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The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a fresh petition seeking formation of a full court to hear pleas challenging trial of civilians in military courts.

The apex court had reserved the judgement on Tuesday on the petition.

Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial said judges were not available for the full court. "Some judges are on leave. A larger bench was constituted earlier by the court with available judges," he said. The CJP said it was not possible for the apex court to form a full bench before September.

Earlier on Tuesday, a six-member bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial, and comprising Justice Ijazul Ahsan, Justice Munib Akhtar, Justice Yahya Afridi, Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi, and Justice Ayesha Malik had reserved the judgement while hearing the identical petitions challenging the government's decision to conduct trials of civilians in military courts.

"[Court] will hold consultations on this matter now. [We] will inform about the opinion in 15 minutes if the consultations are completed," CJP Bandial said. He added that the decision would be announced tomorrow (Wednesday) if the consultations did not conclude.

Later, the CJP's associate intimated the parties that the verdict would be announced on Wednesday.

At the start of hearing on Tuesday, the CJP noted that senior counsel Faisal Siddiqui had petitioned the court a day earlier to form a full court to hear pleas against the military trial of civilians.

Justice Bandial then said that the bench would first hear the arguments of the lawyer of ex-CJP Jawwad S Khawaja, one of the petitioners.

“My client is the former chief justice of Pakistan,” Advocate Khwaja Hussain Ahmed said. “My client wants the court to treat me like a common citizen, not a special person. He wants ex-chief justice to be removed from his name.”

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