ISLAMABAD In an attempt to put the Supreme Court judges in an awkward position, the Law Ministry has formed an inexperienced team to defend the case of 18th Amendment. Sources in the Law Ministry confided to TheNation that Law Minister Babar Awan had intentionally selected a team of junior lawyers to isolate the apex court if it stroke down the Amendment. They said after the failure of Dr Basit to malign the judiciary, Babar Awan had given the task to Wasim Sajjad to lead the governments legal team. Later, Awan had directed the leading counsel to tell the judges that they did not have the right to hear a case on an amendment that was passed by the two-third majority of the Parliament, sources maintained. It is relevant to mention here that Wasim Sajjad had argued before the bench for consecutive three days that the Parliament had the authority to amend the constitution without any restrictions, while adding that the court had no discretion even to hear the case against the decision of Parliament. Sajjad also denied the basic structure of constitution, which ensured the independence of judiciary. Responding to a query of the bench, he said that the formation of judicial commission was not a bad idea as it had been implemented in many countries. The counsel for the government also made a speech on the sanctity of Parliament to provoke the court to give strict remarks that could be used in maligning the judiciary. But contrary to his boss expectations, the court categorically refuted the impression that the Supreme Court was undermining the Parliaments role, saying that the Parliaments wisdom was a source for the SC decisions. Senior lawyers of the Supreme Court, who had observed the conduct of the counsel for Government, opined that the federation was not serious to fight the case on constitutional grounds. They said Wasim Sajjads assertion, which claimed that Raza Rabbani-led Constitutional Reforms Committees report had no significance, was an instance of Governments dual policy.