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2022 MLD 361 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ALI HUSSAIN MANZOOR VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN S.37---Medical Tribunal Act (XXXIV of 2020), S.6 (11)---Admission test---Appeal to Medical Tribunal---Petitioner appeared in Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Test (MDCAT) and was aggrieved…
2022 CLC 1153 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Syed FAISAL MEHBOOB VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN O.XXXIX, Rr. 1 & 2---Interim injunction, grant of---Essentials---For grant of interim injunction, all three ingredients, i.e. (i) prima facie arguable case (ii) irreparable loss and (iii) balanc…
2022 CLC 1153 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Syed FAISAL MEHBOOB VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN art.199---Constitutional jurisdiction---Scope---Interim relief, grant of---Scope---Interim relief could only be granted as per mandate of art.199(4) of the Constitution where it had been clearly…
2022 CLC 1153 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Syed FAISAL MEHBOOB VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN arts. 8, 29 &199---Jurisdiction of High Court---Judicial restraint---Scope---In absence of any glaring illegality/violation of fundamental rights, it was imperative that the Courts should exerci…
2022 CLC 1153 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Syed FAISAL MEHBOOB VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN S.6a---Civil aviation Rules (1994), R.68---Constitution of Pakistan, arts.23, 24 & 91---Judicial restraint---Constitutional petition---Structure free zone within the limits of airport, Notificat…
2022 MLD 392 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
UMAR ZAIB VS State S. 497---Bail---Provisions of law mentioned in FIR---Scope---Courts, even at bail stage, are not bound by the provisions of law applied in the FIR rather have to see the offence applicable from the contents of prosecution…
2022 MLD 392 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
UMAR ZAIB VS State S.497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 394 & 411---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 203---Dacoity and dishonestly receiving stolen property---Bail, refusal of---Suo motu cancellation of bail---Scope---Prosecution case was th…
2022 MLD 392 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
UMAR ZAIB VS State Courts, by virtue of very purpose of their creation, are required to do justice---Expression "justice" in its broadest sense, is the principle that every individual must receive which he deserves according to law---"Justi…
2022 MLD 392 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
UMAR ZAIB VS State S.497---Bail---Successive bail applications---Scope---Rule of fresh ground in subsequent bail applications is so inflexible that it is even made applicable in cases where, the earlier bail petition is withdrawn after some…
2022 MLD 392 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
UMAR ZAIB VS State art.203---High Court to superintend subordinate courts---Suo motu jurisdiction---Scope---Constitutional history of subcontinent reveals that High Courts are always bestowed with powers to supervise and control subordinate…
2022 MLD 392 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
UMAR ZAIB VS State S.497---Bail---Scope---If upon touchstone of tentative assessment, reasonable grounds to connect an accused with commission of crime entailing punishment of 10 years and above are found from record, then concession of pos…
2022 MLD 392 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
UMAR ZAIB VS State Ss.435, 439 & 497---Revisional jurisdiction---Bail matters---Scope---High Court can correct a wrong done by an inferior criminal court through the powers of revision bestowed by Ss. 435 and 439, Cr.P.C.---High Court under…
2022 MLD 392 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
UMAR ZAIB VS State S.497---Bail---Reasonable grounds---Scope---Expression "reasonable grounds" used in S. 497(1), Cr.P.C., is of paramount importance and has been defined as "grounds which attract every prudent mind."
