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2022 YLR 2046 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ZEESHAN VS State S. 497---Bail---Scope---Every accused is entitled to fair and speedy trial and no bail can be withheld as punishment. S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 365, 365-A & 109---Anti-Terrorism Act (XXVII of 1997), S. 7---Kidn…
2022 YLR 2052 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SHAH FAISAL VS State S. 497---anti-Money Laundering act (VII of 2010), Ss. 3 & 4---Foreign Exchange Regulation act (VII of 1947), Ss. 5 & 23---Offence of money laundering---Restrictions on payments---Bail, grant of---Scope---accused sought…
2022 YLR 2055 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ABDUL SHAKOOR alias MULLAN VS State Ss. 302(b), 324, 148 & 149---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), Ss. 221 & 225---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence--…
2022 YLR 2067 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD RAFIQUE VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE SIALKOT S. 7--- Talaq (Divorce)--- Scope---Where husband had pronounced divorce during pregnancy of wife and the period of 90 days as contemplated in Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 1961, had expi…
2022 YLR 2086 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
AHMAD KHAN VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Presence of the witnesses at the place of occurrence was doubtful---Scope---Accused was charged for committing murder of the husband of the complaina…
2022 YLR 2102 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD BILAL SHAHID VS GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB Ss. 22-a & 22-B---Oil and Gas Regulatory authority Ordinance (XVII of 2002), S. 22---Pakistan Oil (Refining, Blending, Transportation, Storage and Marketing) Rules, 2016, Rr. 28, 54, 55, 61,…
2022 YLR 2114 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SADIA IQBAL VS UMAR NASIM AHMED Ss 14(3) & 17---appeal against interim order passed by Executing Court/Family Court---Provisions of C.P.C. and Qanun-e-Shahadat, 1984, not applicable to proceedings of Family Court---Scope---actual point invo…
2022 YLR 2134 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD AKBAR VS MUHAMMAD MEHBOOB ALAM Ss. 22 & 25---allotment of evacuee property---Bar on jurisdiction of Civil Court---Jurisdiction of Civil Court in respect of allotment of evacuee property was barred under Ss. 22 & 25 of Displaced Per…
2022 YLR 2151 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
NADEEM SADIQ VS DEWAN MASIH GULRAIZ S.115---Concurrent findings of fact could not be disturbed when the same did not suffer from mis-reading and non-reading of evidence, howsoever erroneous, in exercise of revisional jurisdiction---Civil re…
2022 YLR 2157 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
HAMEED ULLAH KHAN VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE, MIANWALI S.5, Sched.---Failure to prove period of desertion---List of dowry articles---Items of daily usage---Wear and tear of dowry articles---Suit for recovery of maintenance allowance, deli…
2022 YLR 2174 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ABDUL GHAFFAR VS Hafiz ATTA UR REHMAN O XVII, R. 3---Court may proceed notwithstanding either party fails to produce evidence, etc.---Party availing numerous opportunities including the last and final opportunity---Duty of Court--- Scope---…
2022 YLR 2212 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD SAEED VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB S.71---Election---"Limine control", doctrine of---Candidates/petitioner failed to disclose their occupation/profession in Column (3) of nomination papers---Nomination papers were rejected by Convenor Ele…
2022 PLD 516 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD SAEED AKHTAR VS ADDITIONAL SESSIONS JUDGE/JUSTICE OF PEACE, DISTRICT MULTAN Legal heirs, liability of---Scope---Penal or criminal liability does not devolve upon legal heirs. Ss. 22-a & 22-B---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S. 489-F---P…
2022 YLR 2233 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD RAMZAN VS State art. 199--- Habeas corpus, writ of---abduction of minor (son)---Proof---Petitioner alleged that respondents abducted his minor son and on a phone call someone demanded ransom for release---Validity---One stated eye-…
2022 YLR 2250 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MAHMOOD TEXTILE MILLS LIMITED VS OIL AND GAS REGULATORY AUTHORITY, (OGRA) arts. 10a & 25---Constitutional petition---audi alteram partem---Gas tariff, determination process of---Redressal of grievance---Petitioners (manufacturers of textile…
2022 YLR 2259 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ADNAN PERVAIZ VS State Ss. 302, 201 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, causing disappearance of evidence of offence or giving false information to screen offender, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Recovery of weapon of offence---Scope---Accuse…
2022 YLR 2293 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
AFZAL AHMAD BUTTAR VS MUHAMMAD YOUSAF S.29---Specific Relief act (I of 1877), S.12---Suit for specific performance of agreement to sell---Property of minor---Guardian Court, permission non-seeking of---Concurrent findings of two Courts belo…
