In Brief
This order addresses the reconstitution and procedural management of a major civil appeal concerning a 1997 judgment and multiple connected matters with extensive trial records. When counsel disclosed that a bench member had appeared in a connected matter, that Judge recused himself in the interest of judicial propriety. The Court upheld the Chief Justice's administrative authority to expand the Bench from three to five Judges under Supreme Court Rules, 2013. The judgment directs the Registry to physically inspect sealed trial records containing multilingual evidence in Persian, Sanskrit, Arabic, Gurmukhi, Urdu and Hindi, assess translation requirements, and report on preparation time before the reconstituted Bench reconvenes."
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