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2022 PLD 488 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
BAHRIA TOWN (PVT.) LTD. VS DISTRICT CONSUMER COURT, RAWALPINDI Ss. 25 & 28---Filing of claims---Settlement of claims---Scope---Claim by a consumer with regard to damages is to be filed under S. 25 of the Act while S. 28 of the Act which sta…
2022 PLD 495 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
YASMIN JANG VS ADVOCATE GENERAL, PUNJAB S. 29---advocate General, consent of---Object, purpose and scope---advocate General is the highest law officer at the level of Province, who is virtually interested in the purity of administration of…
2022 PLD 495 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
YASMIN JANG VS ADVOCATE GENERAL, PUNJAB S. 22 (3)---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O.III, R.4---appointment of advocate---Power of attorney (Wakalatnama)---Scope---Provisions of R. 4 of O. III C.P.C. read with S.22(3) of Legal Practition…
2022 PLD 495 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
YASMIN JANG VS ADVOCATE GENERAL, PUNJAB S. 29---Consent application---applicant, residence of---Scope---applicant of Consent application does not have to be a resident of area which falls within the jurisdiction of Court---Place of residenc…
2022 PLD 495 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
YASMIN JANG VS ADVOCATE GENERAL, PUNJAB "Executive" and "judicial" acts---Distinction---Executive act with trappings of a judicial procedure is still an executive act, though overlaid with a judicial cover and it cannot be invested with jud…
2022 PLD 495 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
YASMIN JANG VS ADVOCATE GENERAL, PUNJAB S. 29---appointment of administrator/manager---Proceedings---Consent of advocate General---Function, nature of---appellant was aggrieved of appointment of administrator/manager to look after the affai…
2022 PLD 504 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD HAMZA SHAHBAZ SHARIF VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN arts. 189, 199 (1)(c) & 255---Constitutional petition---Enforcement of fundamental right---Oath of Chief Minister, administering of---Word 'impracticable'---Scope---Petitioner was elec…
2022 PLD 46 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mian ZAHID DAULTANA VS Begum TEHMINA DAULTANA Ss. 37, 41, 46 & 52---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), S.22---Mentally disordered person, death of---Proceedings against manager, abatement of---Appellant was appointed as manager by Court of P…
2022 PLD 512 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
QUDRAT ULLAH VS State S. 466---Control of Narcotic Substances Act (XXV of 1997), S.9(c)---Release of lunatic, pending trial---Scope---Application filed by the petitioner under S. 466(1), Cr.P.C. for his release till he recovered from his un…
2022 YLR 46 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ALLAH DITTA VS MUHAMMAD YASIN S. 52---Lis pendens---Principle---Whoever acquires property during the pendency of action is held bound by the judgment that may be made against the person from whom he derived his title even though such a purc…
2022 YLR 46 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ALLAH DITTA VS MUHAMMAD YASIN No man shall take advantage of his own wrong---Giving benefit of wrong to a wrong doer will be against the administration of justice.
