Overview

• The 47-page judgment concludes that PTI received substantive relief despite not being a party before the Supreme Court, the Peshawar High Court, or the Election Commission, making that relief untenable in law.
• The court affirmed that review petitions must be heard by a constitutional bench, noting this matter was taken up by a 13-member bench that recorded two dissents and one withdrawal.
• The ruling criticized the formation of an earlier special bench that excluded minority judges and reiterated that the judiciary cannot rewrite the Constitution under the guise of interpretation.
• The judges held that de-seating without a hearing violated legal principles, observing that none of the 80 independents declared themselves PTI nominees and that the Election Commission had allocated reserved seats to other parties.
• The judgment censured the Sunni Ittehad Council’s conduct and clarified it never barred PTI from contesting elections, while indicating no immediate enforcement changes to seat allocations.