The maker of NRO 2007, the note said, "...was the equal beneficiary of the Ordinance as observed by us that it was a deal between two individuals and not reconciliation at the National level. Such deal, in other words, is tantamount to grave violation of the Constitution".
"The maker of the Ordinance should also be made accountable for perpetuating corruption and for violating the Constitution. No doubt, such beneficiary is not a party to the present petitions but so are the other beneficiaries, taken care of in our judgement", said the additional note to the detailed judgement by Justice Raza.
"Moreover, this Court has, on many occasions, given verdict against persons not any party to the proceedings. All beneficiaries of National Reconciliation Ordinance, of the first or the second part, are to be dealt with equally, equitably and without discrimination. If one is proceeded against, the other must also be equally treated," the note said.
Justice Raza said: "We have much dilated upon but the adventures of one set of beneficiaries whose cases, after revival, are supposed to be pending before the relevant forums. Any observation by this Court about such pending cases shall not affect or influence the trial Courts; but what about the beneficiary about whose action we have given absolute and conclusive decision, that it was void ab initio.
What about the beneficiary who clearly confessed through the Ordinance that many Accountability cases were politically motivated, politically indicted, and politically prolonged obviously as a sword of Damocles. If politically motivated, why were people indicted.
If genuine why the cases were dishonestly prolonged and no verdict was obtained against the accused involved. All this, is aimed at bringing home that all beneficiaries are to be dealt with accordingly, equally and without discrimination." In December last year, a 17-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry had declared the NRO invalid from the outset. On January 19, the court released detailed judgement on the NRO.