Web Desk (LTN NEWS): Tuesday, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) told the session’s judge to rehear a review petition that asked for PTI leader Shahbaz Gill to be physically held in a sedition case.
On August 13, the lawyer for the city of Islamabad, Jahangir Jadoon, went to the IHC to ask for an order that the district and sessions court’s decision to extend the physical remand of Shahbaz Gill, a close friend of PTI Chairman Imran Khan, was not valid.
At the start of today’s hearing, IHC acting Chief Aamer Farooq Justice resumed hearing the government’s petition and Shahbaz Gill’s plea, which challenged the sedition case.
After hearing what both sides had to say, Justice Farooq decided that the government’s argument against the judicial magistrate’s orders is valid and told the sessions court to hear the police’s request today.
The government’s petition and Shahbaz Gill’s plea were both heard again by the IHC’s acting Chief Justice.
During the trial, IHC Acting Chief Justice Aamer Farooq said that the suspect was a member of a political party, but that it didn’t matter who the suspect was in front of this court.
The chief justice said that the lawyers couldn’t talk about politics in court and that the court would only look at the legal parts of the case.
Justice Aamer Farooq asked, “Explain to the court how the appeal against the judge’s decision was allowed.”
Justice Farooq said, “Handing the suspect over to the police is a big deal.”
At first glance, it seemed like the session’s court was there to oversee the situation, said the chief justice. He also said that the sessions court should look into the situation to see if the judicial magistrate made the right decision or not.
“A suspect is always a favorite child of the court,” the judge said during the hearing.
Justice Farooq said that it is not up to the court to decide how long the remand will last. He also said, “No matter how bad the crime is, the magistrate has to look into the remand issue.”
