ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) is set to announce its reserved verdict on intra-court appeals against the September 15, 2023 majority judgment striking down the amendments to the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO).
A larger bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faiz Isa will announce the reserved judgment at 9:30am on Friday (today), as per the top court’s cause list issued today.
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The CJP-led larger bench — comprising Justices Athar Minallah, Aminuddin Khan, Jamal Khan Mandokhail, and Hasan Azhar Rizvi — had reserved the verdict on June 6 on multiple appeals filed by the federal and provincial governments against the apex court’s September 15 verdict.
NAB AMENDMENTS
Under the amendments, the NAB was restricted to investigate into any graft case worth less than Rs500 million besides curtailing the accountability body’s powers to probe into a fraud case unless its victims are more than 100.
It also modified the NAB law to keep an accused in its custody for a maximum of 14 days which was later exceeded to 30 days.
Moreover, the amendments barred the anti-corruption watchdog from taking action on federal, provincial or local tax-related matters.