Pakistan
LHC issues written verdict of Election Amendment Act 2024
The court summoned the Attorney general for assistance on August 30
Lahore: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Saturday issued the written verdict of the Election Amendment Act 2024.
Justice Shakeel Ahmad of LHC heard the case, filed by Advocate Azhar Siddque and issued the two-page written verdict of Election Amendment Act case.
According to written judgement, notices to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the federal government and all political parties had been sent.
The court summoned the Attorney general for assistance on August 30.
Justice Ahmad stated that the applicant has informed the court that the Supreme Court has issued the verdict on reserved seats.
The petitioner contended that Parliament couldn’t nullify the member bench decision by amendment in the act and requested to declare the amendment null and void.
Earlier, a citizen Muneer Ahmad through his counsel advocate Azhar Siddique filed a petition in the LHC against the Election Amendment Act 2024 on August 12.
The petitioner contended in the application that the act aimed to annul the Supreme Court’s reserved seats judgement as the act couldn’t be applicable from the past.
The petitioner appealed the court to declare the Election Amendment Act 2024 unconstitutional.
Petitioner requested the court to halt provision of reserved seats to other parties except PTI until the final judgement on the application.