New nomination forms are constitutional: SC
CJ remarks it is the right of the voters to know about the person who will be representing them.
The chief justice said that it is the right of the voters to know about the person who will be representing them. PHOTO: EXPRESS
ISLAMABAD:
The Supreme Court on Thursday declared the new nomination forms - which are to be filled by all contesting candidates for the upcoming elections - constitutional, Express News reported on Thursday.
Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry made this remark during the hearing of a case on electoral reforms.
The chief justice said that it is the right of the voters to know about the person who will be representing them.
The hearing of the case was adjourned till March 15.
The law ministry’s had earlier stated that the ECP was not authorised to make amendments in the nomination form on its own, without fulfilling the legal requirement of getting it approved by the president.
The apex court, however, had given the green signal to commission to amend its rules without getting any formal permission from the government to ensure free and fair polls.
“Why does the ECP feel so weak to change its rules necessary to make the polls free and fair, especially after the apex court had explained in June last year that all steps must be taken to make elections just and fair?” the chief justice had remarked.
The Supreme Court on Thursday declared the new nomination forms - which are to be filled by all contesting candidates for the upcoming elections - constitutional, Express News reported on Thursday.
Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry made this remark during the hearing of a case on electoral reforms.
The chief justice said that it is the right of the voters to know about the person who will be representing them.
The hearing of the case was adjourned till March 15.
The law ministry’s had earlier stated that the ECP was not authorised to make amendments in the nomination form on its own, without fulfilling the legal requirement of getting it approved by the president.
The apex court, however, had given the green signal to commission to amend its rules without getting any formal permission from the government to ensure free and fair polls.
“Why does the ECP feel so weak to change its rules necessary to make the polls free and fair, especially after the apex court had explained in June last year that all steps must be taken to make elections just and fair?” the chief justice had remarked.