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Supreme Court issues notices on Mukhtaran Mai's review petition

Islamabad - Aitzaz Ahsan, counsel for Mai, appeared and argued the case. The hearing of the case has been adjourned for an indefinite period.

The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) on Thursday issued notices to all accused in Mukhtaran Mai gang rape case against a review petition filed in 2011 by the victim seeking recall of an earlier judgement by the top court.
A three-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Saqib Nisar, took up Mai's review petition against the top court's April 21, 2011 verdict regarding the acquittal of five of the six accused.
Aitzaz Ahsan, counsel for Mai, appeared and argued the case. The hearing of the case has been adjourned for an indefinite period.
In 2011, a three-member bench of the SC had upheld the verdict of the Lahore High Court (LHC) in Mai's gang-rape case and acquitted five of the six accused and dismissed the petitions. On May 19, 2011, Mai filed a review petition in the apex court against the verdict.
Initially, 14 accused had been nominated in the case, and eight were acquitted. The remaining six were given death sentences by the trial court. Later, the LHC acquitted five of them and converted the death sentence of one of the accused to a life-term. The top court took suo motu notice while the victim and accused Abdul Khaliq also filed petitions in the apex court.
Currently, in her review petition, Mai has pleaded that the court should review and recall the judgment and grant relief as prayed in the titled criminal appeal.
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