SHEERAZ KHAN vs DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, CHAKWAL Ss — 2022 MLD 1267 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation: 2022 MLD 1267 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court: Lahore High Court
Year: 2022
Reporter: MLD
Parties: SHEERAZ KHAN vs DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, CHAKWAL Ss
Subject matter: Constitutional
Provisions referred to: Punjab Civil Administration Act

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Judgment text as reported

SHEERAZ KHAN VS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, CHAKWAL Ss.13 & 16---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 9, 15, 16 & 199---Constitutional jurisdiction---Scope---Policy matters---Calamity affected area---COVID-19, control, spreading of---Petitioners challenged the intervention of police with the religious event that was being conducted since ancient times---COVID-19 pandemic caused disorder in the whole world and certain restrictions had been imposed by the Government/Executive, in order to cure and control the affected of pandemic, whereby large gathering and the public events had been prohibited---Section 16 of Punjab Civil Administration Act, 2017 empowered the Deputy Commissioner to restrain the public from holding meeting, procession, assembling or gathering without his permission---When executive was performing its functions in accord with rules, policy in vogue, invocation of constitutional jurisdiction would amount to intrusion in the executive authority, which was against the principle of trichotomy of power under the Constitution---Constitutional petition was dismissed accordingly.

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