RAWALPINDI: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday rejected the ECP’s plea of vacating stay order to contempt proceeding against Imran Khan and Fawad Chaudhry in election commission of Pakistan (ECP).
Justice Sadaqat Ali Khan heard the ECP’s petition in Rawalpindi bench of the high court.
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“The ECP has filed a petition in the Supreme Court to transfer all its contempt cases against PTI leaders from different high courts to a single one,” Justice Sadaqat observed.
“This court could not further hear the case until the supreme court’s decision on the ECP plea,” court said.
As a constitutional agency, the ECP claimed in its petition that it has the power to start contempt proceedings under Section 10 of the Election Act, 2017.
The commission argued for the transfer of all these cases to a single high court, claiming that its contempt notice has been contested in several high courts.
The bench adjourned further hearing of the case for an indefinite period.
