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2022 CLD 315 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
FOREL INTERNATIONAL TRADING VS WAQAS AHMED JAT S. 8---Malicious prosecution---Damages, claim for---Suit for damages against Federal Investigation Agency ("FIA") for initiation of inquiry and passing order of freezing Bank accounts---Scope--…
2022 CLD 315 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
FOREL INTERNATIONAL TRADING VS WAQAS AHMED JAT S. 7---Federal Investigation Agency Act, 1974 (VIII of 1975), S. 5---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O. VII, R. 11---Specific Relief Act (I of 1877), S. 56(e)---Original civil jurisdiction---…
2022 CLD 352 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MIRPURKHAS SUGAR MILLS LIMITED VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice arts. 18 & 151(1)---Expression "shall be free"---Scope---Expression "shall be free" does not mean stark and bald freedom without any rest…
2022 CLD 352 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MIRPURKHAS SUGAR MILLS LIMITED VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice "Pith and substance", principle of---Applicability---Stretching of meaning---Limit---Constitution is a living and organic document prone…
2022 CLD 352 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MIRPURKHAS SUGAR MILLS LIMITED VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice arts. 142 & 143---Federal and Provincial laws---Residuary jurisdiction---Object, purpose and scope---Competency to legislate---Preconditi…
2022 CLD 352 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MIRPURKHAS SUGAR MILLS LIMITED VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice Deeming clause---Applicability---Not uncommon to use a deeming provision in any statute to give validity to a situation which did not exi…
2022 CLD 352 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MIRPURKHAS SUGAR MILLS LIMITED VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice Preamble---Free competition, providing of---Consumer protection---Scope---Intent of Legislature is to make an overarching law, national i…
2022 CLD 352 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MIRPURKHAS SUGAR MILLS LIMITED VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice art. 18---Trade and business regulation of---Right---Regulating trade and business is not mere a formality but a requirement arising out…
2022 CLD 352 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MIRPURKHAS SUGAR MILLS LIMITED VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice art.151(2)---Freedom of trade, commerce and intercourse---Scope---Provision of art. 151(2) of the Constitution explicitly confers legisla…
2022 CLD 352 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MIRPURKHAS SUGAR MILLS LIMITED VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice art. 18 & Federal Legislative List, Entry No. 58---Right to do lawful trade etc.---Federation, duty of---Principle---Duty is cast upon Fe…
2022 CLD 352 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MIRPURKHAS SUGAR MILLS LIMITED VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice Ss. 3, 4 & 10---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 140-A, 141 & 151---Anti-competitive conduct---Inter-provincial trade---Measures---Where a…
2022 CLD 352 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MIRPURKHAS SUGAR MILLS LIMITED VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice Presumption---applicability---Presumption always leans in favour of Constitutionality and legality of a statute---Where two opinions are…
2022 CLD 352 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MIRPURKHAS SUGAR MILLS LIMITED VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice When a right is conferred upon a person by any law, certain duties upon him at the same time are pieced together to regulate it.
2022 CLD 352 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MIRPURKHAS SUGAR MILLS LIMITED VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice art. 142---Words "subject to the Constitution"---Scope---Words 'subject to the Constitution' implies that it cannot be read in isolation…
2022 CLD 352 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MIRPURKHAS SUGAR MILLS LIMITED VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice Occupied filed and repugnancy, doctrines of---Distinguished---Doctrine of occupied field relates to those legislative entries of Province…
2022 CLD 352 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MIRPURKHAS SUGAR MILLS LIMITED VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice art. 142---Federal and Provincial laws---Subject matter---Phrase "subject to the Constitution"---Scope---Words 'Subject to the Constituti…
2022 CLD 352 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MIRPURKHAS SUGAR MILLS LIMITED VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice Intent of Legislature---Determining factors---In order to know true intent of Legislature, conditions inducing its necessity; the scheme…
2022 CLD 352 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MIRPURKHAS SUGAR MILLS LIMITED VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice Ss. 3, 4, 10, 38 & 62---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 13, 18, 142, 143 & 151---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), S. 11---Sugar industry…
2022 CLD 352 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MIRPURKHAS SUGAR MILLS LIMITED VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice Ss. 3, 4, 10 & 38---Free competition, maintenance of---Proceedings, nature of---Provisions of Ss. 3, 4 & 10 of Competition Act, 2010, are…
2022 CLD 352 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MIRPURKHAS SUGAR MILLS LIMITED VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice Parliament is the supreme law-making body and is duly empowered by the Constitution to exercise its authority as and when needed to meet…
2022 CLD 443 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
ALI ASLAM MALIK VS NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU through Chairman Ss. 2(pa), 27 & 41-B [as inserted by Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (Amendment) Act (XXXVI of 2016)]---National Accountability Ordinance (XVIII of 1999), S.…
2022 CLD 511 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
HILAL FOODS (PRIVATE) LIMITED VS DANPAK FOOD INDUSTRIES (PRIVATE) LIMITED Ss. 40 & 67---Copyright Ordinance (XXXIV of 1962), Ss. 56 & 60---Specific Relief Act (I of 1877), S. 54---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O. XXXIX, Rr. 1 & 2---Infr…
2022 CLD 630 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
NINA INDUSTRIES LIMITED VS Ss. 284, 285, 286, 287 & 288---Companies (Court) Rules, 1997, R. 55---Scheme of Arrangements---Settling of liabilities---Court, jurisdiction of---Commercial wisdom of parties---Petitioner company due to financial…
2022 CLD 652 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
WAQAR ZAKA VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice and Parliamentarian Affairs Legality of---Scope---Petitioner wanted to open the business concerning crypto currency exchange in Pakistan---State Bank of Paki…
2022 CLD 775 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN VS BANKERS EQUITY LIMITED (BEL) S. 83---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 561-A---Quashing of proceedings---Scope---Accused sought quashing of proceedings initiated on a complaint filed by State of Bank of Pakis…
2022 CLD 775 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN VS BANKERS EQUITY LIMITED (BEL) Ss. 561-a & 221---Quashing of proceedings---Charge---Scope---Where a court has ordered that a charge should be framed then it is not open to the successor Judge to sit over the order of…
2022 CLD 872 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Syed AMEER ALI VS NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN Ss. 9, 10 & 22---Recovery of finance---Relationship of financial institution and customer---Conditional leave---Furnishing Bank guarantee---Principle---Appellant/defendant was granted conditional…
2022 CLD 894 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
PAKISTAN MICROFINANCE BANK LIMITED VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN Ss. 3, 22 & 28---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S. 409---Federal Investigating Agency (Enquiries and Investigation) Rules, 2002, R. 5---Criminal breach of trust---Inquiry into offence-…
2022 CLD 894 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
PAKISTAN MICROFINANCE BANK LIMITED VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN S. 3---"Microfinance Institution" and "Microfinance Bank"---Distinction---Microfinance Institution is a different entity than Microfinance Bank---Microfinance Institution licensed…
2022 CLD 902 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
ARIF KAMAL VS State Ss. 4 & 5---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 420, 468, 471, 477-A & 34---Prevention of Corruption Act (II of 1947), S. 5(2)---Appreciation of evidence---Jurisdiction of Banking Courts---Prosecution case was that the accused…
2022 CLD 918 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Mian ASAD OMER MAGGO VS HEWLETT-PACKARD SINGAPORE (SALES) PTE LIMITED O. I, R. 10(2)---Contract/partnership---Application filed by one of the defendants/a foreign Company to delete its name from array of the defendants on the ground that it…
2022 CLD 955 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
WEST WHARF WAREHOUSE COMPANY (PRIVATE) LIMITED VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN S. 80 & Form XXIX---Petitioner company, a warehouse keeper---Change of name of company---Scope---Petitioner company was aggrieved of notice issued by Karachi Port Trus…
2022 CLD 999 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
ALI HUSAIN RAJABALI LIMITED VS S. 89---Reduction in share capital---Scope---Petitioner sought confirmation of the Court to reduction of paid up capital---Validity---In case of confirmation of resolution of reduced share capital the question…
2022 CLD 1008 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN VS PIONEER ALLIANCE PVT. LTD. Ss. 61 & 63(9)---Companies Ordinance (XLVII of 1984), S. 391---Winding up proceedings---Claim settlement of---Applicants objected to claim of Official Liquidator over property in question…
