Landmark case
Demo: Sindh High Court Bar Assn. v. Federation
Also known as: Restoration of Judges
PLD 2009 SC 879
- Court
- supreme court
- Decided
- 2009
- Bench
- Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry CJ
constitutional
Summary
PLACEHOLDER summary — restoration of deposed judges following 3 November 2007 actions held unconstitutional.
Key holdings
1. PCO oath of November 2007 was unconstitutional.
2. Judges removed in violation of Article 209 stand restored.
Significance
Reaffirms protection of judicial tenure under the Constitution.
#emergency#judicial-tenure