Sardar Naveed Haider Khan vs Federation of Pakistan art — 2024 MLD 1871 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation: 2024 MLD 1871 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court: Lahore High Court
Year: 2024
Reporter: MLD
Parties: Sardar Naveed Haider Khan vs Federation of Pakistan art
Subject matter: Constitutional

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Judgment text as reported

Sardar Naveed Haider Khan VS Federation of Pakistan art. 199(1)(a)---Pakistan Football Federation Constitution, 2014, arts. 3(2) & 6---Order passed by the Disciplinary Committee of Pakistan Football Federation, assailing of---Constitutional petition---Maintainability---Held, that Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) was an independent body and the Federal Government did not exercise any control over its affairs---In terms of art. 199(1)(a) of the Constitution, a High Court, on a petition filed by an aggrieved person, can issue a writ to a person who is performing functions in connection with he affairs of Federation, Province or local authority---Therefore, material consideration is that the person against whom such a writ is to be issued should be the one who is performing functions in connection with the affairs of the Federation or a Province or a local authority---It is not sufficient that such a body is within the regulatory control of the State, instead the paramount considerations are dominant control and significant financial interest of the State in the affairs of such a body---PFF is a private body and its affairs are run in accordance with a constitution and, inter alia, bound by the decisions and regulations of FIFa which is an international body for the game of football and has nothing to do with the affairs of the Federation of Pakistan---Provisions of PFF Constitution clearly show that PFF is an independent body and the Federal Government does not exercise control over its affairs---Constitutional petition, being not maintainable, was dismissed, in circumstances.

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