Justice Esa questions special benches formation.

ISLAMABAD -- Supreme Court of Pakistan Justice Qazi Faez Isa Wednesday questioned that why the special benches, and not the full court, are constituted for hearing matter under Article 184(3) of Constitution, while such matter could be heard by a regular bench.

A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Justice Qazi Faez Isa, and comprising Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan and Justice Shahid Waheed conducted hearing of a suo moto case related to examining the grant of 20 additional marks to a Hafiz-e-Quran student while admitting them for an MBBS/BDS degree.

Justice Faez questioned why it took 14 months to reach this case to the Supreme Court. He said that the members of bench, who are now hearing the suo moto, earlier in the day had heard cases in varAious benches. Justice Faez said he heard the case in the regular bench, which comprised three memAbers, while this special bench was also consisted of three members.

The judge asked from Attorney General for PaAkistan (AGP), do you have any answer from where the concept of constituting the special bench has come. Does the Supreme Court Rules, 1980, alAlow...