- IHC regrets that baseless claims have been filed towards opponents by political events.
- He says that just one emergency report will be registered for every incident on the related station.
- The courtroom dismissed the case towards Rashid at Karachi police station.
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Excessive Court docket has delivered its detailed verdict on Sheikh Rashid Ahmed’s plea to dismiss a number of circumstances filed towards him throughout the nation over his “indecent” feedback about Pakistan Peoples Get together (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, declaring that just one First Info Report (FIR) will be registered for every incident, and solely with the involved police station.
In his full 41-page ruling, issued on Saturday, Choose Tariq Mahmoud Jahangiri pressured that it’s a well-established precept of regulation that an individual can’t be tried a number of occasions for a similar crime.
On June 25, the Worldwide Supreme Court docket dismissed the case filed towards the Awami Muslim League president in February final 12 months for utilizing insulting phrases towards the Pakistan Peoples Get together chief. The FIR was registered by Karachi’s Mushko police station in Keamari on the grievance of an area PPP chief.
The Supreme Court docket regretted that political events, whereas in energy, usually file baseless circumstances towards their political opponents, submitting a number of circumstances on the identical cost in several components of the nation, in response to the judgment.
She added that this apply of harassing and torturing political opponents constitutes a flagrant violation of the legal guidelines in power within the nation.
The detailed judgment additionally said that besides the police station involved, no different FIR will be registered for a single incident.
“It’s the accountability of the constitutional courts to guard the rights of residents. Within the Sheikh Rashid case, the incident occurred on the Polyclinic Hospital in Islamabad, and the courtroom subsequently exercised its jurisdiction over it,” the ruling mentioned.
The courtroom dismissed the case filed with the Karachi Police Station.
The judicial assistants and the police have been knowledgeable Geographic information It’s inappropriate to register FIR of Islamabad incident in different provinces.
On this foundation, circumstances in Peshawar, Lahore and Lasbela have been additionally dismissed.
Sheikh Rasheed was accused of utilizing “immoral and intensely obscene” language towards the previous international minister in a report submitted to the Karachi police station, although these phrases have been issued in Islamabad.
The police mentioned the case was invalid as a result of the incident occurred in Islamabad.
A senior police officer said that because of the sensitivity of the Bilawal Bhutto matter, an official assertion couldn’t be made, citing the Supreme Court docket’s Sugran Bibi v. State case, “which states that a number of FIRs can’t be registered for a single incident.”
The courtroom’s determination pressured the necessity for political events to rethink earlier than submitting baseless lawsuits, as a result of they hurt democracy and the rule of regulation. This ruling re-establishes a vital authorized precept, which is crucial to make sure justice and shield the rights of residents.
