A request was filed in the Supreme Court (SC) to constitute a full court for the hearing against the 26th constitutional amendment. According to the details, senior politician Afarsiab Khattak has filed a petition in the Supreme Court on the issue of approval of the 26th constitutional amendment and pressure on parliamentarians, in which he requested to constitute a full court to hear the petition against the 26th constitutional amendment. In the petition against the constitutional amendment, all political parties including the PML-N, People's Party were also made party. The petitioner has adopted the position that whether the members of the assembly cast their votes voluntarily or under pressure, the Supreme Court should conduct an inquiry into the matter itself or the judicial commission should conduct an inquiry into the matter of pressure on the members.

As the 26th constitutional amendment has not been duly passed, the election disputes of the members of the assembly are pending before the Election Tribunal. The petition said that the 26th Constitutional Amendment should be struck down as against the independence of the judiciary, the independence of the judiciary is the basic structure of the constitution, annual performance review of judges, changes in the procedure of appointment of the Chief Justice and constitution benches. Constitution Benches cannot hear petitions against the 26th Constitutional Amendment. Meanwhile, the 26th constitutional amendment was also challenged in the Supreme Court Lahore Registry, the federal government was made a party in the petition, the petition was filed on behalf of Advocate Muhammad Shahid, the petitioner cited Sections 18, 17, 18, 14 of the Amendment Act 2024. 13, 10.9. 8, 7 and 22 have been requested to be declared unconstitutional, the petition has taken the position that preventing the hearing is an obstacle to the independence of the judiciary, the restriction of the decision is an obstacle to the independence of the court, Chief Election The extension of the commissioner until the new commissioner is appointed is undemocratic and against the constitution.

Earlier, the 26th constitutional amendment was challenged in the Supreme Court, in which it was requested to declare the constitutional amendment null and void. And the Supreme Court was requested to declare the constitutional amendment null and void. is against the division of, the procedure of appointing the Chief Justice was changed through the amendment, the constitutional amendment should be annulled as it is against the fundamental rights, the independence of the judiciary.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan