MUMTAZ ALI ANSARI vs PROVINCE OF SINDH through Secretary Local Government Department, Sindh Secretariat, Karac

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MUMTAZ ALI ANSARI VS PROVINCE OF SINDH through Secretary Local Government Department, Sindh Secretariat, Karachi art. 199---Constitutional jurisdiction of High Court---Judicial process, misuse of---Submitting ficticious documentation before the Court---Petitioner asserting himself as a regular and confirmed employee of the respondents (concerned Town Committee, Local Government) filed Constitutional Petition seeking the release of outstanding salaries---Validity---Record reveals that the petitioner had earlier approached High Court seeking identical relief, which Petition was disposed of ; however, rather than abiding by the judicial pronouncement, the petitioner sought to re-agitate the matter by misusing judicial process and submitting fictitious documentation---High Court categorically deprecated the petitioner's conduct and the reprehensible attempts to manipulate the judicial process---Thus, present constitutional petition, being tainted by suppression of material facts and devoid of merit, was dismissed with costs. art. 199---Constitutional jurisdiction of High Court---Concealment of facts---Judicial process, misuse of---Effect---Petitioner asserting himself as a regular and confirmed employee of the respondents ( concerned Town Committee, Local Government) filed Constitutional petition seeking the release of outstanding salaries---Validity---Record revealed that many facts were consciously suppressed by the petitioner including an FIR that had already been lodged against the Petitioner in connection with the theft from the public library---Such deliberate concealment was reprehensible and constituted a grave abuse of the judicial process---It was equally alarming that the counsel appearing for the petitioner in the prior litigation failed to disclose the previous proceedings while the other / present counsel representing the petitioner herein, also withheld these critical facts---Such conduct was entirely unbecoming of an advocate---Courts rightly repose trust in officers of the court and expect the highest standards of professional candour---any deviation from such ethical standards warrants serious censure---High Court observed that should such unethical behavior persist in future, the matter will be referred to the Bar Council for disciplinary action---High Court categorically deprecated the petitioner's conduct and the reprehensible attempts to manipulate the judicial process---Thus, present constitutional petition, being tainted by suppression of material facts and devoid of merit, was dismissed with costs.

MUMTAZ ALI ANSARI vs PROVINCE OF SINDH through Secretary Local Government Department, Sindh Secretariat, Karachi art — 2025 PLC(CS) 1018 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

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