SC bill: AGP to submit parliamentary record by tomorrow.

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Usman Mansoor Awan to submit the record of National Assembly's proceedings on the judicial reforms by tomorrow.

On the last hearing, Supreme Court (SC) issued notices to the government, AGP, political parties, bar councils, and others to submit their response in the petitions against Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Bill 2023.

The bench is headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial and comprises Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan, Justice Munib Akhtar, Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Ayesha Malik, Justice Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi and Justice Shahid Waheed.

At the outset of the hearing, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz also forwarded plea for the formation of the full court to hear the matter. Justice Ijazul Ahsan said your plea has not been marked till now.

After being asked by CJP Justice Umar Ata Bandial, AGP Mansoor Awan hoped that the record of the Parliamentary proceedings will be received tomorrow. "We have filed plea for full court to hear the pleas."

During the hearing, the bench questioned the motives behind the government's demand of a full court.

The top judge remarked that the court had to decide for future, the circumstances in which the bench can order the constitution of a full court.

"The current issue was not a case of constitutional amendment," CJP Bandial observed.

He directed the parties to present examples of cases other than presidential references on Justice Faez Isa and Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, if any.

Earlier, when the AGP started his arguments, CJP Bandial inquired if he had submitted the record of the National Assembly's proceedings.

Regarding the query, the AGP said that they expected the records to be received by tomorrow (Tuesday). He informed the court that they had contacted the National Assembly Speaker's office in this regard.

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