AKHTAR NASIR AHMED vs PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through District Collector Gujrat S — 2024 PLD 1268 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2024 PLD 1268 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2024
Reporter: PLD
Parties: AKHTAR NASIR AHMED vs PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through District Collector Gujrat S
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 42---I

Fields are extracted from the reported citation and judgment text. Where a detail is not stated in the record, it is not shown.

Judgment text as reported

AKHTAR NASIR AHMED VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through District Collector Gujrat S. 42---Inheritance mutation, challenging of---Limitation---Suit for declaration challenging the validity of an inheritance mutation---Perusal of the record demonstrated that mutation entries in respect of the land measuring 7/72 in favor of respondent (defendant) were sanctioned in 1982---However, the petitioner (plaintiff) instituted the suit for the first time in 2009 after a lapse of more than 27 years---No explanation whatsoever had been provided by the petitioner for the delay in filing the suit before the Trial Court---Law of limitation exists to prevent precisely this kind of neglect, ensuring that claims are brought forth when evidence is fresh and facts are clear---To allow the present claim after such an extraordinary delay would not only undermine the integrity of the legal system but would also set a dangerous precedent, suggesting that legal rights can be asserted at any time, regardless of the passage of decades---Furthermore, none of the other legal heirs had ever challenged the validity of the inheritance mutation in question in the name of respondent---Petitioner was unable to overcome the hurdle of limitation, and his suit was rightly dismissed by the Trial Court for being barred by time---Petition was dismissed and leave was refused.

Other judgments reported in 2024 PLD

2024 PLD 300 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHOREMUHAMMAD ASLAM VS JUDGE FAMILY COURT, FEROZEWALA Reading in, principle of---Applicability---Reading in of words or meaning into a statutory…
2024 PLD 244 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHOREABDUL SABOOR VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN Ss. 2 (xviii), 3, 8, 9 & Schedule-I---Income Tax Ordinance (XLIX of 2001), Ss. 192, 192A, 194 & 199--…
2024 PLD 60 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURTSUHBAT KHAN VS KANDI BARAMI TAPPA KARNA KHEL, Khyber Agency S. 6---Criminal trial---Repeal of law---Pending proceedings---Effect---All inves…
2024 PLD 35 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURTCitation Name: 2024 PLD 35 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURTBookmark this Case GUL ZADA VS HAZRAT GUL S. 145---Dispute, settlement of---Principle---Settle…
2024 PLD 35 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURTCitation Name: 2024 PLD 35 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURTBookmark this Case GUL ZADA VS HAZRAT GUL S. 145---Dispute, nature of---Scope---Dispute as def…
2024 PLD 256 ISLAMABADState VS IRFAN NAWAZ MEMON, DISTRICT MAGISTRATE State authority, exercise of---Principle---Constitution and the law envisage that public off…

Back to the case-law library · Search Pakistani case law in Urdu or English