Overview

• The court directed Parliament to create an independent appellate forum in the civilian judiciary for people convicted by military courts, allowing trials to continue in the meantime.
• Justice Amin‑ud‑Din Khan authored the 68‑page judgment with a 47‑page supplementary note by Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, and the decision records majority endorsements and dissents by Justices Jamal Mandokhail and Naeem Afghan.
• Provisions of the Pakistan Army Act were not struck down, but the court found the law constitutionally incomplete for civilians because existing internal reviews under sections 133 and 133‑B are inadequate.
• The judgment anchors its remedy in the Constitution’s fair‑trial guarantee under Article 10A and rejects arguments that Article 175(3) bars military courts, citing international standards that require an independent appellate process.
• The Attorney General told the bench the government could introduce the necessary legislation in Parliament and assured the court the order would be taken seriously.