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SENIOR AIR HOSTESS SAMINA SALEEM QURESHI vs PAKISTAN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES S — 2022 PLC(CS) 642 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation
2022 PLC(CS) 642 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court
Lahore High Court
Year
2022
Reporter
PLC
Parties
SENIOR AIR HOSTESS SAMINA SALEEM QURESHI vs PAKISTAN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES S
Subject matter
Civil
Provisions referred to
S. 42---T

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Judgment text as reported

SENIOR AIR HOSTESS SAMINA SALEEM QURESHI VS PAKISTAN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES S.42---Termination/dismissal from service for furnishing fake/bogus bachelor degree---Statutory corporation having no statutory rules---Master and servant, relationship of---Suit for declaration---Maintainability---Petitioner's suit was rejected by the Civil Judge on ground of being barred by law observing that remedy available to her was a suit for damages---Appeal was also dismissed by District Judge----Petitioner contended that there was no need to file Bachelor Degree and the required qualification for appointment was only Intermediate; that she filed Intermediate Certificate which was not found to be fake; and that she could not be dismissed on account of irrelevant document---Validity---Petitioner's reply to show cause notice and contents of her pleadings showed that she did not claim that there was no need to file Bachelor Degree and that the same was not required qualification for appointment---Petitioner previously sought direction of High Court through constitutional petition for constitution of a fresh Review Committee to consider her Bachelor Degree and High Court had dismissed the said petition in limine declaring the same to be unmaintainable because of her suit pending before Civil Court, but no comment was sought/required to be made as to maintainability of suit for declaration---Remedy did not lie in seeking declaration/injunction rather the petitioner would be entitled to seek damages which could be granted if she proved that the termination/removal was not genuine or bona fide or amounted to unfair treatment---Case of illegal termination of service of employees of the corporation would be regulated by rule of master and servant---Revision petition was dismissed accordingly.

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