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2022 MLD 688 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
FAYYAZ-UL-HAQ VS GHULAM NABI (DECEASED) S.115---Revisional jurisdiction---Concurrent findings/judgements---Scope---Concurrent findings of fact were against petitioner which did not call for any interference by High Court in exercise of its…
2022 MLD 688 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
FAYYAZ-UL-HAQ VS GHULAM NABI (DECEASED) Ss.202 & 206---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 113---Power of attorney, revocation of---Suit for declaration---Petitioners/plaintiffs alleged that they executed general power of attorney in favour…
2022 MLD 697 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD UMAR VS State Ss.302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Medical and ocular account---Contradictions---Accused was charged that he along with co-accused committed murder of the fat…
2022 MLD 697 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD UMAR VS State Ss.302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Accused was charged that he along with co-accused committed murder of the father of complainant by firing---Serious discrep…
2022 MLD 697 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD UMAR VS State Ss.302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Unnatural conduct of eyewitnesses---Scope---Accused was charged that he along with co-accused committed murder of the fathe…
2022 MLD 714 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
The BANK OF PUNJAB VS OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSPERSON (MOHTASIB), PUNJAB S.6---appeal against minor or major penalty---Modification in penalty---Discretionary jurisdiction---Scope---No provision in the Protection against Harassment of Women at t…
2022 MLD 722 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
TAZEEM BUTT VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB R.31---Cancellation of licence---Opportunity of hearing---Scope---Petitioners challenged the vires of order passed by Deputy Commissioner whereby licences of arms issued in their favour were cancelled---Val…
2022 MLD 731 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SAMIA ANWAR VS NASIR HUSSAIN S.5, Sched.---Maintenance, re-fixation of---Determining factor---Financial status---Principle---Family Court had exclusive jurisdiction relating to maintenance allowance and matters connected therewith---If the…
2022 MLD 731 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SAMIA ANWAR VS NASIR HUSSAIN S.5, Sched.---Suit for recovery of maintenance, delivery charges and dowry articles---Petitioner/plaintiffs (wife) claimed that respondent (husband) behaved cruelly and ousted the petitioner from his house (in 4…
2022 MLD 744 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD AZEEM VS State S. 498---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 337-F(i), 337-F(iii), 34 & 289---Damiyah, mutalahimah, negligent conduct with respect to animal and common intention---Pre-arrest bail, refusal of---Medical and ocular evidence-…
2022 CLC 1188 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
AYESHA SAJID VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Finance Secretary O.XXXIX, Rr.1 & 2---Constitution of Pakistan, Art.199---Constitutional petition---Injunction sought---Jurisdiction of High Court---Outstanding tax payable under a tax statute,…
2022 CLC 1188 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
AYESHA SAJID VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Finance Secretary "Obiter dicta"---Scope and meaning
2022 CLC 1188 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
AYESHA SAJID VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Finance Secretary arts.189 & 203---"Judgment per-incurium"---Defined---Word "per-incuriam" meant "carelessness"---Once the Court had come to the conclusion that the judgment was delivered per-i…
2022 MLD 762 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
AKBAR ALI VS SHAHID HAYAT KHAN Ss.20, 21, O.VII, R.10 & O.XXXVII, R.1--- Recovery of money on the basis of dishonored cheque---Territorial jurisdiction---Appellant / defendant assailed order passed by Trial Court declining to return plaint-…
2022 MLD 775 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ANWAR BAIG VS MUHAMMAD IMRAN KHAN O.VII, R.11a---Rejection of plaint, application for---Scope---Purpose of the legislature in introducing R.11a in O.VII of Civil Procedure Code, 1908 was to discourage the parties to the lis from moving bela…
2022 MLD 775 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ANWAR BAIG VS MUHAMMAD IMRAN KHAN S.13---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O.VII, R. 11---Rejection of Plaint---Suit for pre-emption---Talb-i-Ishhad---Non-sending of notice within prescribed time---Scope---Bounden duty of the court to rejec…
