What will be fate of Ord 2009 when Ord 2010 declared ultra vires, asks SC

Sacked employees case

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court of Pakistan Wednesday asked the Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) to as­sist that when the Sacked Em­ployees (Reinstatement) Act, 2010 was declared ultra vires then what would be the fate of the Ordinance 2009 through which majority of the affected employees were reinstated.

A five-member larger bench of the apex court headed by Jus­tice Umar Ata Bandial conducted hearing of the review petitions of the federal government and the sacked employees against its judgment.

Justice Mushir Alam, before his retirement (August 17, 2021), had delivered the judgment de­claring the Act 2010 ultra vires

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