AL BARAKA BANK (PAKISTAN) LIMITED vs SUI NORTHERN GAS PIPELINES LIMITED art — 2023 CLD 1436 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation: 2023 CLD 1436 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court: Lahore High Court
Year: 2023
Reporter: CLD
Parties: AL BARAKA BANK (PAKISTAN) LIMITED vs SUI NORTHERN GAS PIPELINES LIMITED art
Subject matter: Civil

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Judgment text as reported

AL BARAKA BANK (PAKISTAN) LIMITED VS SUI NORTHERN GAS PIPELINES LIMITED art. 72---Documentary evidence---Scope---Documentary evidence always takes preference over oral deposition as a man can tell a lie but a document cannot. Ss. 6 & 13---Suit for recovery of outstanding gas charges---Bank guarantee, encashing of---Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited filed suit against appellant/Bank to encash bank guarantee provided in favour of consumer company to recovery outstanding gas charges of customer company---Suit was decreed in favour of plaintiff company---Validity---Bank guarantee claiming a categorical undertaking imposed absolute obligation on guarantor bank to pay guaranteed amount without being influenced by performance of the contract---High Court declined to interfere in judgment and decree passed by Trial Court as the same did not contain any illegality, material irregularity or misreading of evidence---Appeal was dismissed, in circumstances.

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