MUHAMMAD SHEHZAD vs PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through Secretary, Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department Concealm

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MUHAMMAD SHEHZAD VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through Secretary, Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department Concealment of facts from the Court---Effect---Two wrongs do not make one right---Wrong doing on part of the respondents, if any, does not justify the concealment on the part of the petitioner in order to obtain interim relief while approaching High Court. Citation Name: 2024 PLC(CS) 1260 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE MUHAMMAD SHEHZAD VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through Secretary, Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department Concealment of facts from the Court---Fraud---Courts of law are meant for imparting justice between the parties and a party approaching the Court with unclean hands renders the stream of justice sullied---Process of the Court is being abused by unscrupulous persons from all walks of life and such abuse of process is considered by such litigants as a convenient device to achieve and retain their illegal objectives and designs---Unfortunately, this practice is spreading its tentacles on wider planes primarily on account of leniency exhibited towards such litigants as they generally go off scot-free---Person, whose case is based on concealment and falsehood, has no right to approach the Court and such litigant must be summarily thrown out at any stage of the litigation, with costs. Citation Name: 2024 PLC(CS) 1260 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE MUHAMMAD SHEHZAD VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through Secretary, Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department art.199---Constitutional jurisdiction---Nature and scope---Jurisdiction of High Court, under art. 199 of the Constitution, is extraordinary, equitable and discretionary and the prerogative writs, contemplated therein, are issued for enforcement of fundamental rights and/or, as the case may be, to inhibit and/or rectify any illegality and unlawfulness on part of the executive. Citation Name: 2024 PLC(CS) 1260 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE MUHAMMAD SHEHZAD VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through Secretary, Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department Transfer order---Concealment of fact as to submission of joining report---Effect---Grant of interim relief on the analogy that in identical petition similar relief had been granted in view of the fact that transfer order had not been acted upon---Fraud---Effect---Contention of the petitioner was that respondent had also committed forgery while preparing the forged relieving order---Validity---Concealment on the part of the petitioner and its effect was the moot point as it went to the very inception and basis of the present petition---Two wrongs do not make a right---Wrong doing on part of the respondents, if any, did not justify the concealment on the part of the petitioner in order to obtain interim relief while approaching High Court---Concealment of fact is a serious issue, which amounts to playing fraud upon the Court---Fraud vitiates the most solemn proceedings---Fraud and justice never dwell together---Constitution petition was dismissed with costs.

MUHAMMAD SHEHZAD vs PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through Secretary, Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department Concealment of facts from the Court — 2024 PLC(CS) 1260 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

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