Detailed verdict: Growing tendency to defy court orders, notes SC
SC says speaker national assembly has to stop talk against supreme court judges during assembly sessions.
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Regulating contempt
By accepting contentions of petitioners, ignoring argument of government, SC has exposed itself to perception of bias.
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Legal aide, however, does not rule out option of re-enacting defunct act or passing an ordinance.
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President Zardari decides to ask for review; no legal cover for PM once NRO implementation case is resumed.
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Options include re-introducing a modified, but similar contempt law through a presidential ordinance.
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