Cases delisted as Justice Mansoor absent in SC today

Islamabad: The senior-most judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, did not appear in the court on Wednesday, due to which his bench cases were delisted.

According to the media reports, Mansoor Ali Shah took leave today due to the illness of a close relative. The cases scheduled before the three-member bench headed by Justice Mansoor Ali Shah comprising Justice Ayesha Malik and Justice Aqeel Abbasi were delisted.

After this, the cases were transferred to a two-member bench comprising Justice Ayesha Malik and Justice Aqeel Abbasi.

It is also reported that the two-member bench was supposed to hear the case in Courtroom 6. As the bench was not full, the two-member bench sat for some time and then left.

It is pertinent to note that Justice Mansoor Ali Shah did not participate in the Practice and Procedure Act Committee meeting yesterday, at which Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa replaced him by forming a new bench on the issue of interpretation of Article 63A of the Constitution. Instead of Justice Munib Akhtar, Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan was included in the five-member bench.