Islamabad:
The Supreme Court Registrar Office has sought an explanation from the officials of the Fixer branch for planning the constitutional interpretation case in a regular bench led by Justice Mansoor Ali Shah.
According to sources, the Justice Secretary’s office has demanded clarification on how a case intended for a constitutional bench (CB) was awarded a regular bench. The officials have been asked to submit their answers within seven days.
The question arose after Justice Shah’s bench decided to hear a case on Article 191A of the Customs Supply.
A day earlier, a seven member CB led by Justice Aminuddin Khan resumed and heard the cases previously placed before a regular bench led by Justice Shah.
On January 17, the Supreme Court Committee, which shows cases before benches, withdrew the cases from the ordinary bench and referred them to the CB Committee for Relist.
This annoyed the ordinary bench that began contempt negotiations against an additional registrar, Nazar Abbas, to have violated its order. Later, on January 27, the bench exempted the official from contempt fees, but noted that the SC committees had committed contempt.
