#Justice Isa-led #commission stops working after SC #injunction
#ISLAMABAD (MNP) – The #audioleaks #commission stopped further #proceedings on Saturday a day after the #SupremeCourt passed an order.
Before issuing a written order in this #connection, Justice Faez Isa, who heads the #judicial panel formed to investigate the matter, remarked they had been barred from moving ahead with the process without even issuing a notice to them.
Justice Isa was critical of Attorney General for Pakistan Mansoor Usman for his failure to argue the case before the Supreme Court and noted that the commission would not hold further proceedings; however, they were going to issue the order for Saturday’s deliberations.
The remarks came as the three-member commission, also comprising Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Amir Farooq and Balochistan High Court Chief Justice Tariq Afghan, resumed the hearing.
At the outset, the attorney general read out the order passed by the five-member Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, which had stayed the audio leaks commission’s proceedings on Friday.
The Supreme Court rules say the parties involved in a matter are heard before passing an order, remarked Justice Isa, adding, “I too understand the constitution a bit. The commission is a party in the matter. Why it has not been issued a notice.”
He also directed the attorney general to provide a copy of the court order if any had been issued and asked him why he was present in the courtroom on Friday. “Were you issued a notice or sitting there by chance?”
Mr Awan replied he was directed verbally to appear before the court and later issued a notice after the hearing. A judge would face the consequences for his whole life if a reference was filed against him on the basis of any allegation, Justice Isa noted.
