'Law is above you': Aitzaz Ahsan says SC verdict will strengthen democracy, legal system.

ISLAMABAD -- The Supreme Court's verdict declaring the military trial of civilians as null and void will strengthen the Constitution, democracy, and legal system, said Aitzaz Ahsan, one of the petitioners in the case.

Ahsan made these remarks while talking to journalists outside the Supreme Court after the unanimous decision was announced.

A five-member bench - comprising Justice Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan, Justice Munib Akhtar, Justice Yahya Afridi, Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi, and Justice Ayesha Malik - heard the petitions filed by PTI Chairman Imran Khan and others.

The larger bench in its short verdict ordered that 102 accused arrested under the Army Act be tried in the criminal court and ruled that the trial of any civilian if held in a military court will now be considered null and void.

The top court said the verdict is applicable to all those accused arrested in connection with the riots of May 9 and 10.

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