Lahore High Court rules unrelated individuals can’t challenge acquittals

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has ruled that a private individual with no connection to a case lacks locus standi — the legal right to bring a challenge — to contest the acquittal of an accused. Chief Justice Aalia Neelum issued the ruling while deciding an objection raised by the court office in a petition filed by a young lawyer, and upheld the objection regarding the maintainability of the plea. The petitioner had challenged the acquittal of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza ...

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