ISLAMABAD, Jul 22 (APP):The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the suspension of a sentence awarded to an election candidate has no impact on his/her disqualification to contest the elections. A three-judge SC bench that heard the appeal in October last year ruled today that the suspension of a sentence would not make an election candidate eligible to contest the polls. The court issued its verdict on an appeal filed …
Suspension of sentence does not mean eligibility to contest elections: SC
ISLAMABAD, Jul 22 (APP):The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the suspension of a sentence awarded to an election candidate has no impact on his/her disqualification to contest the elections.
A three-judge SC bench that heard the appeal in October last year ruled today that the suspension of a sentence would not make an election candidate eligible to contest the polls.
The court issued its verdict on an appeal filed by PML-N’s Gujrat leader Nasir Mehmood and another candidate, who had challenged a 2015 Lahore High Court order that ruled them ineligible to contest the elections for the chairman and vice-chairman of Union Council 3, Gujrat Municipal Corporation.
