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MUZAMMAL RAFIQ vs FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN art — 2024 PLD 680 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation
2024 PLD 680 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court
Lahore High Court
Year
2024
Reporter
PLD
Parties
MUZAMMAL RAFIQ vs FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN art
Subject matter
Service

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Judgment text as reported

MUZAMMAL RAFIQ VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN art. 199---Constitutional petition---Maintainability---Policy matter involving complicated economic factors---Privatization of State Owned Organization---Scope---Petitioner assailed policy of Government to privatize Utility Stores Corporation of Pakistan---Validity---Courts cannot interfere with policy either on the ground that it is erroneous or that a better, fairer or wiser alternative is available---Duty of Court is to confine itself to the question of legality and its concern should be whether a decision making authority exceeded its powers or committed an error of law---Policies of Government may not remain stagnant, rather with the change in economic climate, the wisdom and manner for Government to run commercial projects may require reconsideration---Policy might have been in the public interest at one point of time, however, the same may not be considered so at some other point of time---Therefore, any decision of Government that it could not run the Corporation departmentally or any other form was not justiciable---Indeed Parliament is the forum for debates on questions involving political economy and not the Courts---High Court declined to interfere in the matter---Constitutional petition was dismissed in circumstances.

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