How to anger a court

One wonders what the reaction of the Supreme Court of Pakistan was when it learned that the Army had gone ahead with trying civilians in courts-martial after the Attorney General had givern assurances that the cases would not go forward without notice to the Court. Here's the Express Tribune's report.

And under the category of Most Bizarre Pleading of the Year, consider this Express Tribune account of a submission by a number of civilian court-martial defendants apparently seeking to intervene in opposition to the pending challenge to the trial of civilians by Pakistan's military courts. Excerpt:

The applicants have expressed all faith and confidence in the military authorities to provide justice to them and all other accused persons. “Therefore, we are requesting the military authorities that we may be tried and otherwise dealt under the provisions of Pakistan Army Act 1952 and Rules made thereunder and justice should be provided expeditiously,” the application read.

No chance they were pressured, of course. Maybe an effort to curry favor?