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2022 YLRN 192 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SAKHAWAT ALI VS State Circumstantial evidence---Scope---Accused can be convicted on the basis of circumstantial evidence but one end of chain should be connected to the place of occurrence or the dead body and other to the neck of accused a…
2022 YLRN 192 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SAKHAWAT ALI VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd and common intention--- Appreciation of evidence--- Falsus in uno falsus in omnibus---Applicability---Benefit of doubt---Un-natural conduct---Private recovery--- Rule of consistency---Scope…
2022 YLRN 198 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SAFDAR HAYAT VS State S. 540---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302, 324, 337-F(iii) & 34---Power to summon the material record---Scope---Petitioner moved applications for rectifying clerical mistake and for summoning record of rescue 15 along…
2022 YLRN 201 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
NAVEED SHAH VS State S. 302--- Qatl-i-amd--- Delayed postmortem--- Scope--- Delay in conducting postmortem is normally occasioned due to incomplete police papers required to be handed over to the Medical Officer to conduct the postmortem ex…
2022 YLRN 201 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
NAVEED SHAH VS State S. 302(b)---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 129(g)---Qatl-i-amd--- Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Delayed FIR---Delayed post-mortem---Un-natural conduct---Chance witness---Withholding best evidence---…
2022 YLRN 201 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
NAVEED SHAH VS State Duty of prosecution---Scope---Prosecution has to prove its case against the accused by standing on its own legs and it cannot take any benefit from the weakness of the case of defence.
2022 YLRN 201 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
NAVEED SHAH VS State Benefit of doubt---Scope---If there is a single circumstance which creates doubt regarding the prosecution case, the same is sufficient to give benefit of doubt to the accused.
2022 YLRN 201 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
NAVEED SHAH VS State Witness--- Chance witness--- Scope---Testimony of a chance witness requires cautious scrutiny and is not to be accepted unless he gives satisfactory explanation of presence at or near the place of occurrence at the rele…
2022 YLRN 210 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD RIZWAN VS State Ss. 365-a, 170 & 171---anti-Terrorism act (XXVII of 1997), S. 7---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), art. 129(g)---Kidnapping or abduction for extorting property, valuable security, etc., personating a public servant, w…
2022 YLRN 210 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD RIZWAN VS State Ss. 365-a, 170 & 171---anti-Terrorism act (XXVII of 1997), S. 7---Kidnapping or abduction for extorting property, valuable security, etc., personating a public servant, wearing garb or carrying token used by public…
2022 YLRN 210 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD RIZWAN VS State Ss. 365-a, 170 & 171---anti-Terrorism act (XXVII of 1997), S. 7---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), Ss. 265-J & 164---Kidnapping or abduction for extorting property, valuable security, etc., personating a public…
2022 YLRN 210 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD RIZWAN VS State S. 342---Examination of accused---Scope---According to the legislative mandate of S. 342(1), Cr.P.C., the accused was incumbently required to be confronted with the circumstances, which later could be used for award…
2022 PLD 188 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
THREE STARS HOSIERY MILLS LIMITED VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN Ss. 7 & 8(3)---Natural Gas Tariff Rules, 2002, R. 3(1)---Notification dated 18-7-2006, Item No.9 category A---Late Payment Surcharge (LPS)---Maxim 'actus curiae neminem gravabit' (…
2022 PLD 188 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
THREE STARS HOSIERY MILLS LIMITED VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN actus curiae neminem gravabit (act of the Court shall prejudice no man)---Connotation---Factor attracting applicability of restitution is not the act of being wrongful or a mistake…
2022 PLD 197 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
RIDA FATIMA VS PAKISTAN MEDICAL COMMISSION S. 18---Pakistan Medical Commission Conduct of Examination Regulations, 2021, Reglns. 3 & 4---General Clauses Act (X of 1897), S. 13---Medical and Dental Colleges Admissions Test---Eligibility for…
