Formation of Election Tribunals, Election Commission Challenged the Decision of Lahore High Court in the Supreme Court

Islamabad: The Election Commission has challenged the Lahore High Court’s decision to form election tribunals in the Supreme Court.

According to Express News, in the matter of 8 election tribunals of Lahore High Court, the Election Commission filed an appeal against the decision of Justice Shahid Karim of Lahore High Court, in which the Election Commission requested the Supreme Court to suspend the decision of the Lahore High Court. Is.

It has been said in the petition that the decision of the Lahore High Court is against the law, the constitution of the Election Tribunal is the authority of the Election Commission, the High Court cannot use the powers of the Election Commission, the Supreme Court should declare the decision of the Lahore High Court null and void. Schedule the appeal for hearing tomorrow.

It should be noted that the Lahore High Court had decided to form election tribunals, on the decision of the Lahore High Court, Chief Justice Shahzad Malik had issued orders for the formation of 8 tribunals yesterday.

Meanwhile, the issue of the authority to form election tribunals intensified, the Constitutional Court Lahore High Court and the constitutional body Election Commission came face to face.

According to sources, an important meeting was held in the Election Commission on the issue of election tribunals. The Election Commission has decided not to represent itself in the election tribunals. The Election Commission will neither send its representative to the Election Tribunal nor join the proceedings of the Tribunal.

According to Election Commission sources, in the Election Commission meeting, there was also a consultation on sending a presidential reference to the Judicial Council against Chief Justice Lahore High Court and Justice Shahid Karim.

The meeting was told that three types of election tribunals were established to hear election petitions regarding election disputes, in the first type, election tribunals were established in consultation with the Lahore High Court and the Election Commission, in the second type, the Lahore High Court appointed the Election Commission. Tribunals were established without consultation and in the third category, the Election Commission itself established tribunals without consulting the Lahore High Court.

It was informed in the meeting that under sub-clause three of the Election Act 2017, the Election Commission has the authority to establish tribunals after consulting the Chief Justice of the concerned High Court.