Tag: bench formation
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Legal Ambiguity: FCC Chief Justice’s Unregulated Powers and the Pakistan Judiciary
Overview: A Guarded but Unclear Legal Terrain The newly established Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) in Pakistan is facing a significant governance question: should the discretionary powers of the FCC’s chief justice to form benches be regulated by law? Reports indicate that, despite earlier promises, the federal government led by the PML-N has not yet enacted…
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Legal ambiguity: FCC chief justice’s powers remain unregulated
Unregulated Discretion in the Federal Constitutional Court The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) in Pakistan is meant to provide a definitive framework for constitutional matters at the highest level. Yet, as observers note, the court’s most consequential internal authority—how benches are formed under the chief justice’s discretionary control—appears to operate without formal regulatory safeguards. This lack…