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UNIVERSITY OF MALAKAND vs Dr — 2021 SCMR 678 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation
2021 SCMR 678 SUPREME-COURT
Court
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year
2021
Reporter
SCMR
Parties
UNIVERSITY OF MALAKAND vs Dr

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Judgment text as reported

UNIVERSITY OF MALAKAND VS Dr. ALAM ZEB Statutory obligation/right---Scope---No estoppel existed against a law---Inherent power and doctrine of estoppel could not be applied to defeat the provisions of statute---As a rule of evidence estoppel could be invoked by a party, however, the same could not be accepted against the statutory obligation of a person even though one party might not have expressly claimed his right which was available to him under the law---Doctrine of estoppel did not apply against a statute and it had no application when statutory rights and liabilities were involved---If a person had been bestowed some legal right by law/statute and he omitted to claim such legal right for a certain period of time, it did not mean that he had waived his legal right and subsequently he could not claim such right.

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