Overview

• The constitutional bench, led by Justice Ameenuddin Khan, convened to hear a cluster of petitions and unanimously opened the proceedings to live broadcast on the court’s YouTube channel.
• The court ordered the appeal seeking a full-court bench, filed for Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar by lawyer Shahid Jameel, to be formally registered and taken up as the threshold issue.
• The hearing was adjourned until 11:30 am Wednesday after the bench indicated it will settle the forum question before considering other matters.
• Petitioners from PTI, multiple bar associations, civil society and former judges contest the amendment’s validity, including whether it secured the required two‑thirds parliamentary majority.
• The 2024 amendment recast judicial powers and appointments by removing Article 184(3) suo motu jurisdiction, fixing a three‑year CJP term, empowering a parliamentary committee to nominate the CJP, restructuring the JCP, altering bench formation, and mandating elimination of riba by January 1, 2028.