2022 PLD 197 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
RIDA FATIMA VS PAKISTAN MEDICAL COMMISSION Delegated legislation---Scope---Question before High Court was as to under what circumstances a delegated legislation or any part thereof can be put under judicial scrutiny to be followed by declar…
2022 PLD 197 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
RIDA FATIMA VS PAKISTAN MEDICAL COMMISSION Delegated legislation---Scope---Delegated legislation forms an important part of the statutory law, which expounds and explains the skeleton principles of the parent statute in order to achieve the…
2022 PLD 197 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
RIDA FATIMA VS PAKISTAN MEDICAL COMMISSION S. 18---National Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Test, 2021---Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Test---Scope---Expression "on a date"---Expression "single admissions test"---Scope---Petit…
2022 PLD 214 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SAIMA VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE Ss. 7, 10 & 22---Constitution of Pakistan, Art.199---Constitutional petition---Divorce and judicial separation---Allegation of adultery---Proof---Petitioner/plaintiff was Christian by faith who sought diss…
2022 PLD 224 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Qari MUHAMMAD ATTA ULLAH VS DISTRICT POLICE OFFICER, SIALKOT R. 25.55(3)--- Investigation--- Case dairies--- Maintenance---Procedure---To curb illegal practice of police officials regarding arrest and production of accused before Area Magis…
2022 PLD 224 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Qari MUHAMMAD ATTA ULLAH VS DISTRICT POLICE OFFICER, SIALKOT R. 25.55(3)---Police Order, 2002, R. 155(c)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Constitutional petition---Habeas corpus---Case dairies---Maintenance---Misconduct---Detenu was r…
2022 PLD 235 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ABDUL REHMAN VS State S. 59---Gathering of evidence---Foreign requests---Object---Provision of S.59 of Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997 is to protect basic right of fair trial and due process in offences which are disclosed and repo…
2022 PLD 235 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ABDUL REHMAN VS State Ss. 9(c), 58, 59 & 60---Recovery of narcotic substances---Appreciation of evidence---Foreign assistance---Aut dedre, aut judicare, principle of---Applicability---Narcotics in heavy quantity was recovered in a foreign s…
2022 PLD 235 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ABDUL REHMAN VS State S.66---Extradition---Aut dedre, aut judicare, principle of---Applicability---Principle of aut dedre, aut judicare, finds its place in international criminal law ad is core principle in extradition offences---Such princ…
2022 PLD 235 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ABDUL REHMAN VS State Ss. 58 & 59---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Arts. 89 (3) & 96---Criminal investigation in foreign country---Principle---Presumption cannot be imported from foreign jurisdiction about documents which are not admissible…
2022 PLD 18 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Lady Dr. NAFEESA SALEEM VS JUSTICE OF PEACE/ADDITIONAL SESSIONS JUDGE, MULTAN Ss.29, 30, 26, 2(xvii) & 2(xii)---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), Ss. 22-A & 22-B---Medical negligence---Criminal liability for medical negligence---Healthca…
2022 PLD 18 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Lady Dr. NAFEESA SALEEM VS JUSTICE OF PEACE/ADDITIONAL SESSIONS JUDGE, MULTAN "Healthcare", meaning of---"Healthcare" was the field concerned with the maintenance or restoration of the health of the body or mind and covered a broad spectrum…
2022 PLD 18 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Lady Dr. NAFEESA SALEEM VS JUSTICE OF PEACE/ADDITIONAL SESSIONS JUDGE, MULTAN Medical negligence---Constituent elements to establish medical negligence---"Bolam test", concept and application of---Criminal liability for medical negligence--…
2022 PLD 18 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Lady Dr. NAFEESA SALEEM VS JUSTICE OF PEACE/ADDITIONAL SESSIONS JUDGE, MULTAN Negligence, concept of---Negligence as a tort was the breach of a duty caused by omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided by such considerations wh…
2022 PLD 263 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
YASIR VS State Directory or mandatory statute---Scope---Legislative intention and object to make a law is main determinative factor to treat the provision of such law as mandatory or directory.
