JUNAID WAZIR vs SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, PRU/ DOLPHIN POLICE, LAHORE Maxim 'ex debito justitiae' — 2024 SCMR 181 SUPREME-COURT

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Citation: 2024 SCMR 181 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2024
Reporter: SCMR
Parties: JUNAID WAZIR vs SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, PRU/ DOLPHIN POLICE, LAHORE Maxim 'ex debito justitiae'

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JUNAID WAZIR VS SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, PRU/ DOLPHIN POLICE, LAHORE Maxim 'ex debito justitiae'---Meaning and scope---Legal maxim "ex debito justitiae" means as a matter of right or what a person is entitled to as of right---This maxim applies to the remedies that the court is bound to give when they are claimed as distinct from those that it has discretion to grant---Power of a courts to act ex debito justitiae is an inherent power of courts to fix procedural errors.

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