On April 9, 2023, Pakistani President Arif Alvi returned a bill to the parliament aimed at limiting the powers of the chief justice of Pakistan and retroactively allowing appeals in all suo motu cases. Alvi argued that the bill was beyond the jurisdiction of the legislative body and could be challenged as a specious enactment. The Senate had passed the bill on March 30, and it aimed to deprive the chief justice of Pakistan of the powers to take suo motu notices individually. The president highlighted that any attempt to modify or tamper with the Supreme Court Rules could be viewed as interference with the internal workings of the court, which could compromise its autonomy and independence. The Supreme Court is an independent institution, and the Constitution is founded on the concept of trichotomy of power, with each pillar's domain of power defined and delineated by the Constitution itself. The president concluded his observation by questioning the feasibility of the idea and emphasized that the Constitution is an embodiment of fundamental principles, higher law, and law above other laws.
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