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2022 PLD 388 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MENA ENERGY DMCC VS HASCOL PETROLEUM LIMITED S. 13(b)---Words "merits of the case"---Scope---Words "merits of the case" in S.13(b), C.P.C., are not intended to require discussion of evidence in a case where defendant accepts liability and c…
2022 PLD 403 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
RASHEED A. RAZVI VS Mrs. SAKINA SULEMAN R.10---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 270-AA (3) (b)---Retired Judge of High Court---Practice as lawyer in the same High Court---Special Bench, constitution of---In suit for possession, injunction, re…
2022 PLD 423 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Syed TARIQ MUSTAFA VS TAUQIR JAHAN MUSTAFA O.XX, R.13 & O.XXIII, R.3---Suit for administration---Preliminary decree and consent decree---In suit for partition earlier a preliminary decree was drawn and in compliance of that order Official A…
2022 PLD 423 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Syed TARIQ MUSTAFA VS TAUQIR JAHAN MUSTAFA S. 2(2)---Decree---Types---In general there are three types of decrees (i) Preliminary decree, (ii) Final decree, and (iii) Partly preliminary and partly final decree---Decree is final decision giv…
2022 PLD 423 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Syed TARIQ MUSTAFA VS TAUQIR JAHAN MUSTAFA O.XX, Rr.12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18 & O.XXXIV, Rr. 2, 3, 2, 5, 7 & 8---Preliminary decree---Court, jurisdiction of---Type of decree---Determining factors---When preliminary decree is passed, Court does…
2022 PLD 430 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Dr. MUHAMMAD ASIF OSAWALA VS Mrs. QAMAR-UN-NISA HAKRO art.199---Constitutional jurisdiction---Writ of Prohibition---Scope---Writ of Prohibition cannot be granted except in a clear case of want of jurisdiction in Court whose action is sought…
2022 PLD 430 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Dr. MUHAMMAD ASIF OSAWALA VS Mrs. QAMAR-UN-NISA HAKRO Exclusion of---Principle---Exclusion of jurisdiction of Court or Tribunal cannot be readily inferred---Exclusion of jurisdiction should be explicit---Jurisdiction may be excluded by nece…
2022 PLD 430 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Dr. MUHAMMAD ASIF OSAWALA VS Mrs. QAMAR-UN-NISA HAKRO Ss. 2 (q), 13, 14, 29 (4) & 36---Sindh Healthcare Commission Act, 2013 (VII of 2014), S. 29---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O.VII, R.11---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Medical…
2022 PLD 430 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Dr. MUHAMMAD ASIF OSAWALA VS Mrs. QAMAR-UN-NISA HAKRO S. 2(q)---Term "service"---Scope---Definition of "service" as per S.2(q) of Sindh Consumer Protection Act, 2014, can be split into different parts---First and inclusionary part defines a…
2022 PLD 440 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
AMIR AKBER KHAN VS NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU Ss. 91, 496 & 497---Bond, execution of---Distinction---General and special provisions---Scope---Provisions of S.496 or 497, Cr.P.C. are special provisions in that they are exclusively design…
2022 PLD 440 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
AMIR AKBER KHAN VS NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU Ss. 9(b), 18(e) & 24(a)---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), Ss.91, 204 & 497---Release of accused on bail---Warrants of arrest, non-issuance of---Execution of bond to appear---Scope---Pet…
2022 PLD 440 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
AMIR AKBER KHAN VS NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU S. 496---Bailable offence---Words "shall be released"---Scope---Words "shall be released" have been used in S.496, Cr.P.C., which imply that in a bailable offence accused has to be released…
2022 PLD 440 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
AMIR AKBER KHAN VS NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU Duty of Court---Principle---If a statute has expressly provided for something without any ambiguity and is being applied accordingly, there would hardly be any question of interpreting the s…
2022 PLD 440 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
AMIR AKBER KHAN VS NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU S.204---Issuance of process---Words "if in opinion of a Court taking cognizance of an offence"---Scope---Provision of section 204 Cr.P.C. is not applicable to a case filed on a private compl…
2022 PLD 440 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
AMIR AKBER KHAN VS NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU arts. 185 (3) & 189---Leave refusing order by the Supreme Court---Scope---Such order of Supreme Court not spelling out any principle of law does not constitute any binding force on High Cour…
2022 PLD 440 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
AMIR AKBER KHAN VS NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU Ss. 18(e) & 24(a)---Custody of accused---Object, purpose and scope---Custody of accused in investigation is mainly sought for collection of evidence from him, which otherwise he is not willi…
2022 PLD 440 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
AMIR AKBER KHAN VS NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU S. 497(1)---Expression "if there appear reasonable grounds for believing that he has been guilty of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life or imprisonment for ten years"--…
2022 PLD 440 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
AMIR AKBER KHAN VS NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU S. 18 (e)---arrest---Scope---arrest under S.18(e) of National accountability Ordinance, 1999, is for the purposes of an inquiry or investigation and can be of "any person" including accused.
2022 PLD 440 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
AMIR AKBER KHAN VS NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU S. 24(c)---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 170---Arrest---Custody, forwarding to Court---Scope---Arrest, under S.24(c) of National Accountability Ordinance, 1999, is to take and forw…
2022 PLD 440 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
AMIR AKBER KHAN VS NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU Ss. 496 & 497---appearing of accused before Court---Exercise of discretion---Principle---Right of accused to be released on bail under Ss. 496 & 497, Cr.P.C., one thing is common and sine qu…
2022 PLD 440 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
AMIR AKBER KHAN VS NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU Ss. 18(e) & 24(a)---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), Ss. 56 & 75---Warrants of arrest, issuance of---Jurisdiction---Provisions of Ss.18(e) & 24(a) of National Accountability Ordinance, 1…
2022 PLD 440 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
AMIR AKBER KHAN VS NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU S. 86---Warrants issuance of---Principle---Court exercising powers under S.86, Cr.P.C. has no concern with the matter, does not require custody or presence of accused and is only acting upon…
2022 PLD 440 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
AMIR AKBER KHAN VS NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU S. 17(c)---Words "follow such procedure as it may deem fit in the circumstances of a case"---Scope---Said words do not signify a permission to Accountability Court to assume a jurisdiction,…
2022 PLD 440 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
AMIR AKBER KHAN VS NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU Scheme of Constitution---Trichotomy of powers---Scope---Constitutional scheme is based on trichotomy of powers shared between the Legislature, the Executive and the Judiciary---Each has its…
2022 PLD 440 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
AMIR AKBER KHAN VS NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU S.91, Part-III---Bond for appearance---Scope---Provision of S. 91, Cr.P.C. is twofold, first to empower Court to seek undertaking through a bond from a person present for his future appearan…
2022 PLD 440 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
AMIR AKBER KHAN VS NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU S. 24 (a)---Arrest---Words "if not already arrested, shall be arrested"---Pre-conditions---Provision of S.24(a) of National Accountability Ordinance, 1999, deals only with arrest of "accused…
2022 PLD 440 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
AMIR AKBER KHAN VS NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU S. 9(b)---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), Ss. 204, 496, 497 & 498---Bail---Court, jurisdiction of---Provisions of "bail" contained in the Cr.P.C. has been ousted by S.9(b) of National A…
2022 PLD 440 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
AMIR AKBER KHAN VS NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU S. 17(a)---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), Ss. 90, 91 & 204---Warrants or summons issuance of---Determination---Mmutatis mutandi"---Scope---By virtue of S.17(a) of National Accountabili…
2022 PLD 440 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
AMIR AKBER KHAN VS NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU General and special provisions---Applicability---if a statute contains special and general provisions on the same subject, the special ones prevail over the general ones.
2022 PLD 440 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
AMIR AKBER KHAN VS NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU Ss. 9(b), 18(e) & 24(a)---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), Ss. 91, 204 & 497---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Release of accused on bail---Warrants of arrest, non-issuance of---Exe…
2022 PLD 499 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
KANWAR NAVEED JAMEEL VS PROVINCE OF SINDH S. 3---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 204(2)(b)---Contempt of Court---Making scandalous, offensive and insulting remarks against a bench of the High Court and the judiciary---Judicial restraint, exe…
2022 PLD 499 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
KANWAR NAVEED JAMEEL VS PROVINCE OF SINDH Pt.1, Chap. II, R.10---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Constitutional petition before the (Sindh) High Court---Request for formation of a larger Bench---Petitioner contended that the present ca…
2022 PLD 499 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
KANWAR NAVEED JAMEEL VS PROVINCE OF SINDH art. IV---Constitution of Pakistan, art. 209(8)---Recusal of a Judge from a case---Principles---Judge based on his own conscience had to decide whether to hear a case or not---Judge himself had to d…
2022 PLD 505 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
IJAZ GHANI KHAN VS DISTRICT JUDGE KARACHI CENTRAL Ss. 273 & 381---Conclusiveness of probate or letters of administration---Effect of succession certificate---Scope---Issuance of letter of probate or succession certificate cannot be treated…
2022 PLD 505 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
IJAZ GHANI KHAN VS DISTRICT JUDGE KARACHI CENTRAL Ss. 271 & 270---Disposal of application made to Judge of District in which deceased had no fixed abode---When probate or administration may be granted by District Judge---Scope---Section 271…
2022 PLD 505 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
IJAZ GHANI KHAN VS DISTRICT JUDGE KARACHI CENTRAL Ss. 270 & 271---When probate or administration may be granted by District Judge---Disposal of application made to District Judge in which deceased had no fixed abode---Scope---Where it was c…
2022 PLD 505 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
IJAZ GHANI KHAN VS DISTRICT JUDGE KARACHI CENTRAL S. 270---When probate or administration may be granted by District Judge---Scope---Bare reading of S. 270 of Succession Act, 1925, makes it clear and obvious that such application can compet…
2022 PLD 34 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
FARRUKH AFZAL MUNIF VS MUHAMMAD AFZAL MUNIF Ss. 29 & 30---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O.VII, R.11---Rejection of plaint---Mentally disordered person---Death of owner of properties---Effect---Appellant/plaintiff filed suit for declarat…
2022 PLD 508 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
SAEED AHMED VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN S.23 (1)---Sindh Local Councils (Election) Rules, 2015, Rr. 16 & 18---Election dispute---Nomination papers---Mandatory requirements---Declaration of assets, non-filing of---Joint nomination papers---Eff…
2022 PLD 508 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
SAEED AHMED VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN Rules---Scope---Rules made under any statute, being statutory in nature, have force of law---If rules are intra vires and are validly made by rule-making authority, the same are to be treated as a part…
2022 CLD 61 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
GETZ PHARMA (PVT.) LIMITED VS NOVARTIS AG Ss. 7, 23 & 27--- Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O. XXXIX, R. 4---Sealing order---Interim injunction, vacating of---Principles---Applicant company was aggrieved of Sealing order passed by Control…
2022 CLD 61 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
GETZ PHARMA (PVT.) LIMITED VS NOVARTIS AG O. XXXIX, R. 4---Injunction, vacation of---Principle---Provision of O. XXXIX, R. 4, C.P.C. can be invoked seeking vacation of previous injunction order when it is unduly harsh and or unworkable, or…
2022 CLD 118 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
ZARAI TARAQIATI BANK LIMITED VS YASEEN DAHRI Ss. 15, 24, 9, 7 & 22---Limitation Act (IX of 1908) Ss. 19, 5 & 132---Procedure of Banking Court---Sale of mortgaged property by Financial Institution without intervention of court---Limitation p…
2022 CLD 118 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
ZARAI TARAQIATI BANK LIMITED VS YASEEN DAHRI Construction of statutes prescribing limitation---Scope---Limitation laws were statutes of repose, designed to quieten title and to bar stale and waterlogged disputes and were to be strictly comp…
2022 CLD 161 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
VS Ss. 279, 280, 282, 283 & 285---Scheme of arrangement---Merger and demergers---Objections to scheme of arrangement by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan ("SECP")---Scope---Petitioner public limited companies sought sanctio…
2022 CLD 180 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
VS Ss. 279, 280, 282, 283 & 285---Scheme of arrangement---Merger and demergers---Sanction of the court---Petitioner public and private companies sought sanction of the court for a scheme of arrangement whereby undertakings of some petitione…
2022 CLD 256 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MUHAMMAD LAEEQ VS SINDH ALKALIES LIMITED Ss. 305, 309, 311, 404 & 405---Insolvency (Karachi Division) Act (III of 1909), S. 48 & Second Schedule, Rr. 10, 11---Liquidation of assets of company---Debt, proof of---After the respondent company…
2022 CLD 282 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
VS Ss. 279, 280, 282, 283 & 285---Scheme of arrangement---Merger and demergers---Sanction of the court---Scope---Petitioner public and private limited companies sought sanction for scheme of arrangement whereby specific portions of an under…
2022 CLD 302 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
GOHAR MANZOOR FCA VS INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF PAKISTAN Ss. 20-a & 20-B--- Professional misconduct by Chartered accountant--- Facts, etc. to be laid before the Investigation Committee---Enquiry by the Investigation Committee---S…
2022 CLD 302 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
GOHAR MANZOOR FCA VS INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF PAKISTAN Ss. 20-a & 20-B--- Professional misconduct by Chartered accountant--- Facts, etc. to be laid before the Investigation Committee---Enquiry by the Investigation Committee---S…
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