Malik AHMAD USMAN NAWAZ vs The APPELLATE TRIBUNAL (ELECTIONS ACT, 2017) for PP-254 (Bahawalpur-X), Bahawalpur S — 2024 SCMR 1202 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2024 SCMR 1202 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2024
Reporter: SCMR
Parties: Malik AHMAD USMAN NAWAZ vs The APPELLATE TRIBUNAL (ELECTIONS ACT, 2017) for PP-254 (Bahawalpur-X), Bahawalpur S
Provisions referred to: S. 62---E; Elections Act

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Judgment text as reported

Malik AHMAD USMAN NAWAZ VS The APPELLATE TRIBUNAL (ELECTIONS ACT, 2017) for PP-254 (Bahawalpur-X), Bahawalpur S. 62---Election for seat of Provincial Assembly---Nomination papers, acceptance of---Proclaimed offender---Fugitive from law---Right to contest elections---Disadvantage, if any, for being a proclaimed offender ordinarily relates only to the case in which a person has been so proclaimed, and not to the other cases or matters which have no nexus to that case---For instance, a proclaimed offender is not disentitled to institute or defend a civil suit, or an appeal arising therefrom, regarding his civil rights and obligations---Same is the position with the civil right of a person to contest an election; in the absence of any contrary provision in the Constitution or the Elections Act 2017 ("Act"), his status of being a proclaimed offender in a criminal case does not affect his said right.

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