2022 CLD 1017 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Mirza SHAHNAWAZ AGHA VS SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN Ss. 30 & 37---Companies Ordinance (XLVII of 1984), Ss.270 & 281---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 409, 420, 468, 471 & 477-A---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), Ss. 265…
2022 CLD 1032 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
NUTRICO MORINAGA (PVT.) LIMITED AND ANOTHER VS Ss. 279, 280, 281, 282, 283 & 285---Merger of companies---Scheme of arrangement---Approval of---Principle---Petitioner companies sought their merger with approval of scheme of arrangements file…
2022 CLD 1042 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
ASKARI BANK LIMITED VS TARA CHAND S.20(1)(a) & (b)---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S.265-K---Wilful default---Appreciation of evidence---Appeal against acquittal---Prosecution case was that respondent availed finance facilities but d…
2022 CLD 1055 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MFG INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED VS SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN S. 89---Reduction of Share Capital---Principle---Petitioner company sought reduction of share capital---Principle---Validity---Confirmation of resolution of red…
2022 CLD 1063 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Mst. KANWAL VS Dr. MUHAMMAD SUHAIL S. 118---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O. XXXVII, Rr. 1 & 2---Suit for recovery of money on the basis of negotiable instrument---Promissory Note---Presumption---Respondent/plaintiff sought recovery of…
2022 CLD 1478 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
BANKERS EQUITY LIMITED VS BANK AL-FALAH LIMITED Ss. 2(c), 9 & 22---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), S. 12(2)---Suit for recovery of finance---Relationship of customer---Proof---Judgment and decree of Banking Court was assailed on the plea…
2022 CLD 1499 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MCB BANK LIMITED VS IQBAL AHMED Ss. 19 & 22---Execution of decree---Release of property from attachment---Decree holder bank was aggrieved of order passed by Banking Court releasing property in question from attachment---Validity---No mortg…
2022 CLD 1523 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
SAEED AKHTAR VS MUSLIM COMMERCIAL BANK PAKISTAN LTD. Ss. 2(c), 9, 19 & 22---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), S. 12(2)---Banking suit---Scope---Party not part of Banking suit---Appellant claimed to be owner of mortgaged property, who sought…
2022 PLD 521 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
SEAMAX MARINE SERVICES VS MINISTRY OF MARITIME AFFAIRS R. 48---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), S. 9 & O. VII, R. 11---Specific Relief act (I of 1877), Ss. 42, 54 & 55--- Courts to try all civil suits unless barred---Rejection of plaint---…
2022 PLD 521 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
SEAMAX MARINE SERVICES VS MINISTRY OF MARITIME AFFAIRS S. 9---Courts to try all civil suits unless barred---Scope---Under S. 9 of C.P.C., civil courts have jurisdiction to try all suits of a civil nature excepting suits of which their cogni…
2022 PLD 521 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
SEAMAX MARINE SERVICES VS MINISTRY OF MARITIME AFFAIRS S. 23---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), S. 9---Courts to try all civil suits unless barred---Indemnity---Scope---Public Procurement Regulatory Authority Ordinance, 2002, does not infe…
2022 PLD 521 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
SEAMAX MARINE SERVICES VS MINISTRY OF MARITIME AFFAIRS S. 9---Courts to try all civil suits unless barred---Scope---Ouster of the jurisdiction of civil courts is not to be inferred lightly.
2022 PLD 521 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
SEAMAX MARINE SERVICES VS MINISTRY OF MARITIME AFFAIRS R. 48---Redressal of grievances by the procuring agency---Scope---Rule 48 of Public Procurement Rules, 2004 does not expressly bar the jurisdiction of a civil court, let alone a High Co…
2022 PLD 527 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
ABDUL KADER VS SULEMAN Ss. 278, 299 & 384---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O. VII, R. 10---Letter of administration---Pecuniary jurisdiction---Return of application---Scope---Appellants assailed order passed by District Judge whereby app…
2022 PLD 532 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Syed MUHAMMAD ASIF SULTAN VS PROVINCE OF SINDH through Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities S. 6---ancient Monument Preservation act (VII of 1904), S. 3---antiquities act, 1975 (VII of 1976), Ss. 10 & 19---Specific Relief…
2022 PLD 542 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
ADNAN AHMED VS PROVINCE OF SINDH through Chief Secretary to the Government of Sindh Rr. 5, 7(2), Forms "C" & "D"---General Clauses Act (X of 1897), S. 21---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Constitutional petition---Locus poenitentiae, d…
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