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SIRAJ AHMAD vs GOVERNOR PUNJAB through Principal Secretary, Lahore art — 2026 PLD 157 FEDERAL-CONSTITUTIONAL-COURT

Case information

Citation
2026 PLD 157 FEDERAL-CONSTITUTIONAL-COURT
Year
2026
Reporter
PLD
Parties
SIRAJ AHMAD vs GOVERNOR PUNJAB through Principal Secretary, Lahore art

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Judgment text as reported

SIRAJ AHMAD VS GOVERNOR PUNJAB through Principal Secretary, Lahore art.204---Contempt of Court proceedings---Doctrine of self-execution---applicability---Power to punish for contempt---Source---Regulation by law or rules---Provision of article 204 of the Constitution is a self-executory provision and does not require prior or simultaneous legislative enactment for the exercise or regulation of the power it confers---Such jurisdiction flows directly from the Constitution itself and is complete in its essential contours---Parliament may, under article 204(3) of the Constitution, regulate the manner of its exercise, but absence of such legislation does not impede or suspend Court's authority---Provision of article 204 of the Constitution is capable of standing on its own force, without necessity of supplementary statutory aid.

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