Court rules High Court cannot rule on merits after declaring petition non-maintainable

The Federal Constitutional Court of Pakistan has held that a High Court cannot proceed to decide the merits of a case after declaring a constitutional petition non-maintainable. The court stated that binding judicial precedents do not grant jurisdiction where none exists, as reported by the Associated Press of Pakistan.

The ruling clarifies the procedural limits on a High Court's authority once it has determined that a writ petition is not admissible for consideration.