2022 YLR 2323 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD AKRAM VS State S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 376 & 337-J---Rape---Causing hurt by means of a poison---Bail, grant of---Case of zina with consent---Failure to recover utensil containing intoxicating material--- Further inqu…
2022 YLR 2330 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Khawaja TAHIR MAHMOOD VS PUNJAB HOUSING AND TOWN PLANNING AGENCY S.4---Commercialization fee, notice for--- Legality--- Petitioner assailed issuance of demand notice by the respondents (Town Planning and Housing Agency) while claiming that…
2022 YLR 2354 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
EJAZ AHMED VS ABDUL HAMEED O. XXXVII, Rr. 1 & 2 & O. VII, R. 16----Recovery suit for lost negotiable instrument---Scope---If a suit was brought on loss of negotiable instrument, it was mandatory and incumbent upon plaintiff to firstly prove…
2022 YLR 2383 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. NOOR ELAHI VS MUHAMMAD ABBAS S. 42---Cause of action---Every new entry in the revenue record would give fresh cause of action to the plaintiff and adverse entries therein even if were allowed to remain unchallenged did not necessarily…
2022 YLR 2399 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ASHRAF MALIK VS Mian MUHAMMAD NAWAZ SHARIF S. 17---Power of attorney was a written authorization by virtue of which the principal would assign to a person as his agent and confer upon him the authority to perform specified acts on…
2022 YLR 2415 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
NAEEM AKHTAR VS State Ss. 302(b), 324, 337-F(iii), 337-F(v) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, ghayr-jaifah-damiyah, ghayr-jaifah, hashimah, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Quantum of sentence---Scope---Accused w…
2022 YLR 2450 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
EFU LIFE INSURANCE LTD. VS Mst. RUKHSANA MANZOOR S. 3---Dismissal of suits, etc. instituted after period of limitation---Scope---Court seized of the matter first has to determine whether it enjoys the jurisdiction to entertain the subject m…
2022 YLR 2466 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
NAWAZ AHMAD VS State Ss. 302(b), 324, 337-a(i), 337-L(2) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, shajjah-i-khafifah, hurt, common intention---appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Ocular account and medical evidence--- Cont…
2022 YLR 2479 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ASLAM VS MUHAMMAD YOUSAF S. 52---Transfer of property pending suit relating thereto----Lis pendens, principle of---Scope Prima facie respondents/defendants were shown owners of the suit property and if the respondents/defendants al…
2022 YLR 2491 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ZIA-UL-HAQ VS MUHAMMAD ISMAIL S.3---Specific Relief act (I of 1877), Ss. 42 & 54---Change in nature of property---Maintainability of injunction---Respondents filed suit for partition against petitioners and other co-sharers---Petitioners du…
2022 PLD 524 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
TCS (PRIVATE) LIMITED VS Mst. HASEENA BEGUM Ss. 13 & 2(c)(iii)---Liability for faulty or defective services---Consumer---Scope---Respondent filed a claim pleading therein that she obtained courier services of appellant for purposes of deliv…
2022 PLD 539 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Syed GHAZI SHAH VS State Ss. 11-H & 27---Funding arrangements---Punishment for defective investigation and reward for successful investigation---Scope---Intention of legislature behind Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997, is crystal clear i.e. to prev…
2022 PLD 545 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. HIRA BIBI VS State arts. 91 & 102---Presumption as to documents produced as record of evidence---Evidence of terms of contracts, grants and other disposition of property reduced to form of document---Scope---Presumption under art. 91 o…
2022 PLD 559 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ALI IKRAM VS Mian MUHAMMAD IKRAM S. 3---Punishment for eviction of parents---Scope---Eviction of parents by child from a house, owned or rented by child, or in his possession by any other means, has been described as an offence, which may a…
2022 PLD 564 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
The BANK OF PUNJAB VS SUPER TRUNK HOUSE S. 5---Condonation of delay---Scope---Applicant sought condonation of delay occasioned due to negligence of its counsel but when the applicant was confronted with query as to whether any action was ta…
2022 PLD 569 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
OHAD MOTORS (PVT.) LTD. VS GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB Rr. 197-a, 197-B & 197-C---Provincial Motor Vehicles Ordinance (XIX of 1965), S. 119---Punjab General Clauses act (VI of 1956), S.22---Notification No. SO(P-I)/2-34/2016(M/C)P-1 dated 01-09-20…
2022 PLD 580 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. AKBARI BEGUM VS Mst. ISHRAT BANO O. XIV, R. 3---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Arts. 117 & 118---Additional issues---Independent decision/findings, absence of---Pensionary benefits---Legal heirs, entitlement/share of---Suit for declara…
