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Citation Name: 2024 PLD 129 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTANBookmark this Case AHMEDULLAH vs PROVINCE OF BALOCHISTAN through Addl — 2024 PLD 129 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN

Case information

Citation
2024 PLD 129 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
Court
Balochistan High Court
Year
2024
Reporter
PLD
Parties
Citation Name: 2024 PLD 129 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTANBookmark this Case AHMEDULLAH vs PROVINCE OF BALOCHISTAN through Addl
Provisions referred to
S. 18---B; S. 15

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Judgment text as reported

Citation Name: 2024 PLD 129 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTANBookmark this Case AHMEDULLAH VS PROVINCE OF BALOCHISTAN through Addl. Chief Secretary (Dev) S. 18---Balochistan Ship Breaking Industry Rules, 1979, S. 15(2)---Constitution of Pakistan Arts. 199 & 270-A---Tonnage fee, levy of---Petitioners alleged that they were carrying out their activity on the private plots, as such the demand of respondents for tonnage fee was illegal---Validity---Martial Law Order (MLR) No. 115, which was subsequently adopted by Parliament by inserting--Article 270-A in the Constitution on 30.12.1985 through 8th Amendment in the Constitution, contemplated that the ship breaking industry in the coastal area shall be conducted only and exclusively on a plot or land allotted for that purpose by the Balochistan Development Authority---Further, ship breaking in any other area/place without the express permission of the Balochistan Development Authority was prohibited in the said order---Thus, the contention of the petitioners that they were carrying out scrapping of imported vessels by beaching the same at private plots had no relevance or significance as any such activity was prohibited under the law---Petitions were accordingly dismissed.

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