SC rejects suo motu notice plea on fatalities during PTI protest

Author: Agencies

The Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court has rejected the PTI plea seeking to take suo motu notice of the deaths that occurred during Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)’s violent protest.

A five-member constitutional bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan, was hearing a case related to the Climate Change Authority.

During the proceedings, Justice Khan observed that the court could only address issues that were formally brought before it.

While the hearing was underway, the Additional Advocate General of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, appearing via video link, raised concerns about the protests in Islamabad’s Blue Area and the large-scale operation that followed.

He referenced the fatalities on both sides during the events and requested the bench to take suo motu notice of the incidents.

The head of the Constitutional Bench, Justice Aminuddin Khan, remarked that the issue is not before us, and therefore, we cannot address it.

Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel added that the matter is not before the court, and they did not wish to discuss it.

Justice Musarrat Hilali rebuked the K-P government’s lawyer, advising, “Do not bring political matters into the Supreme Court.”

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court disposed of a petition related to the integration of FATA into K-P, a petition filed by the founder of PTI.

Lawyer Babar Awan stated that the matter had already been finalized by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Assembly, and no further judicial action was necessary on the petition filed by the PTI founder.

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