GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA vs MUHAMMAD YOUNAS Clear and consistent interpretation by Courts in accordance with law — 2021 SCMR 1045 SUPREME-COURT

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Citation: 2021 SCMR 1045 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2021
Reporter: SCMR
Parties: GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA vs MUHAMMAD YOUNAS Clear and consistent interpretation by Courts in accordance with law

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GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA VS MUHAMMAD YOUNAS Clear and consistent interpretation by Courts in accordance with law---Scope---Courts of law were required to interpret the law and could neither rewrite the law nor read into the law something which was not provided therein---No matter how sympathetic a Court may feel towards a litigant or a set of litigants, Courts were duty-bound and required by the Constitution to adhere to the letter of law and not decide cases based on subjective feelings of sympathy which could vary from person to person---Law and its interpretation must be clear and consistent which was precisely why the adherence to the law was insisted upon as it lent stability to the system and increased the confidence of citizens in the law and the legal system---Involvement of subjectivity had the potential to make dispensation of justice variable and uncertain which was an anathema to a system based upon laws.

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