Memon denies ridiculing judges

Karachi
The provincial information and local government denied on Tuesday that he had violated any article of the Constitution while delivering a speech in the provincial assembly.
In connection with a a petition against him over his alleged contemptuous remarks against judges, Sharjeel Inam Memon said he respected the judiciary and his speech in the assembly on November 14, 2014 was in good faith and without any “malice or ill-will”.
He submitted that he delivered the speech in the assembly with bona-fide intention as a fair assessment and there was no intention to ridicule, malign or defame the judiciary in any manner whatsoever.
Besides, he submitted parliamentarians enjoyed freedom of speech and were not liable to any proceedings in a court in respect of anything they said in the assembly. He said he had been exercising his powers and functions in accordance with the Constitution and had not violated any of the articles of it.
A SHC division bench headed by Justice Sajjad Ali Shah after taking the statement on record adjourned the hearing for a date to be notified later. The petitioner, Rana Faizul Hasan, had submitted that the minister had committed contempt of court by passing contemptuous remarks against judges.