SC slaps Aitzaz Ahsan with Rs10,000 fine over formula milk case

CJP says Aitzaz Ahsan claims that judges are misusing their authority

Senior lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan was handed Rs10,000 fine during the formula milk hearing in the Supreme Court (SC)'s Lahore registry on Friday.

The hearing of the suo motu case pertaining to formula milk began where the management of Meiji Formula Milk Company was also summoned. In his statement before the Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar, the company owner said that future production batches of Meiji will no longer bear the word ‘milk’.



The company’s advocate, Aitzaz Ahsan, was represented by his assistant, who demanded that the court adjourn the case hearing for an unreasonably long time. The CJP came down hard on the demand put forth by the junior lawyer and warned that using Aitzaz Ahsan’s name in court will not earn any favours even though Ahsan is a respected name in the judiciary.

"Aitzaz Ahsan claims in the parliament that we [the judges] are misusing our authority," the CJP remarked, "We want him to personally pass those remarks here in this court."

The court slapped Ahsan with Rs10,000 fine for his request for an unreasonable time extension.