ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday expunged the controversial paragraphs from its verdict on the Mubarak Sani case while approving a review plea filed by the federal government.
A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa and comprising Justice Irfan Saadat Khan and Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan, heard the Centre’s plea alongside the Punjab government’s petition seeking a second review of the top court verdict of February 6.
In a short verdict, the top court said the paras excluded from the verdict cannot be cited as precedent in any judgment.
The federal government had filed an additional petition on August 17, alongside Punjab government’s plea seeking review of the top court’s July 24 verdict, as per Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s directives.
The Punjab government’s plea was a second review plea against the top court’s July 24 verdict. The Supreme Court on February 6, which allowed the appeals of Mubarak Sani and set aside the order passed by the Lahore High Court on October 16, 2023.
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