PCO Judges case

rdf:langString PCO Judges case

rdf:langString Constitution Petition No. 8 & 9 of 2009

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rdf:langString Ghulam Rabbani

rdf:langString Jawwad S. Khawaja

rdf:langString Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry

rdf:langString Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui

rdf:langString Muhammad Sair Ali

rdf:langString Sarmad Jalal Osmany

rdf:langString The Provisional Constitutional Order Judges case (shortened to PCO Judges case), refers to cases heard and decided by the Pakistan Supreme Court pertaining to the High Court and Supreme Court judges who took their oath of offices under the Provisional Constitutional Order in 2007. On 3 November 2007, then-President Pervez Musharraf declared a Provisional Constitutional Order, which declared a state of emergency and suspends the Constitution of Pakistan. Under this emergency law, all High court judges, including the Supreme Court justices, were asked to take oath under this Provisional Constitutional Order. Those who didn't were placed under effective house arrest. A seven-member bench issued a restraining order on the same day, barring the government from implementing emergency rule and urging other government officials to not help do so. The Provisional Constitutional Order Judges case has been examining the constitutionality and legality of the steps taken by Musharraf in declaring a state of emergency, and considering contempt of court charges against justices who took oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order in violation of the restraining order.

rdf:langString All steps taken in the 2007 Pakistani state of emergency are unconstitutional, going against the restraining order imposed by the Supreme Court immediately after the state of emergency was declared.