EC files petition for vacating stay on constituency delimitation
Monday, 20 October 2008
The hearing on a High Court (HC) rule as to why the redrawn parliamentary constituencies should not be declared illegal could not take place Sunday as the matter was placed at the bottom of the cause list, reports UNB.
Shahdeen Malik, the counsel for the Election Commission (EC), told the court that as per serial of the cause list, it would take some months to hear the matter.
Instead, the counsel for the EC submitted another petition for vacating its stay operation on the EC notification, redrawing the parliamentary constituencies ahead of the polls.
After hearing, the HC bench of Justice Mir Hasmat Ali and Justice Shamim Hasnain said the stay vacating petition would come up today (Monday) on the cause list.
The stay will continue up to November 6, court sources said, although the EC envisages announcing the election schedule on November 1 or 2.
Shahdeen Malik, the counsel for the Election Commission (EC), told the court that as per serial of the cause list, it would take some months to hear the matter.
Instead, the counsel for the EC submitted another petition for vacating its stay operation on the EC notification, redrawing the parliamentary constituencies ahead of the polls.
After hearing, the HC bench of Justice Mir Hasmat Ali and Justice Shamim Hasnain said the stay vacating petition would come up today (Monday) on the cause list.
The stay will continue up to November 6, court sources said, although the EC envisages announcing the election schedule on November 1 or 2.