Islamabad: Sitting PCO judges were ordered by the Supreme Court on Friday not to issue any order.
A seven-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was hearing the PCO judges case.
The court observed that orders issued by Justice Sayed Zahid Hussain of the Supreme Court and Justices Hamid Ali Shah, Hasnat Ahmed Khan, Syed Shabbar Raza Rizvi, Yasmin Abbasey, Jehanzaib Rahim and Sajjad Hussain of different high courts would have no constitutional position.
The Chief Justice remarked that several judges took oath under PCO many times but the ruling against it came only one time, adding that there would be rule of law in the country now.
The judges concerned are facing contempt charges for taking oath under the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO) in defiance of a restraining order issued by a seven-judge bench on November 3, 2007, moments after the proclamation by Pervez Mushaarraf of an emergency .
The counsel of PCO judges Dr Basit has pleaded in the Supreme Court for summoning former Army Chief Pervez Musharraf over imposing PCO.
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