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Hearing of petitions against parliament dissolution enters day three
Dec 06, 201809:00 AM
The 13 petitions filed against the dissolution of the Parliament will be taken up for hearing today before the Supreme Court for the third consecutive day.
Hearing of the petitions, which commenced on the 4th of December, will be concluded today (06).
Presenting submissions before the Supreme Court yesterday, the Attorney General had stated that in accordance with Article 38 (02) of the Constitution, the Supreme Court does not have the legal authority to hear these fundamental rights petitions filed against the parliamentary dissolution.
The intermediate petitioners have also presented submissions against the fundamental rights petitions yesterday (06).
Accordingly, further hearing of the petitions will be resumed today.
