The Supreme Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir has refused to grant interim relief to disqualified prime minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas. Refusing to grant interim relief to Ilyas, the Supreme Court upheld its disqualification decision. The request for interim relief by the legal team of Sardar Tanveer was declared inadmissible. The AJK chief justice reprimanded Ilyas’s lawyer that for the first time, objections were raised thrice on a case. “Is this your qualification?” the CJ questioned. The former prime minister did not apologize, but said “if there has been contempt, I apologize”, the chief justice remarked.

The Constitution is supreme, and is made up of the assembly, the Chief Justice The former prime minister also does not value the post of premier of this House, the CJ remarked. Ilyas’s lawyer argued that the high court did not give his client an opportunity to explain. The Constitution gave this right to every citizen to answer their questions, lawyer Tanveer Ilyas When his videos were played in the court, he admitted the insulting words, Chief Justice Muzaffarabad: After his admission, would the court apologize to him?

Chief Justice He justifies what he said and says, “I’m sorry if it’s an insult, Chief Justice.” We are not hearing the appeal at this time, we are hearing whether the appeal is admissible or not, Chief Justice Disqualification The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Supreme Court had on Wednesday rejected Sardar Tanveer Ilyas’s appeal challenging his disqualification in contempt of court case. Ilyas was disqualified by the Azad Kashmir High Court from holding any public office after he was found guilty of contempt of court on Tuesday.

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