UMER SHEHZAD vs OMBUDSPERSON (MOHTASIB) PUNJAB R — 2026 PLD 303 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation: 2026 PLD 303 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court: Lahore High Court
Year: 2026
Reporter: PLD
Parties: UMER SHEHZAD vs OMBUDSPERSON (MOHTASIB) PUNJAB R

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Judgment text as reported

UMER SHEHZAD VS OMBUDSPERSON (MOHTASIB) PUNJAB R.5---Workplace harassment complaint---Complaint not being verified and supporting material not being annexed, objections of---Legality---Rule 5 lays down the contents and ideal form of acomplaint but does not prescribe any penal consequence for non-compliance, nor does it declare such omissions to be fatal to the maintainability of the complaint---The requirement of verification in sub-rule (3) must be construed as directory rather than mandatory---Non-verification or improper verification of plaint/complaint is merely an irregularity which does not entail penal consequences of rejection of plaint/complaint.

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