2022 MLD 416 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD QAYYUM ANJUM VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE, MUZAFFARGARH S.10---Dower---Scope---Perusal of S.10 of the Ordinance brings forth the legislative fiat that where no details about the mode of payment of dower have been spelled out by the…
2022 MLD 416 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD QAYYUM ANJUM VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE, MUZAFFARGARH Ss.5 & 10---Rules under the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 1961, R. 10---Registration of marriage---Dower---Form of Nikahnama---Scope---Under the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance,…
2022 MLD 416 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD QAYYUM ANJUM VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE, MUZAFFARGARH S.10---Dower---Scope---Entries in various columns of the Nikahnama are part of an undertaking related to the dower---In column No. 13, the word "Raqm" (amount) has been used;…
2022 MLD 416 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD QAYYUM ANJUM VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE, MUZAFFARGARH S. 10---Dower---Scope---Entry in column No. 14 of the Nikahnama, if incorporated, will indicate the true intention of the parties in relation to the extent of amount (only) fi…
2022 MLD 416 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD QAYYUM ANJUM VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE, MUZAFFARGARH S.10---Dower---Failure to specify the time for payment of dower---Scope---Husband claimed that although the transfer of house was promised in the Nikahnama but the same was de…
2022 MLD 416 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD QAYYUM ANJUM VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE, MUZAFFARGARH Dower---Scope---Dower is an obligation under Holy Quran and Ahadith---Such is the amount of some monetary value to be paid by the husband to the wife at the time of marriage,…
2022 MLD 444 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. AYESHA ANWAR VS State S.498---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss.406, 380, 448---Criminal breach of trust, theft in a dwelling house and house trespass---Pre-arrest bail, confirmation of---Civil litigation---On a dispute of Rs.2,000,000/-bet…
2022 MLD 454 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
IMRAN HUSSAIN VS State S.497---Customs act (IV of 1969), Ss. 2(s), 16, 139, 156(1)(8), 156(1)(70), 157 & 178---Smuggling---Declaration by passenger or crew of baggage---Punishment of persons accompanying a person possessing goods liable to…
2022 MLD 459 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
IFTIKHAR AHMED VS State S. 498---Pre-arrest bail---Scope---Grant of pre-arrest bail is an extra ordinary relief and can be exercised in extraordinary circumstances---If it has imposed certain restrictions of mala fide and ulterior motive, a…
2022 MLD 459 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
IFTIKHAR AHMED VS State S. 498---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302(b), 324, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---Pre-arrest bail, confirmation of---Petitioner had taken…
2022 MLD 471 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SUI NORTHERN GAS PIPELINES LTD VS ALIZ INTERNATIONAL (PVT.) LIMITED O.XIII, Rr. 3 & 6---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 76---Documentary evidence, objection as to admissibility of---Suit for recovery of amount payable against gas connec…
2022 MLD 471 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SUI NORTHERN GAS PIPELINES LTD VS ALIZ INTERNATIONAL (PVT.) LIMITED O.XIII, Rr. 3 & 6---Document, objection as to admissibility of---Principle---Objection as to admissibility of a document should be decided instantaneously as and when raise…
2022 MLD 488 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ABDUL WAHID VS MEMBER BOARD OF REVENUE R.17---Constitution of Pakistan, Art.199---Constitutional petition---Headman (Lumbardar), appointment of---Hereditary claim---Substitution of findings---Respondent was appointed as headman (Lumbardar)…
2022 MLD 558 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD IBRAR KHAN VS State S.497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 324, 148, 149, 337-F(i), 337-L(2) & 34---Attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, rioting armed with deadly weapon, common object, damiyah, common intention---Bail, grant of---Rule of…
2022 MLD 584 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ABDULLAH KHAN VS State S.9(c)---Control of Narcotic Substances (Government Analysts) Rules, 2001, R.6---Possession of narcotics---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Scope---Allegation against accused was that he was apprehended f…
2022 MLD 584 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ABDULLAH KHAN VS State R.6---Report of result of test or analysis---Mandatory provision---Scope---Rule 6 of Control of Narcotic Substances (Government Analysts) Rules, 2001, is mandatory, its non-observance shall invalidate the result.
2022 MLD 607 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
RAJAN VS AMJAD ALI O.VI, Rr.2 & 4---Pleadings---Facts not mentioned---Effect---Material fact has to be mentioned in pleadings and evidence is led to amplify the same---Where material fact is not pleaded in written statement, neither any evi…
2022 MLD 607 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
RAJAN VS AMJAD ALI Ss.42 & 54---Punjab Land Revenue Act (XVII of 1967), S.42---Suit for declaration and injunction---Mutation of sale---Blind woman, transfer from---Duty of revenue authorities---Petitioner / plaintiff was a blind woman who…
2022 CLC 1166 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ABDUL REHMAN KHAN VS The MEMBER (JUDICIAL-V)/CHIEF SETTLEMENT COMMISSIONER Fraud---Effect---Fraud vitiates the most solemn proceedings---Any edifice so raised on the basis of such fraudulent transaction, stands automatically dismantled---An…
2022 CLC 1166 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ABDUL REHMAN KHAN VS The MEMBER (JUDICIAL-V)/CHIEF SETTLEMENT COMMISSIONER S.3---allotment, cancellation of---Chief Settlement Commissioner---Jurisdiction---Fraud and misrepresentation---Effect---Petitioner assailed order of cancellation of…
2022 CLC 1166 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ABDUL REHMAN KHAN VS The MEMBER (JUDICIAL-V)/CHIEF SETTLEMENT COMMISSIONER Void order---Scope---any order which is passed by an authority without jurisdiction, is illegal and void ab-initio.
