Justice Bandial headed that bench which held that CJP is the "sole authority by and through whom the suo motu jurisdiction can be, and is to be, invoked/assumed” u/a 184-3 of the Constitution. Interestingly, Justice Munib Akhtar and Ijaz ul Ehsan were also members of the bench.
https://twitter.com/Rafi_AAA/status/1562124267667472385
Later on, Justice Bandial himself violated the judgement by invoking sou moto in 16000 sacked employee case, even when the CJP of that time (Gulzar Ahmad) was neither the part of the bench nor took any suo motu in that case.
I call it #Jurocracy.
I call it #Jurocracy.
Fun fact; Order "by which Supreme Court held that CJP is the sole authority to invoke sou sponte jurisdiction" was made in a sou motu case.
https://twitter.com/Rafi_AAA/status/1562124267667472385?t=YMtGiu7b6yTkw2DfqzHGWA&s=19
@threadreaderapp unroll please
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