New court picked by Musharraf reverses anti-Musharraf ruling

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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Judges picked by President Pervez Musharraf to replace a mostly hostile Supreme Court bench began reversing predecessors' decisions on Tuesday by striking down an order declaring the imposition of emergency rule illegal.

The order was the last one given by chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry and six other Supreme Court judges before they were dismissed on Saturday following the declaration of emergency rule and suspension of the constitution.

"It would be deemed as if it had not taken place," said a court official quoting newly-appointed Chief Justice Abdul Hamid Dogar, the head of an eight-member bench.

Dogar said judges who issued the order had already lost their authority after failing to take a fresh oath of office following promulgation of a provisional constitutional order (PCO).