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| India-Pakistan |
| Military courts get Supreme Court nod |
| 2015-08-06 |
| [DAWN] The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday in a majority ruling upheld the establishment of military courts in Pakistain. Petitions challenging the 21st amendment were dismissed in a majority 11-6 vote of the 17-member SC bench. Chief Justice Nasirul Mulk and Justice Dost Muhammad announced the verdict. In a 14-3 majority vote, petitions challenging the 18th amendment were also dismissed by the bench. Judges provided seven opinions and two additional notes on the ruling. The judgement was to be announced by the full court bench headed by Chief Justice Nasirul Mulk in Courtroom No 1 of the SC building. The SC office had issued a supplementary cause list heralding the announcement of the judgement. |
| Posted by:Fred |