The Supreme Court has reserved its verdict in the contempt law case and will announce it at 3:30pm, Express News reported on Friday.
Attorney General Irfan Qadir completed his arguments and petitioners were ordered by the chief justice to give rejoinders as written statements due to lack of time.
It will be revealed in the afternoon whether the contempt law will be saved, sent back to the parliament or considered contradictory to the constitution.
While presenting his arguments, Qadir said that the words of the constitution should be “given new meaning” in accordance with the law.
This statement was greeted with surprise by the court.
“You are the attorney general of Pakistan, how can you make such a statement?” enquired Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, while Justice Jilani said, “You should know the consequences of giving such a statement.”
Justice Khawaja remarked that such a thing was not possible.
Earlier, the chief justice objected to Article 2 (a) of the contempt law, saying that the use of the term “judge” there left no difference between the Supreme Court judges and revenue officers.
“All judicial officers have been treated as one,” said the chief justice, in objection to Article 2 (a) of the Contempt of Court Act 2012 which states:
(a) “Judge” includes all officers acting in a judicial capacity in the administration of justice;
With the constant relay of concealed attacks between Attorney General Irfan Qadir and the five-member bench hearing the petitions, Qadir resumed his arguments in the Supreme Court and is expected to put forth once again his request for forming a larger bench.
During yesterday’s proceedings, Qadir had objected to the bench, terming them biased, but when the chief justice had challenged him to name the judges, he backed down.
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