FEROZE DIN and others vs Mehr SARDAR MUHAMMAD

This matter concerns a review petition filed before the Supreme Court of Pakistan. The core legal question addressed is whether a counsel who did not appear in the original proceedings can be permitted to argue a review petition arising from the judgment rendered in those proceedings. The Court held that, pursuant to the applicable rules, the right to argue a review petition is restricted to the same learned counsel who appeared and argued the main case in which the judgment under review was delivered. Consequently, the Court dismissed the application seeking to allow a different counsel to argue the review petition, thereby affirming the procedural requirement for continuity of representation in review proceedings before the Supreme Court.