Supreme Court to deliver verdict tomorrow on petition to block referendum!
The Supreme Court has scheduled a ruling for Tuesday regarding a legal challenge alleging that the phrasing of a proposed constitutional referendum question is unconstitutional. A five-judge bench has concluded hearings on the matter and is now set to deliver its final judgment.
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The Supreme Court has scheduled a ruling in the case seeking to declare the phrasing of the public referendum question unconstitutional.
The case was filed in the Supreme Court by legal counsels Ibrahim Shiyam and Aik Ahmed Easa. The lawsuit names the President's Office, the Attorney General's Office, and the Elections Commission as respondents.
The hearings for this case were conducted last Thursday. During the session, the judges noted that unless further clarification is required, the next stage of the proceedings will be the delivery of the verdict.
The court has issued summons for the sentencing hearing of this case. The hearing is scheduled to take place this Tuesday at 12:45 p.m.
The case filed with the Supreme Court seeks a ruling to halt the public referendum scheduled for April 4, 2026. The petitioner argues that the referendum cannot proceed because the question posed was not formulated in accordance with the mandatory principles prescribed under Article 262(b) of the Constitution.
The Supreme Court bench presiding over this case consists of Chief Justice Ahmed Muthasim Adnan, Justice Ali Rasheed Hussain, Justice Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim, Justice Husain Shaheed, and Justice Abdulla Hameed.