2022 MLD 775 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ANWAR BAIG VS MUHAMMAD IMRAN KHAN art.199---Constitutional jurisdiction of High Court---Scope---High Court, while invoking its constitutional jurisdiction, would always exercise restraint in interfering with the judgment or order passed in…
2022 MLD 775 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ANWAR BAIG VS MUHAMMAD IMRAN KHAN S.13---Demands of pre-emption---Notice of Talb-i-Ishhad, non-sending within prescribed period---Held, that Talb-i-Ishhad was to be made by the pre-emptor as quickly as possible but not later than two weeks…
2022 MLD 787 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
FAYYAZ AHMED VS BILAL AHMED S.115---Revision---Scope---High Court could interfere, in revisional jurisdiction, only where the subordinate Court exercised a jurisdiction not vested in it or failed to exercise a jurisdiction vested in it, or…
2022 MLD 787 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
FAYYAZ AHMED VS BILAL AHMED S.114---Review jurisdiction of High Court---Scope---Review proceedings could not partake rehearing of a decided case---High Court in exercise of its review jurisdiction could not sit as a court of appeal against…
2022 MLD 787 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
FAYYAZ AHMED VS BILAL AHMED S.114 & O. XLVII, Rr.1 & 2---Review---Scope---Review could only be allowed when some new and important matter or evidence has been discovered, which after exercise of due diligence is not within knowledge---Order…
2022 MLD 787 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
FAYYAZ AHMED VS BILAL AHMED S.114 & O.XLVII, Rr.1 & 2---Review---Scope---Points already raised and considered could not be re-agitated in review jurisdiction.
2022 MLD 787 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
FAYYAZ AHMED VS BILAL AHMED S.114 & O. XLVII, Rr. 1 & 2---Review---Scope---Most essential requirement for invoking review jurisdiction of the Court is that important evidence having a material bearing upon the merits of the case and decisio…
2022 MLD 810 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
TARIQ JAVED VS CHAIRMAN, NATIONAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY, ISLAMABAD art.199---Constitutional petition---Policy decision---Maintainability---Scope---Petitioner impugned the scheme of respondent by which they were erecting/constructing a bridge---…
2022 MLD 818 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
NAZEER AHMED (DECEASED) VS SHAUKAT ALI (DECEASED) S.33---Respondent filed application for making award Rule of the Court---Petitioner filed application for setting aside Arbitration Agreement and the said award---Civil Court accepted the pe…
2022 MLD 859 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
WAJID RASOOL VS REGISTRAR COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES Ss.16-a & 44-B---Election Rules, R.5---Registrar, powers of---amendment of bye-laws---Consistent practice---Effect---Petitioners were aggrieved of order passed by Registrar including Secretary…
2022 MLD 859 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
WAJID RASOOL VS REGISTRAR COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES S.44-D---Power of Registrar of Cooperative Societies (Registrar)---Bye-laws---Status---Bye-laws of a society carry statutory force not greater than directions issued by Registrar under S.44-D…
2022 MLD 859 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
WAJID RASOOL VS REGISTRAR COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES Harmony---Court must avoid head on clash of seemingly contradicting provisions of law and must harmonize the same.
2022 MLD 884 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD IMTIAZ KHAN VS MEMBER, BOARD OF REVENUE Ss.3, 5 & 15---Constitution of Pakistan, Art.10-A---Consolidation of holdings---Review of mutation by Consolidation Officer---Jurisdiction---Petitioner was aggrieved of review of mutation in…
2022 MLD 896 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
QAMAR-UL-ZAMAN VS State Ss.337-F(v), 337-L(2) & 34---Ghayr-jaifah-hashimah, causing hurt, common intension---Appreciation of evidence---Revisional court enhanced the sentences of imprisonment of accused granted by the Trial Court---Scope---…
2022 MLD 896 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
QAMAR-UL-ZAMAN VS State Medical evidence---Ocular account corroborated by medical evidence---Scope---If medical evidence corroborated ocular version of prosecution, same would be sufficient to hold the accused guilty of offence.
2022 MLD 896 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
QAMAR-UL-ZAMAN VS State Witness---Statement of single witness---Scope---Evidence of even a single witness, if found credible and reliable by the Court, is sufficient to convict the accused persons.
