SC bench hearing election delay case dissolved.

A five-member Supreme Court (SC) bench hearing plea against the postponement of elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday was dissolved after Justice Aminuddin excused himself from hearing.

At the outset of the hearing, CJP Justice Umar Ata Bandial asked if Justice Aminuddin wanted to say something.

Justice Aminuddin in his remarks said he cannot hear the case after yesterday's decision of a three-member bench headed by Justice Qazi Faez Isa. After remarks of the honorable justice, the other four members of the bench left the court room and the bench was dissolved.

On Wednesday, a three-member bench of the Supreme Court ordered to adjourn the hearing of cases of constitutional importance and suo motu notices.

A three-member bench of the court issued the order in a case of giving grace marks to Hafiz-e-Quran. The nine-page decision was written by Justice Qazi Faiz Isa, while Justice Shahid Waheed dissented from the decision.

It may be noted that a five-member bench was hearing PTI's plea against the postponement of elections in Punjab by the Election Commission of Pakistan.

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