2022 PLD 589 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SALMA BIBI VS Rana SAGHEER HUSSAIN Ss. 100 & 103---Second appeal---Power of High Court to determine issues of fact---Scope---High Court normally does not interfere in second appeal under S. 100 of C.P.C., unless the decision of courts below…
2022 PLD 55 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SAJID ALI VS State Ss. 174, 176 & 561-a---Cause of death, inquiry into---Locus standi---Sanctity of grave---Concurrent findings of facts by two Courts below---Petitioner was aggrieved of concurrent orders passed by Magistrate and Lower appe…
2022 PLD 596 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
PROVINCE OF PUNJAB VS MUHAMMAD ARIF AND COMPANY Vol. V, Ch. 1, Part A, R. 9---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), S. 115---Power to return petition for amendment---Limitation---Scope---Revision petition was filed within time, when objections…
2022 CLD 1 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
NAVEED MASOOD MALIK VS BANK ALFALAH LIMITED Ss. 9, 10 & 22---Suit for recovery of finance---Leave to appeal, refusal of---Defence version---Appellant/borrower was aggrieved of order passed by Trial Court dismissing application for grant of…
2022 CLD 84 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD SALEEM VS PAK BRUNEI INVESTMENT COMPANY LTD. Ss. 9, 10, 7 & 22---Court Fees act (VII of 1870), S. 7---Suits Valuation act (VII of 1887), S. 8---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O. VII, R. 11---Procedure of Banking Court---Determin…
2022 CLD 114 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
AZGARD NINE LIMITED VS REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES art. 199---Constitutional petition---affixation of stamp on certified copies---Scope---Petitioners sought declaration to the effect that the act of Registrar of Companies in fixing a note on the…
2022 CLD 123 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
FAYSAL BANK LIMITED VS SAJJAD ASLAM O. XXI, Rr. 66 & 90---Execution of decree---auction proceedings---Sale, setting aside of---Substantial injury to judgment debtor---Proof---auction purchaser was aggrieved of order passed by Executing Cour…
2022 CLD 137 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SAJJAD AHMAD SALEEM VS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BANK OF PAKISTAN S. 39---Execution of decree---Sale of mortgaged property---Frustrating execution proceedings---Petitioners claimed to be bona fide purchasers of suit property and sought permiss…
2022 CLD 149 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
HOUSE BUILDING FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED VS Khawaja JAVAID IQBAL Ss. 9, 7 & 22 ---Procedure of Banking Court---Suit for recovery---House Finance---Default by customer---Scope---Defendant/customer impugned order of Banking Court whereby suit f…
2022 CLD 164 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
S. ZAFAR SHAH VS SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN Ss. 255 & 260---Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan Act (XLII of 1997), S. 34---Companies Act (XIX of 2017) S. 249---Audit of companies---Duties of auditor---Penalty…
2022 CLD 176 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SHANN'S COSMETICS AND CHEMICALS VS REGISTRAR OF TRADE MARKS Ss .8(a), 10(1)(2), 21 & 114---Registration of trade mark---Deception and confusion---Principle---Objection to registration of trade mark--- Appellant claimed to be owner of regist…
2022 CLD 190 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
STATE LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF PAKISTAN VS Mst. SAWARNA BIBI S. 118---application on behalf of deceased husband for payment of group claim amounting Rs. 12,50,000/- along with liquated damages since the date of her husband's death till…
2022 CLD 229 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
HABIB BANK LIMITED VS COMMON TRADERS (PVT.) LIMITED Ss. 22 & 19---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O. XLI, R. 20---Limitation Act (IX of 1908), S. 22---Procedure of Banking Court---Suit for recovery---Decree of Banking Court---Adjudication…
2022 CLD 251 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SME BANK LIMITED VS PUNJAB STORE S. 3--- Mandatory nature--- Interpretation of statutes--- Strict adherence---Scope---Section 3 of Financial Institutions (Recovery of Finances) Ordinance, 2001 being mandatory in nature, was required to be s…
2022 CLD 261 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MCB BANK LIMITED VS MUSHTAQ AND COMPANY Ss. 19, 9 & 22---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), S. 48---Limitation Act (IX of 1908), S. 3 & Art. 181---Procedure of Banking Court---Suit for recovery---Decree of Banking Court---Execution of decree…
2022 CLD 279 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
STATE LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF PAKISTAN VS Mst. SHAMA FATIMA Ss. 118 & 124---Life Insurance---Accidental death indemnity and death benefit, claim of---Payment of liquidated damages on late settlement of claims---Scope---Appellant Insur…
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