ISLAMABAD: According to ARY News, which cited legal experts, the Supreme Court Review of Judgements and Orders Act 2023 was passed into law and gave Pakistan’s well-known businessman Jahangir Tareen and PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif cause for optimism.
Legal experts claim that Dr. Arif Alvi, the President of Pakistan, endorsed the Supreme Court Review of Judgements and Orders Act 2023, which led to its passage into law and permitted PML-N leaders Nawaz Sharif and Jahangir Tareen to submit a review petition over the sentence imposed against them.
It is important to note that on May 8, President Arif Alvi received the Supreme Court Review and Judgement Order Bill, which had been adopted by both the National Assembly and the Senate. Any accused person may utilize their right to challenge the penalty imposed on them in prior decisions under the aforementioned bill’s section 184/3.
The measure to review SC rulings
In accordance with Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) Acts and Supreme Court guidelines, the Supreme Court is authorized by Article 188 of the Constitution to review any judgement or order it has rendered.
The summary of the bill’s purposes and justifications claims that in order to guarantee basic rights to justice, the Supreme Court’s decisions and decrees must be subject to meaningful review in accordance with its original authority under Article 184. According to the bill, the scope of review on both facts and law must be the same as an appeal under Article 185 of the Constitution in cases where the supreme court issues judgements or orders in the course of exercising its original jurisdiction under Article 184 of the Constitution.
It suggests that a bench bigger than the bench that rendered the initial judgement in order hear a review petition. It implies that the review petitioner would have the freedom to choose any supreme court lawyer as the review petition’s representative. The bill specifies that an aggrieved person who has had an order issued against them under clause (3) of Article 184 of the Constitution previous to the adoption of this law should also have the right to file a review petition. It says the petition must be submitted within 60 days of the start of this legislative measure.
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It requests that a review petition be submitted within sixty days of the initial orders being issued. According to the law, this legislation will take effect regardless of any provisions included in other laws, rules, or regulations that are already in existence or the decision of any court, including the supreme court and a high court.
