ISLAMABAD: The Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday declared the law of phone tapping vague.
The case related to phone tapping was heard by a 7-member constitutional bench headed by Justice Aminuddin Khan.
During the hearing, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar inquired whether there was any legislation related to phone tapping. On which the Additional Attorney General said that the law is there since 2013, according to the law Inter-Services Intelligence(ISI) and Intelligence Bureau(IB) were notified.
The Additional Attorney General told the court that there is a procedure for phone tapping in the law, judicial supervision is also in the law.
Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar remarked that according to the law, only a judge can give permission for phone tapping and questioned has any judge been notified for this purpose.
Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail said the phone tapping law is vague while Justice Aminuddin Khan remarked that “We are not interested in reports or law as courts want results”.
The Additional Attorney General said that “I do not know about the nomination of the judge”, on which Justice Jamal Mandokhail said that this case will have an impact on many pending cases.
Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar remarked that the law does not allow everyone to record every phone.
The Advocate on Record (AOR) said in the court that the petitioner is not being contacted in this case, the petitioner's lawyer also died last year.
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The court adjourned the hearing of the case by issuing a notice to the Advocate Generals on the case.
