ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has ordered the Lahore High Court (LHC) to decide on the intra-court appeal against the interim bail decision of PTI President Parvez Elahi by August 21.
A three-member bench, headed by Justice Ijazul Ahsan, heard PTI president’s bail plea.
It added that if the LHC could not decide the appeal, the stay order on the arresting Elahi would cease to exist.
The additional advocate general appeared on behalf of the Punjab government and said that the intra-court appeal against the decision of the single-member bench of the LHC is being heard in the high court.
Justice Ahsan however questioned, “How is your intra-court appeal admissible at the high court?”
The lawyer responded saying that on August 21, a two-member bench of the LHC will hear the issue of admissibility of the application. “If the court wishes, it may issue a directive that the issue of admissibility be decided on August 21,” he added.
Elahi’s lawyer told the court that when his client gets bail in one case, he is arrested in another.
Justice Mandokhel inquired as to why a person who is appearing in court to face the trial is being repeatedly arresting.
Get a suspect punished in a genuine case and we will have no objection, Justice Mandokhel remarked.
