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Afzaal Ahmed vs Sadia Safdar Types of damages — 2025 MLD 77 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation
2025 MLD 77 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court
Lahore High Court
Year
2025
Reporter
MLD
Parties
Afzaal Ahmed vs Sadia Safdar Types of damages

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Judgment text as reported

Afzaal Ahmed VS Sadia Safdar Types of damages---Claim for damages in the case of malicious prosecution carries two facets relating to (i) general damages and (ii) special damages---General damages refer to special character, condition or circumstances which accrue from immediate, direct and approximate result of wrong complained of---Special damages follow as a natural and approximate consequence in a particular case by reason of special circumstances or condition---Appellant failed to substantiate on record through cogent and unimpeachable evidence justification for award of general damages and in that regard only examination-in-chief of witnesses was valueless---So far as special damages were concerned, for that he had to prove that all the ingredients of malicious prosecution had co-existed to establish his claim of damages which throughout he could not prove---High Court dismissed the appeal of appellant accordingly.

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