NOV 3 — There have been contentions that the restriction on the interpretation of Ahli Sunnah Wal Jamaah in the so-called controversial Mufti (Federal Territories) Bill 2024 to...
NOV 3 — There have been contentions that the restriction on the interpretation ofin the so-called controversial Mufti Bill 2024 to only those adhering to a certain school of thought, could be challenged in the spirit of constitutional flexibility and the diverse Islamic interpretations.
There shall be no discrimination in favour of any person on the ground that he is a subject of the Ruler of any State. any provision prescribing residence in a State or part of a State as a qualification for election or appointment to any authority having jurisdiction only in that State or part, or for voting in such an election;
However, the classification should have rational relation to the object sought to be achieved by the law in question for it to become a valid law. The issue as to whether a particular classification was rational or not was to be determined by looking at the object and intent of such laws and the Rules drafted thereunder.
On Article 8 highlighted above, President of the Court of Appeal Raus Sharif, who delivered the majority judgment, said as follows:
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