seven-member bench was constituted to hear the petitions butit was dissolved after Justice Sardar Tariq Masood and Justice Ijazul Ahsanrecused himself from hearing the case. The top judge had then constitutedthe current 10-member bench.
