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Ombudsman cannot act as substitute for every statutory forum: FCC
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) has ruled that the Ombudsman cannot act as a substitute for every statutory forum and cannot assume jurisdiction over matters specifically entrusted by law to another designated authority. “The Federal Ombudsman could neither enlarge the jurisdiction conferred upon him by the Order by characterizing a dispute as one of maladministration, nor usurp the statutory function expressly entrusted to the EOBI under section 33 of the Act,” said the judgment, authored by Chief Justice FCC Amin-ud-Din Khan. The court held that the expression “maladministr...
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