{"id":6141,"date":"2015-08-09T15:08:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-09T15:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/sccblog\/?p=6141"},"modified":"2015-10-14T12:46:58","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T07:16:58","slug":"power-of-judicial-review-by-the-supreme-court-is-not-ousted-by-the-virtue-of-article-239-5-of-the-constitution-of-islamic-republic-of-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2015\/08\/09\/power-of-judicial-review-by-the-supreme-court-is-not-ousted-by-the-virtue-of-article-239-5-of-the-constitution-of-islamic-republic-of-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan contains certain \u2018salient features\u2019 that cannot be contravened by the Parliament through amendment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p ><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Pakistan Supreme Court: <\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">The 17 Judge Bench of the Court constituted under Nasir-ul-Mulk, C.J., while deciding that whether there are any limitations on the power of the Parliament to amend the Constitution and whether the Courts have the jurisdiction to strike down a constitutional amendment, a majority of 13:4 observed that the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan contains certain \u201csalient features\u201d like Independence of Judiciary, Federalism, Parliamentary form of government blended with Islamic provisions etc. It was further observed that there are limitations to the power of the Parliament to amend which have been imposed by the Constitution itself. Furthermore it was observed by the majority that, the Supreme Court has the authority to strike down a constitutional amendment if it contravenes the \u201csalient features\u201d enshrined in the Constitution. Furthermore <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Q.F. Isa, J., <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">laid down certain rules that need to be particularly considered for the interpretation of the Constitution which are as follows-<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\"> <\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li   ><span lang=\"EN-US\">The Parliament cannot amend the Constitution in such a way that      contravenes the provisions of the Preamble to the Constitution, and that      may abolish, take away or abridge the fundamental rights.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li   ><span lang=\"EN-US\">The Constitution has to be read in its entirety and effect has      to be given to every clause, paragraph and article.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li   ><span lang=\"EN-US\">&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">The      doctrine of separation of powers that is enshrined in the Constitution and      the Preamble has to be kept in mind by the Courts while interpreting the      constitution.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p ><span lang=\"EN-US\">In the present group of petitions the validity of the 18<sup>th<\/sup> and 21<sup>st<\/sup> amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan was challenged. Hamid Khan, appearing on behalf of the petitioners contended that there are certain Basic Features of the Constitution that cannot be amended. Referring to the decision of the Supreme Court of India in <i>Kesavanand Bharti<\/i> v. <i>State of Kerala<\/i>, (1973) 4 SCC 225, the counsel contended that the Parliament does not have absolute power to amend the Basic structure of the Constitution. 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