Chronological discourse of the events:
Mr. Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary, then Chief Justice of Pakistan(as he then was) was reinstated through a judgment of the Honorable Supreme Court. Soon thereafter the matter of the eligibility of accused to contest Election came before the Honorable Supreme Court. The accused apprehending an adverse verdict decided to take action against judiciary. Sensing this the then Chief Justice of Pakistan constituted a larger Bench that passed a restraining order against the apprehended instruments & measures and debarred inter Alia the judges of Honorable Supreme Court and the High Courts to take oath under PCO or to take any other extra constitutional step.