{"id":21267,"date":"2023-12-20T14:53:48","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T09:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=21267"},"modified":"2023-12-20T14:53:48","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T09:53:48","slug":"holding-elections-priority-over-delimitations-scs-written-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/latest-news\/holding-elections-priority-over-delimitations-scs-written-verdict\/","title":{"rendered":"Holding elections priority over delimitations: SC\u2019s written verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) addressed the appeal contesting the delimitation ruling of the Balochistan High Court (BHC) in a written ruling made public today. The Supreme Court emphasized that elections are a key component of democracy and that judges serve as its guardians, highlighting the importance of elections in resolving disputes arising from constituency disputes.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court urged the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to hold elections in the two constituencies that were mentioned in the petition in accordance with the current boundaries.<\/p>\n<p>SC emphasised the integral link between the electoral process and democracy. The apex court also committed to revisiting the constituency dispute case in both constituencies, scheduling hearings post-election, through the Registrar\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting the constitutional role of judges in safeguarding democracy and the constitution, the SC emphasised that a government lacking elections cannot be deemed democratic. Timely and transparent elections, according to the court, constitute the essence of constitutional democracy, respecting public opinion.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/nomination-papers-to-be-received-by-ecp-today.html\">Nomination papers to be received by ECP today<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The SC cautioned against hearing petitions challenging constituencies, citing potential disruptions to the election schedule and the emergence of a flood of litigation if pleas for demarcations are entertained.<\/p>\n<p>With the election clock ticking, the SC asserted its commitment to prioritising general elections over objections to constituencies in its decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) addressed the appeal contesting the delimitation ruling of the Balochistan High Court (BHC) in a written ruling made public today. The Supreme Court emphasized that elections are a key component of democracy and that judges serve as its guardians, highlighting the importance of elections in resolving disputes arising from constituency [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":21268,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,21,2,147],"tags":[10362,4204,148],"class_list":["post-21267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-news","category-pakistan","category-politics","tag-election-2024","tag-supreme-court-sc-of-pakistan","tag-ecp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}