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2022 PCrLJ 1852 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ADNAN VS State Ss. 302, 109 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, abetment, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Unnatural conduct of eye-witnesses---Scope---Accused was charged for committing murder of the nephew of the complainan…
2022 PCrLJ 1852 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ADNAN VS State Ss. 302, 109 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, abetment, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Recovery of churri (crime weapon) from the possession of accused---Reliance---Scope---Accused was charged for committi…
2022 PCrLJ 1852 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ADNAN VS State Benefit of doubt---Principle---If there was a single circumstance which created doubt regarding the prosecution case, the same was sufficient to give benefit of doubt to the accused.
2022 PCrLJ 1852 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ADNAN VS State Ss. 302, 109 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, abetment, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Presence of eye-witness at the spot was doubtful---Chance witnesses---Scope---Accused was charged for committing murde…
2022 PCrLJ 1852 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ADNAN VS State Ss. 302, 109 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, abetment, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Delay of thirty three hours and twenty five minutes in conducting the post-mortem of the deceased---Scope---Accused wa…
2022 PCrLJ 1852 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ADNAN VS State Ss. 302, 109 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, abetment, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Motive was not proved---Scope---Accused was charged for committing murder of the nephew of the complainant by inflicti…
2022 PLD 409 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Rai MUHAMMAD ASHRAF VS ADDITIONAL SESSIONS JUDGE, NANKANA SAHIB S. 26a & O. XVIII, R. 3---Petitioner's right to file written statement was concurrently closed---Petitioner contended that Trial Court did not provide sufficient opportunity---…
2022 PLD 409 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Rai MUHAMMAD ASHRAF VS ADDITIONAL SESSIONS JUDGE, NANKANA SAHIB Maxim "law aids the vigilant and not the indolent" provides that helpful hand cannot be extended to a litigant having gone into deep slumber on having become forgetful of his/h…
2022 PLD 409 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Rai MUHAMMAD ASHRAF VS ADDITIONAL SESSIONS JUDGE, NANKANA SAHIB art. 37(d)---Expeditious justice---Limitation period---Scope---State is bound to ensure inexpensive/expeditious justice---Provisions requiring a party to lis to do certain act…
2022 PLD 409 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Rai MUHAMMAD ASHRAF VS ADDITIONAL SESSIONS JUDGE, NANKANA SAHIB Expeditious justice---Conduct of a party is a relevant fact in the administration of justice---Parties cannot be allowed to play hide and seek with the Court and to prolong the…
2022 PLD 414 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ASHRAF VS Sh. MUHAMMAD AKRAM S. 28---Limitation Act (IX of 1908), S. 19---Settlement of claims---Limitation---Effect of acknowledgment in writing---Scope---Appellant got booked his commodities through cargo service of respondents--…
2022 PLD 414 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ASHRAF VS Sh. MUHAMMAD AKRAM S. 28(2)---Settlement of claims---Notice---Limitation---Scope---Subsection (2) of S. 28 obligates manufacturer and/or provider of services to reply the notice within fifteen days from receipt of the not…
2022 PLD 414 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ASHRAF VS Sh. MUHAMMAD AKRAM S. 19---Effect of acknowledgement in writing---Scope---Bare reading of the subsection (1) of S. 19 of the Limitation Act, 1908, leads to the ineluctable conclusion that fresh cause of action on the basi…
2022 PLD 414 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ASHRAF VS Sh. MUHAMMAD AKRAM S. 28(4)---Settlement of claims---Limitation---Scope---Subsection (4) of S. 28 stipulates limitation period of thirty days, the first proviso provides for situation in which such limitation period may b…
2022 PLD 414 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ASHRAF VS Sh. MUHAMMAD AKRAM S. 28---Settlement of claims---Limitation---Scope---Punjab Consumer Protection Act, 2005, has been enacted with an avowed aim to protect the consumers and their rights as is evident from the reading of…
2022 PLD 414 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ASHRAF VS Sh. MUHAMMAD AKRAM S. 28(4)---Settlement of claims---Limitation---Scope---Subsection (4) of S. 28 stipulates limitation period of thirty days, the first proviso provides for situation in which such limitation period may b…
2022 PLD 414 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ASHRAF VS Sh. MUHAMMAD AKRAM Condonation of delay---Scope---Delay of each and every day has to be explained by filing an appropriate application while seeking condonation of delay.
2022 PLD 414 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ASHRAF VS Sh. MUHAMMAD AKRAM S. 28(4)---Settlement of claims---Limitation---Scope---In terms of second proviso to subsection (4) of S. 28 of the Act, delay can be condoned for a period of sixty days beyond period of warranty/ guara…
2022 PLD 414 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ASHRAF VS Sh. MUHAMMAD AKRAM S. 28(1)---Settlement of claims---Limitation---Scope---Legislature in terms of S. 28 of the Act has provided the entire mechanism, along with time-limit of thirty days from the accrual of cause of actio…
2022 PLD 414 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ASHRAF VS Sh. MUHAMMAD AKRAM Proviso---Scope---Proviso in a statute by no means can be construed in a manner so as to make the main section redundant.
2022 PLD 414 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ASHRAF VS Sh. MUHAMMAD AKRAM Proviso---Scope---Proviso is applicable only to such provision which precedes it.
2022 PLD 414 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ASHRAF VS Sh. MUHAMMAD AKRAM S.28(4)---Settlement of claims---Limitation---Condonation of delay---Scope---Given the nature of the Act, as a special statute, the legislature has not only provided special limitation period for filing…
2022 PLD 414 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ASHRAF VS Sh. MUHAMMAD AKRAM Ss. 28(1) & 28(4)---Settlement of claims---Cause of action---Limitation---Scope---Argument that as no limitation is provided for issuance of written notice under subsection (1) of S. 28 of the Act, the…
2022 PLD 414 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ASHRAF VS Sh. MUHAMMAD AKRAM Ss. 28(1) & 28(2)---Settlement of claims---Cause of action---Notice---Limitation---Scope---Cause of action accrues in favour of a claimant, the moment goods or services provided turn out to be defective…
2022 PLD 427 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Malik MUHAMMAD EJAZ CHANNAR VS State S. 345---Compounding of offence---Scope---Compromise in non-compoundable offence is considered only a mitigating circumstance for reduction in sentence.
2022 PLD 427 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Malik MUHAMMAD EJAZ CHANNAR VS State S. 345---Compounding of offence---Offences against other laws---Scope---Until the legislature makes offence in special law compoundable, it would be considered as non-compoundable---Entries in Second Sch…
2022 PLD 427 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Malik MUHAMMAD EJAZ CHANNAR VS State S. 3---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 248---Prevention of illegal possession of property---Withdrawal of complaint---Scope---Offence under Illegal Dispossession Act, 2005, shall be tried by Cour…
2022 PLD 427 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Malik MUHAMMAD EJAZ CHANNAR VS State S. 248---Withdrawal of complaint---Effect---Complaint processed under S. 190 read with Ss. 200/202, Cr.P.C., can be withdrawn under S. 248, Cr.P.C., during the trial and it also results in acquittal of a…
2022 PLD 427 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Malik MUHAMMAD EJAZ CHANNAR VS State S. 248---Withdrawal of complaint---Scope---If the complaint is withdrawn during the trial, the complaint shall not be dismissed rather accused would stand acquitted.
2022 PLD 427 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Malik MUHAMMAD EJAZ CHANNAR VS State S. 203---Dismissal of complaints---Scope---Section 203, Cr.P.C., reflects that it applies at the stage preliminary to the commencement of trial; therefore, if complaint is withdrawn during that stage, re…
2022 PLD 427 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Malik MUHAMMAD EJAZ CHANNAR VS State General and special law---Scope---Institution of criminal proceedings is mainly controlled by the provisions of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898; development in stages up to logical conclusion is too reg…
2022 PLD 427 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Malik MUHAMMAD EJAZ CHANNAR VS State S. 248---Withdrawal of complaint---Scope---Section 248, Cr.P.C., ordains two preconditions for permission to withdraw the complaint, which are, firstly, before the final order is passed and secondly, the…
2022 PLD 427 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Malik MUHAMMAD EJAZ CHANNAR VS State S. 345---Compounding offence---Scope---acquittal on the basis of compromise can only be allowed if the prosecution is withdrawn with the consent of the court by public prosecutor or by the complainant.
2022 PLD 427 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Malik MUHAMMAD EJAZ CHANNAR VS State S. 3---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 345---Prevention of illegal possession of property---Compounding of offence---Scope---Offence under S. 3 of Illegal Dispossession Act, 2005, is not compound…
2022 PLD 427 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Malik MUHAMMAD EJAZ CHANNAR VS State S. 248---Withdrawal of complaint---Withdrawal of complaint at appellate stage---Expression "final order"---Scope---Word "final order" in S. 248, Cr.P.C. connotes the culmination of proceedings up to the…
2022 PLD 427 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Malik MUHAMMAD EJAZ CHANNAR VS State Termination of proceedings---Scope---Criminal trial though is controlled by the court yet the parties are also authorized to terminate the same at any stage, requesting the court to stop the prosecution-…
2022 PLD 437 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ARSHAD VS State Volume V (Revised Edition 2010), Chapter-3, Part-B, R. 2(1)(ii)(b)---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), Ss. 417, 422 & 426---Division Bench---Jurisdiction---Principle---Suspension of sentence---Pendency of appeal…
2022 PLD 437 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ARSHAD VS State S. 426 (1-a) (c)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302 (b) & 324---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to Qatl-e-amd---Suspension of sentence---Statutory delay---applicability---accused persons were convicted by Trial Court and sente…
2022 PLD 445 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ZAWAR HUSSAIN VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB Preamble---Principle of "fair chase"---Applicability---Hunting ethics and fair chase policy of hunting are important if maintained a tradition of successful wildlife conservation and management.
2022 PLD 445 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ZAWAR HUSSAIN VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB S. 9---Restriction of hunting---Term "Fair Chase"---Connotation---Term "fair chase" can be defined as "the ethical, sportsman like, and lawful pursuit and taking of any free-ranging wild, big gam…
2022 PLD 445 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ZAWAR HUSSAIN VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB Purposive approach---Scope---Statutory provisions of a statute can be interpreted liberally in a manner so that purposive approach keeping in mind the legislative intent and purpose of the statut…
2022 PLD 445 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ZAWAR HUSSAIN VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB arts. 30 & 199---Constitutional jurisdiction of High Court---Policy matters---Principle---Under the Constitution a well-structured system of trichotomy of power is provided, which serves dual pur…
2022 PLD 445 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ZAWAR HUSSAIN VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB S. 9---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 9 & 199---Constitutional petition---Restriction of hunting---Term "Fair Chase"---Applicability---Electronic decoys, ban on use---Right to life of animals an…
2022 PLD 469 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
PAKISTAN MUSLIM LEAGUE VS Sardar DOST MUHAMMAD MAZARI R. 12(4)---Motion of No-Confidence---Presiding of Session---Principle---Speaker or Deputy Speaker under R.12(4) of Rules of Procedure of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab, 1997, cannot p…
2022 PLD 469 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
PAKISTAN MUSLIM LEAGUE VS Sardar DOST MUHAMMAD MAZARI Rr. 2 (dd), 13 & 25---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 130---Deputy Speaker---Jurisdiction---Election for Chief Minister---Presiding of Session---Question was with regard to presiding Sess…
2022 PLD 469 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
PAKISTAN MUSLIM LEAGUE VS Sardar DOST MUHAMMAD MAZARI R. 2(dd)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 260---Term 'Speaker'---Scope---"Speaker", according to Art. 260 of the Constitution, read with R. 2(dd) of Rules of Procedure of the Provincial…
2022 PLD 488 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
BAHRIA TOWN (PVT.) LTD. VS DISTRICT CONSUMER COURT, RAWALPINDI Preamble--- Scope--- Preamble to a statute is though not an operational part of the enactment but it is a gateway to open before Court the purpose and intent of the legislature…
2022 PLD 488 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
BAHRIA TOWN (PVT.) LTD. VS DISTRICT CONSUMER COURT, RAWALPINDI Ss. 35, 2(c), 2(j) & 2(k)---Sale of Goods Act (III of 1930), S. 2(7)---Dismissal of frivolous or vexatious claims---Consumer---Services---Product---Scope---Petitioner assailed t…
2022 PLD 488 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
BAHRIA TOWN (PVT.) LTD. VS DISTRICT CONSUMER COURT, RAWALPINDI Preamble---Scope---Punjab Consumer Protection Act, 2005, provides for protection and promotion of the rights and interests of the consumers facing risks and failures in the yard…
2022 PLD 488 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
BAHRIA TOWN (PVT.) LTD. VS DISTRICT CONSUMER COURT, RAWALPINDI Ss. 25, 2(c), 2(j) & 2(k)---Consumer---Product---Services---Filing of claims---Scope---Clause (i) of subsection 2(c) of the Act deals with the 'product' which is defined under S…
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