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SHEIKH IFTIKHAR UD DIN versus DISTRICT JUDGE, BAHAWALPUR EXERCISING POWERS OF ELECTION TRIBUNAL

The Punjab Local Government Election Rules 2000 RR 40 (6) and 70 Constitution of Pakistan (1973), Article 185 (3) re-counting of the votes, the Election Tribunal returned the request for the counting of votes without recording any evidence, The candidates suspended the re-enumeration order before the High Court. The constitutional application was dismissed by the High Court and upheld the tribunal's order on the basis that the re-enumeration order was inherently interim, based on a valid Supreme Court-approved decision, and the provisions of this Supreme Court. Was according to The Punjab Local Government Election Rules, 2000, where the failed candidates seriously challenged the authenticity of the ballot papers for which the tribunal had to examine and re-count the ballot papers so that full justice could not be done by the High Court. Nor was there any reading of the material on the record, nor any misunderstanding of the facts and the law. The Supreme Court denied that Article 185 (3) of the Constitution denied leave to appeal for obstruction of the High Court's decision because there was no significant question about the law of public importance. female advocates from Babri Banda lawyer