Civil Appeal No.188 of 2019 15 . Court despite being the highest Court of the land is not a “Court of Law” within the meaning of Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution. Surely the legislature when framing the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 could not have intended to introduce such a blatant and glaring absurdity in as important a document as the Constitution of the country. 18. It was further held in the said case as follows: “13. Where a misstatement or an inaccuracy or concealment is established, the candidate/member would always have the opportunity to offer an explanation. Such explanation may or may not be found acceptable. Such is the ratio of the judgment of this Court rendered in the case reported as Sheikh Muhammad Akram v. Abdul Ghafoor and 19 others (2016 SCMR 733). In the said case, an Election Petition filed before the Election Tribunal. In the proceedings, it stood established that a criminal case registered against the candidate was not mentioned in his nomination papers as required. Such candidate offered an explanation which was accepted by this Court by way of the aforesaid judgment which is incidentally authorized by my learned brother Qazi Faez Isa, J., and I too was a Member of the said Bench. The said view i.e. in case of concealment, discrepancy and misstatement in the nomination papers an explanation thereof may be given by the candidate/member, which may or may not be accepted by the court. And only, if such explanation is found tenable no penal consequences would follow. The question of “strict liability” does not arise with regard to misstatements in the nomination papers. Such view was also followed in the judgments of this Court reported as Muhammad Siddique Baloch v. Jehangir Khan Tareen and others (PLD 2016 SC 97) and Muhammad Hanif Abbasi. v. Imran Khan Niazi and others (PLD 2018 SC 189). No departure has been made by this Court in the cases reported as Imran Ahmad Khan Niazi v. Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan/Member National Assembly, Prime Minister’s House, Islamabad and 9 others (PLD 2017 SC 265 and PLD 2017 SC 692). In the aforesaid case, the concealment of assets in the nomination papers filed by the Respondent in the said proceedings was established through an admission. At no point of time any explanation was offered, in this behalf. Therefore, the question of accepting or rejecting such explanation did not arise. Even in the Review Petition, no explanation was offered. However, an oblique reference in hypothetical term was only made. This aspect of the matter was dealt with and adjudicated upon by this court in the judgment passed on such review reported as Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and others v. Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi and others (PLD 2018 SC 1). Reference, in this behalf, may be made to para 11 of the said judgment. The relevant portion thereof is reproduced hereunder: