SC rejects petition for declaring candidates with over 50pc votes as winners

The Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court rejected the petition to declare the candidates who got more than 50% votes in the elections as winners. A 7-member bench headed by Justice Aminuddin heard the petition, where Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar asked the question. Under which constitution votes were obtained? Candidates may be required to receive 50 percent of the vote to be declared the winner, emphasizing that the outcome of the election is decided by the votes cast. Justice Ayesha Malik inquiredJustice Jamal Mandukhel pointed out that if there is a need to make a new law, it is not the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. The petitioner’s lawyer argued that the decisions of his life are made by the Parliament, to which Justice Aminuddin replied that the Parliament does not decide anyone. life.ustice Musrat Hilali remarked that everyone has the right to vote, if the voters do not vote, it is their own weakness? Justice Mandukhel also inquired.Did the petitioner cast his vote in the February 2024 elections? When the petitioner did not accept it, Justice Mandukhel remarked that it is a violation of the constitution.