GUL ZAMAN vs DEPUTY COMMISSIONER/COLLECTOR GWADAR Ss — 2024 SCMR 481 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2024 SCMR 481 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2024
Reporter: SCMR
Parties: GUL ZAMAN vs DEPUTY COMMISSIONER/COLLECTOR GWADAR Ss
Provisions referred to: Land Acquisition Act

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Judgment text as reported

GUL ZAMAN VS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER/COLLECTOR GWADAR Ss. 18, 19, 20 & 21---Land acquisition---Reference to Court---Pre-requisites---Conditions mentioned under sections 18 to 21 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 ('the Act') have to be fulfilled before the Collector is empowered to make the reference, and then alone the Court has any jurisdiction to entertain the reference---Matter (of landowner seeking enhancement for compensation of his land) goes to Court only upon a reference made by the Collector---It is only after such a reference is made that the Court is empowered to determine the objections made by a claimant to the award---In fact, it is the order of reference which provides the foundation of the jurisdiction of the Court to decide the objections referred to it---Section 18(1) of the Act does not authorise or permit or provide for a person aggrieved, to make an application directly to the Court. Citation Name: 2024 SCMR 481 SUPREME-COURTBookmark this Case GUL ZAMAN VS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER/COLLECTOR GWADAR Principle---Whenever jurisdiction is given by a statute and such jurisdiction is only given upon certain specified terms contained therein, it is a universal principle that those terms should be complied with in order to create and raise the jurisdiction, and if they are not complied with, the jurisdiction does not arise. Citation Name: 2024 SCMR 481 SUPREME-COURTBookmark this Case GUL ZAMAN VS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER/COLLECTOR GWADAR Purpose of law is to settle down and not to devise means to multiply contest between the parties.

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