Justice Naqvi resented the action against Monal Restaurant and asked: "Is it a monarchy that the emperor issued the decree and it was implemented before it was signed?" The court then issued directions to the authorities to de-seal the restaurant. "Gloria Jeans Cafe and La Montana have been issued notices so far," the lawyer said. "However, this was not the case with the Monal Restaurant." The judge asked the IWMB lawyer about the number of restaurants sealed by his board. Justice Ahsan said other restaurants had apparently been served a notice before being sealed. "Principally there is no order of the IHC available for sealing the restaurant, while verbal orders have no legal or constitutional standing," Justice Mazahir Naqvi, another judge on the bench, said. "The Islamabad Wild Life Management Board (IWMB), which sealed the restaurant, was not even a party to the case," Justice Ahsan pointed out. The top court questioned how the restaurant could be sealed before issuance of the written orders from the court. He said an intra-court appeal had been fixed, but the case was dismissed before hearing. In response, the counsel of the restaurant, Makhdom Ali Khan, stated that a certified copy of the IHC's brief order was available with him. At the hearing today, Justice Ahsan questioned whether the IHC had issued a signed order to seal the restaurant. The Monal Group of Companies had subsequently challenged the IHC verdict in the top court, urging it to revoke the high court orders. The court had also declared the military’s claim to 8,000 acres of Margalla Hills National Park illegal. The IHC had on Jan 11 ordered capital authorities to seal Monal Restaurant and take control of the Margalla Greens Golf Club built on encroached land. The apex court order was issued by a three-member bench headed by Justice Ijazul Ahsan. The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the de-sealing of Islamabad's Monal Restaurant, suspending the January 11 Islamabad High Court order of sealing and taking over possession of the restaurant situated in the picturesque Margalla Hills. This file image shows a notice posted outside Monal Restaurant on Tuesday. SC orders de-sealing of Monal Restaurant in Islamabad
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