LHC dismisses intra-court appeal against Rana Sanaullah

• The appeal was filed by Advocate Shahid Rana
• He said the interior minister tried to scandalize judiciary
• Authority for suo moto notice in the case is with Supreme Court.

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday dismissed the intra-court appeal against Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, Bol News reported.

The appeal was filed by Advocate Shahid Rana for Rana Sanaullah’s leaking audio conversation between former Punjab chief minister Parvez Elahi and president Supreme Court Bar. He said the interior minister tried to scandalize judiciary by leaking the call. “He put the legal circles in frenzy by affecting privacy of the lawyer and client,” he said adding that every person was trying to make the judiciary controversial.

The LHC said the authority for suo moto notice in his case was with the Supreme Court. It said nothing affected the courts. Justice Ali Baqar Najfi said such an issue was brought before the court for which no reply was received. He said, “I would like to give you a free advice. Take this application to the Supreme Court.”

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On March 4, a contempt of court intra-court appeal had been filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) against Interior Minister Rana Sanullah on Saturday, Bol News had reported.

The intra-court appeal had been filed by Advocate Shahid Rana. He had made Rana Sanaullah a party in the appeal.

He had said the minister, during a live press conference, leaked an audio conversation between former chief minister Parvez Elahi and president Supreme Court Bar. He had said Rana Sanaullah scandalized the judiciary through the audio leak.