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'''Muhammad Ameer Bhatti''' ({{Lang-ur|{{nq|محمد امیر بھٹی}}}}; born 8 March 1962) is a jurist who is the outgoing Chief Justice of [[Lahore High Court]] who is scheduled to leave office on the 7th of March 2024.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1633578|title=New LHC chief justice takes oath|date=7 July 2021|access-date=21 January 2022|work=Dawn (newspaper)}}</ref> He has been Justice of the [[Lahore High Court]] since 12 May 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://data.lhc.gov.pk/judges/sitting_judges|title=Hon'ble Sitting Judges - Lahore High Court|author=|date=|website=data.lhc.gov.pk|accessdate=18 September 2018}}</ref> |
'''Muhammad Ameer Bhatti''' ({{Lang-ur|{{nq|محمد امیر بھٹی}}}}; born 8 March 1962) is a jurist who is the outgoing Chief Justice of [[Lahore High Court]] who is scheduled to leave office on the 7th of March 2024.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1633578|title=New LHC chief justice takes oath|date=7 July 2021|access-date=21 January 2022|work=Dawn (newspaper)}}</ref> He has been Justice of the [[Lahore High Court]] since 12 May 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://data.lhc.gov.pk/judges/sitting_judges|title=Hon'ble Sitting Judges - Lahore High Court|author=|date=|website=data.lhc.gov.pk|accessdate=18 September 2018}}</ref> |
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Ameer Bhatti has been a practicing lawyer at Lahore High Court (Multan Bench) for more than 35 years. He was elevated as Justice of the [[Lahore High Court]] on 12 May 2011. |
Ameer Bhatti has been a practicing lawyer at Lahore High Court (Multan Bench) for more than 35 years. He was elevated as Justice of the [[Lahore High Court]] on 12 May 2011. |
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Against this state of emergency imposed in 2007, the Supreme Court's registrar filed a lawsuit against the Executive Branch by nominating the president and an army chief as defendant, making the first in Pakistan's political history in which a president and an army chief was to stand in a trial for a treason.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 20, 2013 |title=Defiant Musharraf breaks silence |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-25460336 |website=www.bbc.com}}</ref> A special court formed by the Supreme Court to enquire the events of state of emergency with three judges composed from the [[Waqar Ahmed Seth|Peshawar High Court]], [[Sindh High Court]], [[Shahid Karim|Lahore High Court]], found Gen. Musharraf guilty of [[high treason]], and thereby condemning the defended to [[Capital punishment in Pakistan|sentenced him to death]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Asad |first=Malik |date=December 18, 2019 |title=Army dismayed as Musharraf gets death for high treason |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1522857 |website=DAWN.COM}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=December 17, 2019 |title='State of emergency': A timeline of the long-drawn high treason trial of General Pervez Musharraf |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1517639/ |work=Dawn}}</ref> On 13 January 2020, the Lahore High Court bench which included Justice Bhatti wrongly annulled the death sentence.<ref name="High Court annuls" /> |
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On 10 January 2024, the appeal being heard by the Supreme Court of Pakistan was dismissed, after the apex court annulled the Lahore High Court's verdict and the appeal against the LHC verdict was set aside. The Supreme Court held that the conviction against [[Pervez Musharraf]] by the Special Court subsisted. Consequently, the Supreme Court's ruling declared Gen. Musharraf as having committed high treason, and upheld his conviction for abrogating the constitution.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.supremecourt.gov.pk/downloads_judgements/crl.a._785_2020.pdf}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 21:34, 16 February 2024
Muhammad Ameer Bhatti | |
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| محمد امیر بھٹی | |
| 51st Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court | |
| Assumed office 7 July 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Muhammad Qasim Khan |
| Justice of the Lahore High Court | |
| Assumed office 12 May 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 March 1962 Burewala, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Nationality |  Pakistani |
| Relations | Ali Afzal Sahi (son-in-law) |
Muhammad Ameer Bhatti (Template:Lang-ur; born 8 March 1962) is a jurist who is the outgoing Chief Justice of Lahore High Court who is scheduled to leave office on the 7th of March 2024.[1] He has been Justice of the Lahore High Court since 12 May 2011.[2]
Career
Ameer Bhatti has been a practicing lawyer at Lahore High Court (Multan Bench) for more than 35 years. He was elevated as Justice of the Lahore High Court on 12 May 2011.
Against this state of emergency imposed in 2007, the Supreme Court's registrar filed a lawsuit against the Executive Branch by nominating the president and an army chief as defendant, making the first in Pakistan's political history in which a president and an army chief was to stand in a trial for a treason.[3] A special court formed by the Supreme Court to enquire the events of state of emergency with three judges composed from the Peshawar High Court, Sindh High Court, Lahore High Court, found Gen. Musharraf guilty of high treason, and thereby condemning the defended to sentenced him to death.[4][5] On 13 January 2020, the Lahore High Court bench which included Justice Bhatti wrongly annulled the death sentence.[6]
On 10 January 2024, the appeal being heard by the Supreme Court of Pakistan was dismissed, after the apex court annulled the Lahore High Court's verdict and the appeal against the LHC verdict was set aside. The Supreme Court held that the conviction against Pervez Musharraf by the Special Court subsisted. Consequently, the Supreme Court's ruling declared Gen. Musharraf as having committed high treason, and upheld his conviction for abrogating the constitution.[7]
References
- ^ "New LHC chief justice takes oath". Dawn (newspaper). 7 July 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "Hon'ble Sitting Judges - Lahore High Court". data.lhc.gov.pk. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ^ "Defiant Musharraf breaks silence". www.bbc.com. December 20, 2013.
- ^ Asad, Malik (December 18, 2019). "Army dismayed as Musharraf gets death for high treason". DAWN.COM.
- ^ "'State of emergency': A timeline of the long-drawn high treason trial of General Pervez Musharraf". Dawn. December 17, 2019.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
High Court annulswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ https://www.supremecourt.gov.pk/downloads_judgements/crl.a._785_2020.pdf.
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