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JUDICIAL OBSERVATIONS OVER THE DOCTRINE OF UNCONSTITUTIONAL CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT IN PAKISTAN A CRITICAL APPRAISAL

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-II).27      10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-II).27      Published : Jun 2

Judicial Observations over the Doctrine of Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendment in Pakistan: A Critical Appraisal

Abstract

    The legal fraternity and some political parties around the country challenged the twenty-first constitutional amendment, enacted by the Parliament of Pakistan. The petitioners contended that the Legislature amended the basic features of the Pakistan Constitution beyond its scope of amending power and liable to be declared unconstitutional. However, some of the judges of the apex Court of Pakistan adopted the former judicial approach. They ruled that the apex court had no authority to annul any amendment when it became a formal part of 1973’sConstitution. The apex court further stated that the impugned amendment might be taken under consideration if it was found that the required constitutional procedure for amendment did not comply with it. This research aims to critically analyze observations of the apex court about examining the constitutional amendment on the yardstick of repugnancy with the basic features of the Constitution of Pakistan. For achieving the proposed objective, this study adopts a doctrinal research method. It carries out an in-depth analysis from the perspective of modern Constitutionalism,juristic literature, and judgments of the superior courts of various States to support the study.

    Amendment, Constitution, Pakistan, Judicial Review, Basic Structure, Supreme Court, Implicit Limitation

    (1) Muhammad Hassan
    Visiting Lecturer, Department of Law, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
    (2) Amjad Hussain
    Assistant Professor, Department of Law, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
    (3) Aas Muhammad
    Lecturer, Department of Law, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
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APA

    APA : Hassan, M., Hussain, A., & Muhammad, A. (2021). Judicial Observations over the Doctrine of Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendment in Pakistan: A Critical Appraisal. Global Social Sciences Review, VI(II), 278 -285. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-II).27

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Hassan, Muhammad, Amjad Hussain, and Aas Muhammad. 2021. "Judicial Observations over the Doctrine of Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendment in Pakistan: A Critical Appraisal." Global Social Sciences Review, VI (II): 278 -285 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-II).27

HARVARD

    HARVARD : HASSAN, M., HUSSAIN, A. & MUHAMMAD, A. 2021. Judicial Observations over the Doctrine of Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendment in Pakistan: A Critical Appraisal. Global Social Sciences Review, VI, 278 -285.

MHRA

    MHRA : Hassan, Muhammad, Amjad Hussain, and Aas Muhammad. 2021. "Judicial Observations over the Doctrine of Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendment in Pakistan: A Critical Appraisal." Global Social Sciences Review, VI: 278 -285

MLA

    MLA : Hassan, Muhammad, Amjad Hussain, and Aas Muhammad. "Judicial Observations over the Doctrine of Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendment in Pakistan: A Critical Appraisal." Global Social Sciences Review, VI.II (2021): 278 -285 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Hassan, Muhammad, Hussain, Amjad, and Muhammad, Aas (2021), "Judicial Observations over the Doctrine of Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendment in Pakistan: A Critical Appraisal", Global Social Sciences Review, VI (II), 278 -285

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Hassan, Muhammad, Amjad Hussain, and Aas Muhammad. "Judicial Observations over the Doctrine of Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendment in Pakistan: A Critical Appraisal." Global Social Sciences Review VI, no. II (2021): 278 -285. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-II).27