Syed AZAM SHAH vs FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Cabinet Division, Cabinet Secretariat, Islamabad art — 2022 PLC(CS) 383 SUPREME-COURT

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Citation: 2022 PLC(CS) 383 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2022
Reporter: PLC
Parties: Syed AZAM SHAH vs FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Cabinet Division, Cabinet Secretariat, Islamabad art

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Judgment text as reported

Syed AZAM SHAH VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Cabinet Division, Cabinet Secretariat, Islamabad art. 25---Equality of citizens-- Reasonable classification on basis of intelligible differentia---Connotation and Scope---Equality clause (article 25 of the Constitution) did not prohibit classification for those differently circumstanced provided a rational standard was laid down---Protection of art. 25 of the Constitution could be denied in peculiar circumstances of the case on basis of reasonable classification founded on an intelligible differentia which must have rational nexus to the object sought to be achieved by such classification---Intelligible differentia connoted dissimilarity or disparity capable of being comprehended---Classification must be based on an intelligible differentia which should distinguish the persons that were grouped together from others left out of the group and the differentia or categorization/cataloguing must have a logical and commonsensical nexus with the object sought to be achieved ---Definition of classification "intelligible differentia" meant differentiating between two sets of the people or objects---all such differentiations should be easily understood and should not be artificial---Concept of reasonableness was rationally a fundamental component of equality or non-arbitrariness.

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