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One who needs immunity should approach the court: SC
ISLAMABAD: During proceedings of Prime Minister Gilani’s contempt of court case, Justice Asif Khosa remarked that the court’s decisions need to be implemented.A seven member bench of the Supreme Court resumed hearing of PM Gilani’s contempt of court case and directed Aitzaz Ahsan to complete his arguments on Thursday.
Ashan who is the counsel for PM Gilani argued that the President as head of state had immunity in criminal and civil cases anywhere in the world besides all the head of states in enjoyed immunity in world courts according to international laws.
On this Justice Asif Khosa said that the immunity decision has to be taken by one who has it, but the matter under hearing was of a different nature as in it someone else was saying that the other one enjoyed immunity. One refused complying with court orders because the other one has immunity—any head of the state that needed immunity, should approach the court.
While recalling what prime minister had said that on violation he would have to accept the death penalty, Justice Asif Khosa wondered if it was such that the violation of immunity was liable to death penalty.
Aitzaz Ahsan said that the perimeter of the Vienna Convention has been extended up to the head of states in court orders.
While Justice Asif Khosa said that the head of the states’ immunity was nowhere mentioned in the Vienna Convention.
Meanwhile, Sarmad Jalal Usmani said that diplomats’ immunity was mentioned in the Vienna Convention.
Courtesy www.geo.tv