Court says LHC order to inform Hamza Shehbaz 10 days before his possible arrest should not be used as a judicial precedent
Fayyaz Awan
The apex court on Thursday ruled that the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) decision to inform Hamza Shehbaz Sharif prior to his possible arrest in the Ramzan Sugar Mills, clean water, and excess assets case should not be used as a judicial precedent and against the law.
Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan headed the three-member bench which heard National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) plea against the LHC order and declared it null and void. The apex court observed there is no provision in the law to inform the accused before arrest. it said the LHC order to inform Hamza — former chief minister of Punjab — 10 days before the arrest must not be used as a judicial precedent. The top court, subsequently disposed of the case holding that the LHC order was ineffective.
It merits here to mention here that the High Court had ordered the concerned authorities to inform Hamza Shehbaz before his possible arrest in the cases. Furthermore, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shehbaz were acquitted by a special central court in the Rs 16bn money laundering case.
