‘Full court bench only solution’
The spokesperson and adviser on law for the Sindh government, Barrister Murtaza Wahab has suggested that the easiest solution to resolve the current dispute is for all the judges to sit together and decide under Article 167.
According to him, the Supreme Court comprises all 15 judges, not just one, and forming a full court is the only way to resolve the conflict. Wahab emphasised that errors should be identified through consultation and nations that learn from their mistakes are called living nations.
He added that the Constitution of Pakistan came after great sacrifices and the 18th constitutional amendment provided judicial independence. Under the 18th amendment, Parliament corrected past mistakes and Article 10A was introduced, which requires that no decision should be taken without hearing everyone. The judiciary is now evolving in the same way democracy has gone through, he said.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 9th, 2023.