LAHORE HIGH COURT (LHC), Section 4 of the SC Practice & Procedure Bill 2023 is challenged 

In the LHC: Section 4 of the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Bill 2023 has been the subject of a petition that has been submitted to the Lahore High Court (LHC).

Through Advocate Nadeem Sarwar, petitioner Mashkoor Hussain submitted the petition, which listed the Federation of Pakistan as a respondent through the Ministry of Law and Justice, Islamabad, the Federation of Pakistan as a respondent through the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Cabinet Division, and the President of Pakistan as a respondent through his principal secretary.

Days after President Dr. Arif Alvi returned the proposed piece of legislation that sought to cut the chief justice of Pakistan's powers to initiate suo motu and constitute benches, the joint sitting of the parliament passed the bill with amendments.

The petitioner requested that the high court temporarily suspend the operation of the aforementioned "impugned section" until the petition was resolved.

The petitioner requested that the court declare the bill in violation of Pakistan's constitution.