Hard ball in the Supreme Court of Pakistan

The Supreme Court of Pakistan has not only rejected an effort by a former Chief Justice to further delay a ruling in the long-runnng Military Courts Case; it has fined him Rs20,000 for filing a frivolous submission. Details here. The court refused to put off a ruling on the intra-court appeal of the Military Courts Case until after it ruled on a challenge to a constitutional amendment. This suggests that the court is now, at long last, poised to hear a final round of arguments and rule on the merits of the Military Courts Case.