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Pakistan National Assembly Speaker warns Supreme Court
In an interview with a US media outlet, Ashraf said they (the superior judiciary) should take over the legislative business if Parliament's lawmaking authority is unacceptable, Geo News reported. Ashraf said the farce of elections should end if Parliament has to use its legislative authority according to the will of the Supreme Court or a high court.
Pakistan's parliament, Supreme Court on collision course
The Pakistan Supreme Court, on the other hand, while exercising "anticipatory injunction", stayed the operation on the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure Bill) 2023 aimed at curtailing the powers of the Chief Justice of Pakistan to take suo motu notice and constitute benches, The News reported.
Ruling Pakistan coalition rejects 'controversial' Supreme Court bench
In a statement issued earlier in the day ahead of the hearing, the coalition partners vowed to resist attempts to take away Parliament's authority and to interfere in its constitutional domain, The News reported. The hard-hitting response to the constitution of the bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial came just hours before the hearing was set to start.
Complaint seeks ouster of Chief Justice of Pakistan, 3 other judges
In addition to the CJP Bandial, Justice Munib Akhtar, Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice Mazhar Ali Naqvi have been named in the complaint, Express Tribune reported. The complainant, Advocate Sardar Salman Ahmad Dogar, maintained that all four judges were guilty of misconduct and "consistently acted in violation of Article 209 of the Constitution".
Pakistan National Assembly binds PM Shehbaz, cabinet not to implement top court verdict
It noted that the National Assembly on March 28, in a resolution, had called on the Supreme Court to avoid "interfering" in political matters. It also observed that multiple sections of the society had repeatedly urged the apex court to form a full court bench but their calls were ignored and only one political party was heard in the case.
Pakistan cabinet rejects top court's verdict in election delay case
The development came during the Cabinet's meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, held after a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial and comprising Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan and Justice Munib Akhtar as members announced the apex court's verdict on the matter which it had reserved a day earlier, Geo News reported.
US Supreme Court poised to end affirmative action
The decision may change the future of affirmative action policy, introduced to redress historic discrimination, in higher education, reports Xinhua news agency. A study released on March 28 by Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce warns that racial and ethnic diversity on university campuses could decline even if the institutions give more weight to factors, such as the socio-economic class of applicants.
Pakistan judges raise questions over unbridled powers of Chief Justice
In a 27-page detailed ruling - claimed to be the judgement in Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) plea over the delay in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa elections - Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail pointed out that it is important "to revisit the power of 'one-man show' enjoyed by the office of the Chief Justice of Pakistan [Umar Ata Bandial], Geo News reported.
Bolsonaro's supporters storm Brazil's SC, Congress, presidential palace
Wearing shirts in the colours of Brazil's flag -- yellow and green -- the protesters on Sunday vandalised the buildings in capital Brasilia that house the South American nation's key democratic institutions, reports the BBC. The rioting came exactly a week after Lula, who was President between January 2003 and December 2010
US SC keeps Trump-era border policy in place
Tuesday's 5-4 decision reversed lower court decisions that the so-called Title 42 policy, applied about 2.5 million times since March 2020, had to end December 21, reports Xinhua news agency.
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