ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday dismissed review petitions against its judgment striking down the Sacked Employees (Reinstatement) Act 2010 and ordered reinstatement of 16,000 employees by exercising its jurisdiction under Article 184 (3) of the Constitution.
A five-member larger bench of the apex court headed by Justice Umer Ata Bandial announced the verdict in the review petitions filed by the government and the sacked employees against the court judgment striking down the Sacked Employees (Reinstatement) Act 2010. Other members of the bench included Justice Sajjad Ali Shah, Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Justice Qazi Muhammad Amin Ahmed and Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan.