FAHAD AKRAM BHATTI vs FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN Vested right — 2026 PLD 262 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation: 2026 PLD 262 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court: Lahore High Court
Year: 2026
Reporter: PLD
Parties: FAHAD AKRAM BHATTI vs FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN Vested right

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Judgment text as reported

FAHAD AKRAM BHATTI VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN Vested right---Meaning and scope---Rights are vested when the right to enjoyment, present or prospective, has become the property of some particular person or persons as a present interest---A vested right is a title to the present or future enjoyment of property, or to the present or future enforcement of a demand or a legal exemption from a demand by another---The right must be immediate, absolute, complete, unconditional and independent of acontingency---Accordingly, a mere expectancy of future benefit or acontingent interest founded on the anticipated continuance of existing laws, does not constitute a vested right---Inchoate rights, which have not been acted upon, are not vested rights---Moreover, a vested right may not arise at a time when there is no possibility of enforcing a claim under the existing law---In certain cases, adistinction is drawn between an existing right and a vested right and it is said that the rule against retrospective construction is applied only to save vested rights and not existing rights---The expression 'vested right' means an absolute or indefeasible right---The claim based on the vested right or settled expectation to obtain sanction cannot be set up against statutory provisions---It is a right which cannot be taken away without the consent of the owner---Such rights may arise from contract or statute and from the operation of law---The right to take advantage of a statute cannot be held to be a vested right.

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