Supreme Court's continual intervention in polls process ECP and apex court have been at odds on a number of occasion in last decade A file photo of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. PHOTO: EXPRESS ISLAMABAD: Since the restoration of judges in March 2009, the Supreme Court has been actively intervening in different elections processes. During the tenure of former chief justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Chaudhry from March 2009 to 2013, the apex court closely examined the election process by conducting hearings in several cases. Firstly, hearing PTI chief Imran Khan’s petition, the SC had ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to finalize voter lists until February 23, 2012 but the ECP could not meet the court’s deadline and the ECP officials had faced tough time in the apex court.