ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday has rejected Justice Qazi Faez Isa’s plea seeking live telecast of the hearing on review petitions.
According to details, a ten-member bench of the SC headed by Justice Umar Atta Bandial delivered the short verdict.
During the hearing, six out of 10 judges of the apex court wrote their decision against holding live broadcast of the case.
Justice Umar Atta Bandial, in his judgement, while rejecting the petition of Justice Qazi Faez Isa for direct coverage said that access to the information is the right of the masses, but this is an administrative matter.
On this occasion, Justice Qazi Faez said that he wanted to know the names of the judges who wrote the verdict and disagreed, to which Justice Umar Atta Bandial said that if you read the verdict, you will know their names.
The dissenting note was written by four judges. The dissenting note granted the request for live broadcast and said that it was a matter of public interest and to be shown live on the website.
The dissenting note also stated that the audio of the court proceedings can also be posted on the website.
Later, the hearing of Justice Qazi Faez Isa’s reference review petition was adjourned till tomorrow.
