MUSLIM COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED vs The PROVINCE OF PUNJAB Federal and Provincial statutes — 2024 CLC 597 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation: 2024 CLC 597 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court: Lahore High Court
Year: 2024
Reporter: CLC
Parties: MUSLIM COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED vs The PROVINCE OF PUNJAB Federal and Provincial statutes
Subject matter: Constitutional
Provisions referred to: S. 12; S. 22; Companies Act (XIX of 2017)

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Judgment text as reported

MUSLIM COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED VS The PROVINCE OF PUNJAB Federal and Provincial statutes---Conflict between---In case of conflict between federal and provincial law on same subject, the federal law overrides the provincial law or the part of provincial law that is inconsistent with it. Citation Name: 2024 CLC 597 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE MUSLIM COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED VS The PROVINCE OF PUNJAB S.12(8)---Companies Act (XIX of 2017), S.22(a)---Financial institutions and other companies---Bill boards and sign boards---Charging of fee---Petitioner companies were aggrieved of notice of demand issued by respondent Authority to recover fee for installing their bill boards, sky boards and advertisements---Validity---Notices in question delivered to petitioners by Parks and Horticulture Authority did not contain specific particulars regarding nature of product which was advertised and the date, time and place it was installed / erected---Such generic notices were vague and simply mentioned various categories of outdoor advertisements directing petitioners to pay fee---Due process requirements would be fulfilled after it had afforded opportunity to petitioners to respond to such notices by taking any and all objections available to them for assailed levy of advertisement fee---High Court set aside notices issued to petitioner companies and directed Parks and Horticulture Authority that if fresh notices were to be issued, directions given by High Court in Writ Petition No.208309 of 2018 titled Meezan Bank Limited and others v. The Province of Punjab should be followed---Constitutional petition was allowed accordingly.

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