2022 MLD 911 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
IRFAN AHMAD VS State S.498---Pre-arrest bail---Scope---Even the merits of the case can be touched upon while deciding a pre-arrest bail application.
2022 MLD 911 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
IRFAN AHMAD VS State S.498---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss.376 & 342---Rape---Wrongful confinement---Pre-arrest bail, grant of---Scope---Complainant was married with the accused, relations between the parties remained cordial for some time,…
2022 MLD 911 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
IRFAN AHMAD VS State S.498---Pre-arrest bail---Mala fide---Scope---Mala fide can be gathered from the facts and circumstances of the case.
2022 MLD 929 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SUBA VS Mst. HALIMA BIBI O.XXIII, R. 2---Limitation Act (IX of 1908), S. 14 & Art. 120---Inheritance---Withdrawal of suit with permission to file afresh---Limitation, commencement of---Suit for declaration and permanent injunction---Respond…
2022 CLC 1196 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Syed TAHWER HUSSAIN RIZVI VS Syed JAVED ALI RIZVI S.43---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), S.9, O.VII, R.11---Suit for declaration---Respondent's suit was rejected by Civil Court for want of jurisdiction---Appellate Court reversed and reman…
2022 CLC 1196 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Syed TAHWER HUSSAIN RIZVI VS Syed JAVED ALI RIZVI Preamble---Scope---Practice of holding benami property had become a device for corrupt segment of the society as means of concealing money or property to evade payment of proper taxes or to…
2022 MLD 939 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD RAFIQ VS HUSSAIN S.27---Suit for specific performance of agreement---Bona fide purchaser---Proof---Inquiry as to title of property---Essentials---Where subsequent vendee conducted no inquiry regarding the title of property in quest…
2022 MLD 939 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD RAFIQ VS HUSSAIN S.27---Suit for specific performance of agreement---Subsequent purchaser, bona fide status of---Knowledge of agreement---Onus of proof, discharge of---Essentials---Appellant allegedly approached few days prior to m…
2022 MLD 939 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD RAFIQ VS HUSSAIN S.100---Second appeal---Power/jurisdiction of High Court to reverse concurrent findings of courts below---Scope---High Court had ample power to undo the concurrent findings recorded by Courts below in exercise of a…
2022 MLD 939 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD RAFIQ VS HUSSAIN S.27---Subsequent purchaser, bona fide character of---Proof---Subsequent vendee had to discharge the initial onus: firstly, that he acquired property for due consideration and thus was a transferee for value; secon…
2022 MLD 973 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUSLIM COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED VS Mst. NUSRAT JAMEELA Ss.2(a), 3 & 5---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), S.38 & O.XXI---Contempt proceedings, validity of---Execution of decree---Scope---Petitioner impugned order of Trial Court whereby upon…
2022 MLD 978 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ZULFIQAR AHMAD VS State S.302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Accused was charged for committing murder of the deceased by firing---Weapon of offence was recovered at the instance of accused---Reliance---Scope---Kalashnikov was…
2022 MLD 978 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ZULFIQAR AHMAD VS State S.302(b)---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 342---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Defence plea---Scope---Accused was charged for committing murder of the deceased by firing---First portion of defence p…
2022 MLD 978 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ZULFIQAR AHMAD VS State Duty of the prosecution---Scope---Prosecution was under legal obligation to prove its case beyond the shadow of doubt irrespective of defence pleas, either consistent or inconsistent and only if the prosecution succe…
2022 MLD 978 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ZULFIQAR AHMAD VS State S.302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Accused was charged for committing murder of the deceased by firing---Motive behind the occurrence was that the accused was apprehending the complainant party to hav…
2022 MLD 993 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mian SHAHZAD IQBAL VS State S.498---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302, 324, 447, 452, 511, 109, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, criminal trespass, house-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restrain…
2022 MLD 993 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mian SHAHZAD IQBAL VS State S.498---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302, 324, 447, 452, 511, 109, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, criminal trespass, house-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restrain…
2022 MLD 993 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mian SHAHZAD IQBAL VS State S.498---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302, 324, 447, 452, 511, 109, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, criminal trespass, house-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restrain…
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