SC rejects plea to take suo motu on death during PTI protest

ISLAMABAD: The Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court  on Wednesday rejected the verbal plea to take suo motu notice of the deaths during the Pakistan Tehreak e Insaf(PTI) Islamabad protest.

The five-member Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan, was hearing miscellaneous petitions regarding climate change and the PTI Chairman’s petition regarding the merger of Federally Administered Triable Areas into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

On the request of the Counsel for Chairman PTI Advocate Babar Awan the Court disposed of the petition.

Babar Awan pleaded before the court that FATA is already merged in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and there is no need for any action in this regard.

During the hearing , the additional advocate general (AAG) of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government made a verbal request in which he said that there were deaths on both sides, the Constitutional Bench can take notice automatically.

On this, Justice Musarrat Hilali said cautioned against making political statements during Supreme Court proceedings. While Justice Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail said that this matter is not before us, we do not want to talk about it.

Head of the constitutional bench, Justice Aminuddin Khan, remarked that the court cannot address matters not presented before it.

Later, the constitutional bench of the court rejected the oral plea of ​​Additional Advocate Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to take suo motu notice

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