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Supreme Court describes jurisdictions of SC and Constitutional Court
Key takeaways
- The key verdict interpreting the two courts’ jurisdictions said that the FCC’s decisions will be implementable over other courts.
- “Article 189 doesn’t offer subordination of the one court to other,” the Supreme Court describes.
- The SC bench said that clubbed constitutional and regular cases should be sent to separate forums for hearing.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court and the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) are not bound to each other, they are equal courts, a division bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Yahya Afridi said in a detailed verdict on jurisdiction.
The key verdict interpreting the two courts’ jurisdictions said that the FCC’s decisions will be implementable over other courts.
“Article 189 doesn’t offer subordination of the one court to other,” the Supreme Court describes. “The appeals of the constitutional petitions filed under Article 189 will be heard by the constitutional court,” the bench said in its verdict.
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