PTI Requests Certified Copies of Judges' Verdict in Reserved Seats Case

Salman Akram Raja, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) secretary general, sent a letter to the Supreme Court’s registrar on Monday requesting certified copies of the June 27 short order in the reserved seats case.

In the letter on behalf of PTI, Salman Raja asked the court to provide copies of all three sets of judgements signed by all 12 judges of the Constitutional Bench (CB). He noted that the Supreme Court's website only displayed a short order signed by 10 judges, not all 12.

The court order signed by all 12 judges of the CB who heard the review petitions against the July 12, 2024, Supreme Court judgement in the reserved seats case was not available on the Supreme Court's website, according to the PTI leader.

Following a lengthy hearing on Friday, the Supreme Court’s Constitutional Bench overturned the July 12 majority judgement that had deemed PTI eligible for reserved seats for women and non-Muslims in the national and provincial assemblies.

On June 27, Justice Salahuddin Panhwar had recused himself from the bench. A majority of seven judges set aside the July 12 judgement on review petitions, reinstating the Peshawar High Court’s decision from March 25 last year that had denied the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) reserved seats in the assemblies.

According to the source: Dawn.