Pakistan, Oct. 21 -- Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar on Monday observed that no Supreme Court benches besides the CB could hear constitutional matters as he and seven other judges heard petitions against the 26th Amendment.

The bench hearing the pleas is headed by Justice Aminuddin Khan and also includes Justices Mazhar, Jamal Khan Mandokhail, Ayesha Malik, Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi, Musarrat Hilali, Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Shahid Bilal Hassan.

Petitioner Muhammad Akram Sheikh, one of the founding leaders of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) and its former president, presented his arguments in the case. Retired Justice Syed Shabbar Raza Rizvi, a former Lahore High Court judge, also began his arguments. The hearing was adjourned till 11:...