{"id":21956,"date":"2024-01-02T14:37:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T09:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=21956"},"modified":"2024-01-02T14:37:08","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T09:37:08","slug":"sc-has-no-authority-to-compel-parliament-to-pass-legislation-cjp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/latest-news\/sc-has-no-authority-to-compel-parliament-to-pass-legislation-cjp\/","title":{"rendered":"SC has no authority to compel Parliament to pass legislation: CJP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad:\u00a0 According to Pakistan&#8217;s Chief Justice, Justice Qazi Faez Isa, the Supreme Court is not authorized to order parliament to pass legislation on missing persons.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every institution is obligated to work within its scope. &#8220;The Supreme Court cannot request that Parliament legislate on any issue,&#8221; said CJP.<\/p>\n<p>Read More:\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/cjp-expresses-his-disapproval-with-the-phcs-order-to-remove-ro.html\">CJP expresses his disapproval with the PHC&amp;#8217;s order to remove RO<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The case of missing persons was heard by a three-member bench led by CJP Isa. The bench includes Justices Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Musarrat Hilali.<\/p>\n<p>The hearing was televised live.<\/p>\n<p>According to Justice Mazhar, a commission for missing persons has already been established. Justice Isa inquired about the commission, and Khushdil Khan Malik responded that one had been formed, led by retired Justice Javed Iqbal.<\/p>\n<p>Read More:\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/justice-sardar-tariq-masood-takes-the-oath-as-acting-chief-justice-of-pakistan.html\">Justice Sardar Tariq Masood takes the oath as Acting Chief Justice of Pakistan<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Justice Isa questioned how a court could order parliament to pass legislation. &#8220;Which article of the Constitution gives the court the authority to order parliament to legislate?&#8221; &#8220;Every institution must operate within its mandate,&#8221; he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Mazhar stated that the court lacked the authority to legislate. Its only power is to declare a law null and void.<\/p>\n<p>The chief justice inquired about Aitzaz Ahsan&#8217;s reservations. Shoaib Shaheen, his counsel, responded that the issue of people disappearing and then reappearing was raised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad:\u00a0 According to Pakistan&#8217;s Chief Justice, Justice Qazi Faez Isa, the Supreme Court is not authorized to order parliament to pass legislation on missing persons. &#8220;Every institution is obligated to work within its scope. &#8220;The Supreme Court cannot request that Parliament legislate on any issue,&#8221; said CJP. Read More:\u00a0CJP expresses his disapproval with the PHC&amp;#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":21957,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,21,2,147],"tags":[2730,7265,1200],"class_list":["post-21956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-news","category-pakistan","category-politics","tag-cjp","tag-qazi-faez-isa","tag-supreme-court"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21956","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=21956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}