A 5-member bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Qazi Faiz Isa, restored the NAB amendments by pronouncing the decision of the NAB amendments case as 5 zero.
The Supreme Court reserved judgment on the appeals against the nullification of the NAB amendments.
On behalf of Chief Justice Qazi Faiz Isa, while pronouncing the verdict on the NAB amendments case, it was said that PTI founder Imran Khan could not prove that the NAB amendments are unconstitutional.
The judgment said that the Supreme Court should uphold the legislation in all possible cases, the NAB amendments could not be proved unconstitutional.
The decision of the Supreme Court has said that the court and judges cannot play the role of gatekeeper for the Parliament, the role of the Parliament and the Judiciary is clear in the Constitution, the detailed decision will be released on the website of the Supreme Court.
Justice Athar Minullah dismissed the government’s appeal and wrote in an additional note that the government’s appeal was inadmissible.
Justice Hasan Azhar Rizvi also wrote an additional note in which he agreed with the decision but disagreed with the reasons.
It should be remembered that a 3-member bench headed by former Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Atta Bandial had declared the NAB amendments null and void and this law was implemented.
Later, intra-court appeals were filed against the annulment of the NAB amendments, on which a 5-member larger bench headed by the Chief Justice of Pakistan was constituted.
A 5-member larger bench comprising Justice Qazi Faiz Isa, Justice Aminuddin, Justice Jamal Mandukhel, Justice Athar Manullah and Justice Hasan Azhar Rizvi had reserved its decision on the appeals against the nullification of the NAB amendments after 5 hearings.
What happened in the NAB amendment case?
NAB amendments were passed during PDM regime, founder PTI filed a petition against NAB amendments.
The Supreme Court declared null and void the NAB amendments on September 15, 2023. The Supreme Court declared null and void 9 out of 10 NAB amendments, against which the federal and provincial governments had filed intra-court appeals in the Supreme Court.
In the NAB amendments, many matters were removed from the jurisdiction of the NAB and the NAB amendments were declared effective with the commencement of the National Accountability Ordinance 1999.
Under the NAB amendments, NAB cannot investigate cases of less than 50 crores, NAB can investigate fraud cases with more than 100 victims, the maximum remand of 14 days was later increased to 30 days.
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