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MUHAMMAD ZAHID vs FEDERAL BOARD OF REVENUE Nature of precedent — 2021 PTD 80 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

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Citation
2021 PTD 80 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court
Lahore High Court
Year
2021
Reporter
PTD
Parties
MUHAMMAD ZAHID vs FEDERAL BOARD OF REVENUE Nature of precedent

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Judgment text as reported

MUHAMMAD ZAHID VS FEDERAL BOARD OF REVENUE Nature of precedent---Distinction between "obiter dicta" and "ratio decidendi"---Scope---Distinction was to be made between what was ratio decidendi of a case and what was mere obiter dicta---What was necessary for decision of the issue in a case was ratio decidendi and was binding however, what was said "by the way" and was entirely unnecessary for decision of a case or what was mere gratuitous statement of the law was obiter dicta and was not binding.

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