2022 PLD 263 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
YASIR VS State Preamble & S. 9---Investigation in respect of Scheduled offences---Scope---Rape and other forms of sexual assault are a life devastating and traumatic tragedies for any woman, equally burdensome is the process to bring the cu…
2022 PLD 263 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
YASIR VS State S. 9---Investigation in respect of Scheduled offences---Scope---Investigation of cases pertaining to sexual assault always remains focal point for the reformers of criminal justice system, as investigation of a criminal case…
2022 PLD 263 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
YASIR VS State Ss. 9 & 22---Investigation in respect of Scheduled offences---False investigation or complaint---Scope---If Anti-Rape (Investigation and Trial) Ordinance, 2020, requires investigation to be carried out in accordance with S. 9…
2022 PLD 263 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
YASIR VS State Preamble & S. 9---Investigation in respect of Scheduled Offences---Scope---Anti-Rape (Investigation and Trial) Ordinance, 2020 was promulgated to cater the shortcomings and failings of investigation procedure and of trials in…
2022 PLC(CS) 6 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB through Secretary Health VS MUHAMMAD KAMRAN BASHIR Recruitment/hiring process---Interview---Vested right, creation of---Scope---Department impugned order of High Court whereby Constitutional petition of respondent was a…
2022 PLC(CS) 6 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB through Secretary Health VS MUHAMMAD KAMRAN BASHIR "Vested right", meaning and scope of----"Right" in its most general sense was either liberty (protected by law) of acting or abstaining from acting in a certain manner…
2022 PLC(CS) 43 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Sheikh ABDUL KHALIQ VS GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, through Secretary Establishment, Islamabad Ss. 15 & 17(5)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art.199---Constitutional petition---Group insurance, payment of---Principle---Petitioner…
2022 PLC(CS) 56 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ASLAM VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN Daily wagers (Chowkidars)---Regularization in service---Public limited company---Discrimination---Held, that 'Pakistan Agricultural Storage and Services Corporation' (PASSCO) was a public limited com…
2022 PLC(CS) 92 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ALTAF HUSSAIN VS FPSC through Chairman Terms and conditions of service---Promotion---Evaluation of a candidate / civil servant via an interview---Scope---Interview of a candidate / civil servant was a subjective test, and it was not possibl…
2022 PLC(CS) 109 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
QAMAR ALTAF VS The COMMISSIONER MULTAN Ss.42 & 53---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O.XXXIX, Rr.1 & 2---Interim injunction---Concealment of facts---Respondent was compulsorily retired on charge of corruption and his allotment of governmen…
2022 PLC(CS) 109 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
QAMAR ALTAF VS The COMMISSIONER MULTAN art.10a---Fair trial---Criminal and civil proceedings---applicability---Requirement of fairness imposed under art. 10a of the Constitution would apply to civil and criminal proceedings taken as a whole…
2022 PLC(CS) 109 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
QAMAR ALTAF VS The COMMISSIONER MULTAN art. 10a---Fair trial---Integral part of legislation---Principles of fair trial, as guaranteed by art.10a of the Constitution, were to be read as an integral part of every sub-constitutional legislativ…
2022 PLC(CS) 109 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
QAMAR ALTAF VS The COMMISSIONER MULTAN O.XXXIX, Rr.1 & 2---Injunction/grant of---Concealment of fact---Scope---Injunction could only be issued in aid of equity and justice and not in aid of injustice---Court would not confer its equitable r…
2022 PLC(CS) 109 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
QAMAR ALTAF VS The COMMISSIONER MULTAN art. 10a---Fair trial---Equality of arms, doctrine of---Concealment of facts---Scope---"Equality of arms" meant giving each party a reasonable responsibility to present its cause in such conditions as…
2022 PLC(CS) 109 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
QAMAR ALTAF VS The COMMISSIONER MULTAN S.10---Res sub judice-applicability on appeals---Scope---Doctrine of res sub judice embodied in S.10 of Civil Procedure Code, 1908, extends in its application to appeals.
2022 PLC(CS) 109 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
QAMAR ALTAF VS The COMMISSIONER MULTAN O.XXXIII, R.1---Withdrawal of suit with permission to file afresh---Injunction/equitable relief---No permission was required for filing a fresh suit where the fresh suit had already been filed and with…
2022 PLC(CS) 157 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ASIF MUSHTAQ VS GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB Termination of service---Regularization of service---Scope---Challenge to validity of order passed by Service Tribunal---Maintainability---Scope---Petitioner invoked the constitutional jurisdiction o…
2022 PLC(CS) 157 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ASIF MUSHTAQ VS GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB ad hoc appointment---Scope---ad hoc employee has neither the right to hold the post beyond the period for which he is appointed nor the government has a right to continue with such ad hoc appointee f…
2022 PLC(CS) 208 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB VS Mst. SABA JABEEN appointment to advertised post---Wrong description of qualification---Scope---Respondent applied for the post of ESE (Sci-Math)---Policy for Recruitment provided that for appointment as ESE (Sci-Math…
2022 PLC(CS) 282 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD SHAFIQUE VS GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB Contractual employment---Scope---Petitioner sought direction to the Provincial Government to regularize his services from the date of appointment as Junior Clerk with back benefits---Validity---Appo…
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