PLR 2024 Supreme Court 9

Other citations: 2023 SCP 286 (Majority View) = 2023 SCP 326 (Minority View) = PLD 2024 SC 102

[Supreme Court of Pakistan]

Present: Umar Ata Bandial, CJ, Ijaz ul Ahsan and Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, JJ

Imran Ahmad Khan Niazi—Petitioner

versus

Federation of Pakistan through Secretary, Law and Justice Division, Islamabad and another—Respondents

Constitution Petition No. 21/2022 and C.M.A.5029/2022, decided on 15^th September, 2023.

(Under Article 184(3) for striking down the amendments made through the National Accountability (Amendment) Act, 2022 and the National Accountability (Second Amendment) Act, 2022 for being ultra vires to the Constitution)

HEADNOTES

Khawaja Haris Ahmad, Senior Advocate Supreme Court, Dr. Yasir Aman Khan, Advocate Supreme Court assisted by: Isaam Bin Haris, Advocate, Zaynib Chaudhary, Advocate, Muhammad Hashim Waqar, Advocate, Faiza Asad, Advocate, Muhammad Shoaib Ilyas, Advocate for the Petitioners/Applicants.

Muhammad Makhdoom Ali Khan, Senior Advocate Supreme Court, Anis Muhammad Shahzad, Advocate-on-Record assisted by: Saad Muhammad Hashmi, Advocate, Umair Muhammad Malik, Advocate, Kh. Aizaz Ahsan, Advocate, Yawar Mukhtar, Advocate, Kh. Azeem Armaghan, Advocate, Waqar Umar Farooq, Advocate, Ch. Aamir Rehman, Addl. AGP Malik Javed Iqbal Wains, Addl. AGP and Raja Shafqat Abbasi, DAG for Federation/Respondent No.01.

Mumtaz Yousf, Addl. Prosecutor General, Muhammad Sattar Awan, Deputy Prosecutor General, Qazi Babar Irshad, Special Prosecutor General and Syeda Jugnu Kazmi, Special Prosecutor General NAB/Respondent No.02.

       Dates of hearing: 19ˢᵗ, 29ᵗʰ July 2022, 5ᵗʰ, 19ᵗʰ August 2022, 1ˢᵗ September 2022, 4ᵗʰ, 5ᵗʰ, 6ᵗʰ, 10ᵗʰ, 11ᵗʰ, 12ᵗʰ, 18ᵗʰ, 19ᵗʰ, 24ᵗʰ October 2022, 8ᵗʰ, 9ᵗʰ, 10ᵗʰ, 14ᵗʰ, 15ᵗʰ, 16ᵗʰ, 17ᵗʰ November 2022, 6ᵗʰ, 7ᵗʰ, 8ᵗʰ, 12ᵗʰ, 13ᵗʰ, 14ᵗʰ December 2022, 10ᵗʰ, 11ᵗʰ, 12ᵗʰ, 17ᵗʰ, 18ᵗʰ, 19ᵗʰ January 2023, 7ᵗʰ, 8ᵗʰ, 9ᵗʰ, 10ᵗʰ, 14ᵗʰ, 15ᵗʰ, 16ᵗʰ, 21^st, 22^nd, 23ʳᵈ February 2023, 14ᵗʰ, 15ᵗʰ, 16ᵗʰ March 2023, 16ᵗʰ May 2023, 18ᵗʰ, 29ᵗʰ, 30ᵗʰ, 31ˢᵗ August 2023, 1ˢᵗ, 5ᵗʰ September 2023.