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Model Town Report: Full Bench to Hear Punjab Govt’s ICA

Lahore (September 25, 2017): A division bench of Lahore High Court on Monday referred the intra-court appeal of Punjab government against the order of a single bench of the court to make Model Town inquiry report public to a full bench already hearing identical petitions.  

A division bench of LHC comprising Justice Abdul Sami Khan and Justice Syed Shahbaz Ali Rizvi heard Punjab government’s intra-court appeal (ICA) against the single-bench decision ordering the release of the Model Town inquiry report.

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On September 21, Justice Syed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi ordered the Punjab home secretary to make public the report of Justice Baqar Najafi on the Model Town killings and provide a copy to the families of those killed and injured in the 2014 incident.The government in its appeal against the decision, challenged the jurisdiction of the single bench to give its decision on the report, on the grounds that as many as eight identical petitions on the same matter were already pending before a full bench.In the appeal, the government said it was neither asked by the single bench to file any reply nor was put on notice on the matter, adding that it was also not given any opportunity to explain its position on the case.

The bench referred the ICA to a full bench which is already hearing identical petitions relating to the issue.

The full bench is headed by Acing Chief Justice Yawar Ali.

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