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The denial of the right of retrospective appeal means that a prospective applicant such as Nawaz Sharif cannot appeal against his lifetime disqualification from participating in politics. The right of appeal having retrospective effect is declared to be ultra vires of the Constitution
Justices Ijazul Ahsan, Muneeb Akhtar, Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi, Ayesha Malik and Shahid Waheed dissent verdict; court rules retrospective right of appeal unconstitutional.
Supreme Court by a majority of ten to five upheld the Practice and Procedure Act - Aaj News
By majority of 9-6, sub-section (1) of section 5 of Act (granting a right of appeal prospectively) declared constitutional
In a major blow to Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a controversial law seeking to curtail the powers of the chief justice but barred its retrospective application to give the right of appeal to the aggrieved parties in the cases decided under