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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
LHC sets up full bench to hear petitions about articles 62, 63Staff Report
LAHORE: Chief Justice of Lahore High Court has constituted a full bench to adjudicate upon the petitions seeking enforcement of Articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution during scrutiny of the candidates for May 11 general elections.
The bench comprising Justice Ijazul Ahsan, Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Syed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi will start hearing the petitions today (Wednesday).
Earlier, a single bench comprising Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah conducted the proceedings. The judge had directed the election commission of Pakistan (ECP) to apprise about the mechanism, material or information utilised by the returning officers while rejecting and accepting the nomination papers of the candidates in Punjab. During the proceedings on Tuesday, Justice Mansoor observed that the primary constitutional responsibility of the ECP was to ensure fair and transparent election under Article 218 of the Constitution and the role of the courts was to support and facilitate this constitutional function.
The judge had directed the ECP to present a complete list of candidates from Punjab who underwent verification by the aforesaid authorities along with result thereof and whether the returning officers relied on that information in deciding the nomination papers.
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