2022 MLD 634 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD FAIZAN RAZA VS The JUDGE, FAMILY COURT S.14(2)---Maintenance of minors, enhancement of---Appeal/adequate alternate remedy, availability of---Constitutional petition---Maintainability---Contention that appeal was not available again…
2022 MLD 634 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD FAIZAN RAZA VS The JUDGE, FAMILY COURT art.189---Precedent---Rations decidendi---Expression "ratio decidendi" was the ground or reason of decision and the point in a case which determined the judgment---Held, it was the "ratio deci…
2022 MLD 645 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
HAMEEDAN BIBI VS MANZOOR UL HAQ MALIK S.42---Chaant, value of---Patwari, duties of---Chaant was prepared by a halqa patwari, who worked in one or more patwar circle by maintaining various registers including register daakhil kharij (inteqal…
2022 MLD 645 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
HAMEEDAN BIBI VS MANZOOR UL HAQ MALIK S.39---Party not executant of instrument---Suit for cancellation---Maintainability---Suit for cancellation of an instrument by a third party which was not executant of the instrument was not maintainabl…
2022 MLD 645 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
HAMEEDAN BIBI VS MANZOOR UL HAQ MALIK S.8---Recovery of possession---Property sold more than share in joint khata---Respondents instituted suit for declaration with prayer to declare the impugned sale deed as illegal based on fraud etc. sin…
2022 MLD 663 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
IMTIAZ AHMAD VS State Ss.302(b), 324 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Medical evidence---Accused was charged for committing murder of the complainant's son and injuring another p…
2022 MLD 663 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
IMTIAZ AHMAD VS State Witness---Statement of injured witness, reliance upon---Scope---Injuries on the person of a witness may established his presence at the spot but his statement could not be taken as a gospel truth.
2022 MLD 663 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
IMTIAZ AHMAD VS State Motive---Scope---Motive is always considered as double edged weapon, on one hand if it gives a reason or motivation to the accused to commit the crime, on the other hand, it equally provides impetus to the complainant…
2022 MLD 663 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
IMTIAZ AHMAD VS State Ss.302(b), 324 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Contradictions in the statements of witnesses---Accused was charged for committing murder of the complainant…
2022 MLD 663 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
IMTIAZ AHMAD VS State Heinousness of offence---Scope---Mere heinousness of crime should not sway the court to deviate from the settled principles of criminal justice system.
2022 MLD 663 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
IMTIAZ AHMAD VS State Benefit of doubt---Principle---Not necessary that there should be several circumstances creating doubt qua the story of prosecution, rather one reasonable doubt is sufficient to acquit an accused, not as a matter of gr…
2022 MLD 663 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
IMTIAZ AHMAD VS State Ss.302(b), 324 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Contradictions in the statement of complainant---Accused was charged for committing murder of the complainan…
2022 MLD 663 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
IMTIAZ AHMAD VS State Ss.302(b), 324 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Motive not proved---Accused was charged for committing murder of the complainant's son and injuring another…
2022 MLD 663 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
IMTIAZ AHMAD VS State Ss.302(b), 324 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Lack of forensic analysis report with respect to recovered weapon---Accused was charged for committing murde…
2022 MLD 678 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. ANWARI BEGUM VS MUHAMMAD AKRAM S.42---Suit for declaration---Gift---Scope---Petitioner as well as respondent claimed ownership over the disputed property on the basis of alleged gifts made by their father, registered in favour of petit…
2022 MLD 688 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
FAYYAZ-UL-HAQ VS GHULAM NABI (DECEASED) Ss.202 & 206---Power of attorney, rescission/revocation of---Principles---Power of attorney could only be rescinded after serving a notice upon the attorney and any revocation of the attorneyship with…
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