The Supreme Court on Monday said the procedure prescribed for the appointment of judges in the 18th amendment is above the constitution and it is not workable.
During the hearing of petitions against certain clauses of the 18th amendment, the court said that setting up of a committee for the appointment of judges is not fit for the parliamentary system.
The court said that over-a-century-old method for the appointment of judges was changed by the Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Reforms in just nine hours.
The SC bench also said that the defection clause in the 18th Amendment is an insult to parliamentarians.
However, the counsel for the government defended the clause, saying that it will help to stop horse trading in the country.
The Supreme court will resume hearing of the 18th amendment case tomorrow.
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