PAKISTAN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES CORPORATION LIMITED vs MUHAMMAD SALEEM SHERWANI S — 2025 PLD 116 ISLAMABAD

Case information

Citation: 2025 PLD 116 ISLAMABAD
Court: Islamabad High Court
Year: 2025
Reporter: PLD
Parties: PAKISTAN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES CORPORATION LIMITED vs MUHAMMAD SALEEM SHERWANI S
Subject matter: Civil
Provisions referred to: S. 73---S

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Judgment text as reported

PAKISTAN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES CORPORATION LIMITED VS MUHAMMAD SALEEM SHERWANI S. 73---Suit for recovery of damages---Breach of contract---General and special damages---Proof---Pain and suffering---Quantification---Respondent/plaintiff was employee of appellant/Company who sought recovery of general and special damages early retirement from service on the plea of being penalized wrongly---Trial Court decreed the suit in favour of respondent/plaintiff---Validity---Respondent/plaintiff need not have led any special evidence to quantify damages in lieu of pain and suffering as they were damages that could not be quantified by reducing them to a financial number---Damages in lieu of pain and suffering fall within the category of general damages---Once respondent/ plaintiff established through evidence wrongful conduct of appellant/ company that would naturally have caused pain and suffering---It was for Court to determine quantum of damages that would be compensatory in nature and satisfy conscience of Court that respondent/plaintiff as claimant had been duly compensated for bearing such pain, suffering and agony inflicted on him---High Court declined to interfere in judgment and decree passed by Trial Court---High Court directed appellant/company to pay interest on decretal amount from the date of judgment until the day when such amount was paid by appellant/ company to respondent/plaintiff---Appeal was dismissed, in circumstances.

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