SC adjourns hearing in former CJP's bullet proof car case
January 27, 2016
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday adjourned hearing on a petition filed against provision of bullet proof vehicle and other benefits to former Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry until the Islamabad High Court (IHC) decides the case.
Supreme Court judge Mian Saqib Nisar also directed IHC to dispose of the matter by the first week of February.
Petitioner Hanif Riaz Rahi was also present during the hearing of the case.
Additional Attorney General Rana Waqar told the court that the federal government has filed an intra-court appeal against the high court decision of 2014 for the provision of official bullet proof car and the hearing in this regard has been fixed for hearing on February 4.
The Supreme Court ordered the IHC to dispose of the case in the first week of February.
