JAVED ARIF vs FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Islamabad art

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JAVED ARIF VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Islamabad art.199---Civil service---Constitutional petition challenging appointment of respondents in Government owned Corporation---Factual controversy---Petitioners contended that appointees were holding fake degree---Held, that the contention of the petitioners, had specifically been repelled by the Corporation in the terms that they had got verified the degree which had been reported by the concerned Board/Universities to be genuine---Burden, in circumstances, was shifted to the petitioers to highlight/append documentary proofs but they had failed to do so---In presence of specific denial, the matter became disputed question of facts, which could not be adjudicated upon under costitutional jurisdiction---Constitutional petition was dismissed, in circumstance. Citation Name: 2023 PLC(CS)N 12 ISLAMABADBookmark this Case JAVED ARIF VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Islamabad art.199---Constitutional petition---Laches, doctrine of---applicability---Petitioners assailed the appointment of respondents on the ground that they (appointees) were holding fake degree---Held, that the appointments-in-question had been questioned after ten years and petitioners had not presented any justification for such delay in approaching the Court---Constitutional petition was dismissed, in circumstances. Citation Name: 2023 PLC(CS)N 12 ISLAMABADBookmark this Case JAVED ARIF VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Islamabad art.199---Quo warranto, writ of---Scope---Writ of quo warranto could not be issued as a matter of course and the conduct of petitioner could be looked into---Court could/would enquire into the conduct/motive of the petitioner---Conduct of the petitioners could not be termed to be aboveboard---Constitutional petition was dismissed, in circumstances.

JAVED ARIF vs FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Islamabad art — 2023 PLC(CS)N 12 ISLAMABAD

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