2022 YLR 46 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ALLAH DITTA VS MUHAMMAD YASIN S. 52---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 31---Suit for pre-emption by pre-emptors/respondents against another respondent was concurrently dismissed on ground of the non-fulfilment of necessary Talbs---Pre-em…
2022 YLR 46 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ALLAH DITTA VS MUHAMMAD YASIN S. 12(2)---Locus standi---Scope---Word "person" as used in S.12(2) of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908---Interpretation---If the intention of the lawmaker had been to restrict the right of filing application only…
2022 YLR 66 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
DANIAL ISLAM VS JUDGE FAMILY COURT, RAWALPINDI S. 5--- Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199--- Constitutional petition---Concurrent findings of facts by Courts below---Respondent-wife filed suit for recovery of maintenance allowance, gold jew…
2022 YLR 76 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MOHAMMAD HANIF VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE, VEHARI S.9---Suit for possession---Essentials---In a suit for possession under S.9 of Specific Relief Act, 1877, the plaintiff has to establish at trial: firstly, that he was in possession of spe…
2022 YLR 76 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MOHAMMAD HANIF VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE, VEHARI O. VI, R. 17---Pleadings, amended of---Legislature had empowered the court to allow the amendment of pleadings at any stage of the proceedings, but such discretion was not unfettered/unres…
2022 YLR 76 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MOHAMMAD HANIF VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE, VEHARI O. VI, R. 17---Specific Relief act (I of 1877), S. 9---Pleadings, amendment of---Respondents' suit for possession was decreed by Trial Court---First Information Report was also launched by…
2022 YLR 93 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ISMAIL NADEEM VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE, JHANG S. 19--- Ejecment petition---Maintainability---Pendency of civil suit for specific performance of agreement before the filing of ejectment petition---Effect---Default in payment of…
2022 YLR 93 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ISMAIL NADEEM VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE, JHANG S. 19--- Eviction of tenant---Relationship of landlord and tenant---Scope---Two agreements to sell were produced by the tenant/respondent; only one agreement was admitted by the lan…
2022 YLR 93 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ISMAIL NADEEM VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE, JHANG S. 19---Limitation Act (IX of 1908), Art. 181---Suit for specific performance of agreement to sell---Limitation---Ejectment petition of landlord/ petitioner was concurrently dismiss…
2022 YLR 99 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
GHULAM ABBAS VS State Benefit of doubt---Principle---Single circumstance creating reasonable doubts in a prudent mind about the guilt of the accused makes him entitled to its benefits, not as a matter of grace and concession, but as a matte…
2022 YLR 99 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
GHULAM ABBAS VS State Benefit of doubt--- Principle--- If prosecution story is doubtful, benefit of doubt must go to the accused.
2022 YLR 99 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
GHULAM ABBAS VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention--- Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Motive was not proved--- Scope--- Accused was charged that he along with co-accused committed murder of the deceased by in…
2022 YLR 99 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
GHULAM ABBAS VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Recovery memos of different articles---Scope---Accused was charged that he along with co-accused committed murder of the de…
2022 YLR 99 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
GHULAM ABBAS VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention--- Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Weapon of offence was recovered from the accused---Reliance---Scope---Accused was charged that he along with co-accused co…
2022 YLR 99 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
GHULAM ABBAS VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Delay in lodging FIR---Scope---Accused was charged that he along with co-accused committed murder of the deceased by inflic…
2022 YLR 99 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
GHULAM ABBAS VS State appreciation of evidence---Principle---If evidence of the prosecution is disbelieved qua co-accused, it could not be believed qua the other in the absence of very strong corroboration.
2022 YLR 99 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
GHULAM ABBAS VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Chance witnesses---Scope---Accused was charged that he along with co-accused committed murder of the deceased by inflicting…
2022 YLR 136 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
WARIS VS State S. 497--- Bail--- Supplementary statement---Scope---Where accused is not nominated in FIR rather nominated through supplementary statement without disclosing the source of information, it becomes a matter of further inquiry.
2022 YLR 136 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
WARIS VS State S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 392, 395, 412 & 411---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 22---Robbery, dacoity, dishonestly receiving stolen property---Bail, grant of---Delayed FIR---Nomination of accused through supp…
2022 YLR 147 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. SHARIFAN MAI VS KHUDA BAKHSH Dower deed---Immoveable property---Proof---Dower deed was a document not creating / extinguishing right in immovable property and execution of such document thereto only acknowledged the factum of transfer…
2022 YLR 147 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. SHARIFAN MAI VS KHUDA BAKHSH S. 123---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Arts. 17 & 79---Suit for declaration---Suit property was allegedly given by deceased to his wife on basis of acknowledgement deed of dower in his life time---Tamleekn…
2022 YLR 147 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. SHARIFAN MAI VS KHUDA BAKHSH S. 129---Transfer of property by a Muslim in lieu of dower was a gift (Hiba-bil-ewaz), it did not require registration under Registration Act, 1908---Neither any writing would be required nor any such docum…
2022 YLR 147 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. SHARIFAN MAI VS KHUDA BAKHSH Dower---Hiba-bil-ewaz---Nature and scope--- Ordinarily, in transfer of immoveable property by a Muslim husband to his wife in lieu of dower, there were two distinct gifts, one by each party to the other---H…
2022 YLR 147 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. SHARIFAN MAI VS KHUDA BAKHSH S. 5---Nikahnama--- Column in Nikahnama indicated that they referred to arrangement that had already been subscribed to by the parties and the record was prepared only to verify the events which had already…
2022 YLR 147 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. SHARIFAN MAI VS KHUDA BAKHSH S. 123---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Arts. 17 & 79---Gift---Marz-ul-maut, doctrine of---Proof---With regard to the principle governing the applicability of doctrine of marz-ul-mout, the Court was to cons…
2022 YLR 169 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
WAQAR SHAUKAT VS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT FAISALABAD art. 199---Constitutional jurisdiction---Discretionary--- Scope--- Constitutional jurisdiction is equitable and discretionary in nature and cannot be invoked to defeat the provisions…
2022 YLR 169 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
WAQAR SHAUKAT VS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT FAISALABAD art. 199---Constitutional jurisdiction---alternate remedy---Scope---Resort and recourse to writ jurisdiction can only be made if there is no other adequate remedy available to the pe…
2022 YLR 169 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
WAQAR SHAUKAT VS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT FAISALABAD O. XXVI, R. 10---Procedure of Local Commission---Report and depositions to be evidence in suit---Local Commission may be examined in person---Scope---Rule 10 of O.XXVI, C.P.C. provid…
2022 YLR 169 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
WAQAR SHAUKAT VS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT FAISALABAD S. 30--- Power of Revenue Officers to enter upon any lands or premises for purpose of measurements, etc.---Pendency of civil suit---Scope---Petitioner sought direction to the Revenue…
2022 YLR 189 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ZAHOOR AHMAD VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention--- Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Motive not proved---Scope---Accused was charged for committing murder of the brother of the complainant by firing---Reason…
2022 YLR 189 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ZAHOOR AHMAD VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art.129(g)---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---With-holding best evidence---Scope---Accused was charged for committing murder…
2022 YLR 189 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ZAHOOR AHMAD VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Ocular account and medical evidence---Contradictions---Accused was charged for committing murder of the brother of the comp…
2022 YLR 189 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ZAHOOR AHMAD VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention--- Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Weapon of offence and crime empties were recovered---Scope---Accused was charged for committing murder of the brother of t…
2022 YLR 209 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Dr. NISAR AHMED CHAUDHARY VS GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB through Secretary Colonies, Lahore Conduct of the litigant before court of law is very relevant to award or refuse the relief claimed for.
2022 YLR 209 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Dr. NISAR AHMED CHAUDHARY VS GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB through Secretary Colonies, Lahore S.10---Lease of Government Land---Purchase of State land---Resumption of leased land--- Scope--- Petitioner challenged the vires of order passed by Member…
2022 YLR 280 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
FARAH MANSOOR VS STATION HOUSE OFFICER, POLICE STATION CITY KAMOKY S. 491---Habeas corpus---Scope---City Police Officer (C.P.O.) had appeared before the Court and had submitted detailed report, according to which a case was registered under…
2022 YLR 313 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD BASHIR VS IRSHAD BEGUM art. 113---Cross-examination, facts unrebutted in---If a material fact was deposed in examination-in-chief and the same was not subjected to cross-examination, it should be deemed to be admitted.
2022 YLR 313 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD BASHIR VS IRSHAD BEGUM S. 115---Revision---Limitation not provided---Jurisdiction---When merits of the case demanded that challenged order be set aside, High Court would not avoid hearing the same under S.115 of the Civil Procedure…
2022 YLR 313 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD BASHIR VS IRSHAD BEGUM arts. 64, 70, 72, 117 & 118---Petitioner contented that respondents in connivance with the revenue officials got the mutation sanctioned by showing themselves as legal heirs (wife and daughter) of his decease…
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