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2022 PLD 89 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
NOOR AHMED VS Syed MUHAMMAD RAHEEM art. 126---Ownership---Proof---Electricity bill---Scope---Document of electricity connection was at best a document that would entitle the department to recover the bill from the occupants and can never be…
2022 PLD 89 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
NOOR AHMED VS Syed MUHAMMAD RAHEEM arts. 70 & 72---Oral and documentary evidence---Value of---Man can tell lie but a document cannot---Documentary evidence carries greater weight as compared to oral evidence---Mere oral assertion is not suf…
2022 PLD 89 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
NOOR AHMED VS Syed MUHAMMAD RAHEEM art. 125----Landlord and tenant---Relationship---Proof---Ownership of party was not an essential condition to create relationship of landlord and tenant. Head NotesCase Description
2022 PLD 89 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
NOOR AHMED VS Syed MUHAMMAD RAHEEM arts. 70, 72, 75, 117, 118, 125 & 126---Suit for declaration, cancellation of instruments and permanent injunction filed by petitioners---Respondents/defendants filed written statement, produced evidence a…
2022 PLD 97 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MUHAMMAD AMEEN KHOKAR VS MUHAMMAD ASIF AWAN Ss. 13 & 13a---Eviction of tenant---Personal/bona fide need of landlord--- Respondent/applicant/landlord filed eviction application alleging that he purchased house in question and served notice t…
2022 PLD 97 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MUHAMMAD AMEEN KHOKAR VS MUHAMMAD ASIF AWAN S. 13a---Rent Controller, discretionary jurisdiction of---Word "may"---Scope---Under S.13(2) of Balochistan Urban Rent Restriction Ordinance, 1959, Rent Controller had been given discretion not to…
2022 PLD 97 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MUHAMMAD AMEEN KHOKAR VS MUHAMMAD ASIF AWAN S. 13---Personal/bona fide need of landlord---Proof---Primary/ essential requirement of law for eviction of tenant was bona fide need by landlord, which stood discharged the moment he would appear…
2022 PLD 103 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
KOHI CONSTRUCTION CO./GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS, KOHLU VS GOVERNMENT OF BALOCHISTAN through Secretary Communication Works, Physical Planning and Housing S. 27---Balochistan Public Procurement Rules, 2014, Rr. 56 & 56-A---Constitution of Pakist…
2022 PLD 103 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
KOHI CONSTRUCTION CO./GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS, KOHLU VS GOVERNMENT OF BALOCHISTAN through Secretary Communication Works, Physical Planning and Housing art. 199---Constitutional jurisdiction---alternate remedy---Principle---Constitutional jur…
2022 PCrLJN 17 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
AMJAD ALI VS State Ss. 376(2) & 34---Rape, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Unnatural conduct of witnesses---Scope---Accused were charged for committing zina with the nieces of complainant---Record reflected that the conduct of…
2022 PCrLJN 17 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
AMJAD ALI VS State Benefit of doubt---Principle---If a single doubt is created even then the defence is entitled to the benefit of doubt not as a matter of grace and concession but as a matter of right. Head NotesCase Description
2022 PCrLJN 17 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
AMJAD ALI VS State Sentence---Harsher the sentence, stricter the standard of proof. Head NotesCase Description
2022 PCrLJN 17 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
AMJAD ALI VS State Standard of sentence---Scope-Some minimum standards of safety are to be laid down so as to strike a balance between the prosecution and the defence in order to obviate chances of miscarriage of justice on account of exagg…
2022 PCrLJN 32 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
GHUNGAR KHAN VS State Witness--- Related witnesses---Testimony of related witnesses---Reliance---Scope---No doubt the evidence of the related witnesses could not be discarded on the ground of its being related to the victim, however, if it…
2022 PCrLJN 32 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
GHUNGAR KHAN VS State Ss. 302(b), 147, 148 & 149---anti-Terrorism act (XXVIII of 1997), S. 7---Qatl-i-amd, rioting, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly, act of terrorism---appreciation of evidence---Motive was not proved---S…
2022 PCrLJN 32 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
GHUNGAR KHAN VS State Ss. 302(b), 147, 148 & 149---anti-Terrorism act (XXVIII of 1997), S. 7---Qatl-i-amd, rioting, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly, act of terrorism---appreciation of evidence---Delay of one month and th…
2022 PCrLJN 32 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
GHUNGAR KHAN VS State Ss. 302(b), 147, 148 & 149---anti-Terrorism act (XXVIII of 1997), S. 7---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), art. 129(g)---Qatl-i-amd, rioting, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly, act of terrorism---appreci…
2022 PCrLJN 32 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
GHUNGAR KHAN VS State Ss. 302(b), 147, 148 & 149---anti-Terrorism act (XXVIII of 1997), S. 7---Qatl-i-amd, rioting, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly, act of terrorism---appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Chance…
2022 PCrLJN 32 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
GHUNGAR KHAN VS State Ss. 302(b), 147, 148 & 149---anti-Terrorism act (XXVIII of 1997), S. 7---Qatl-i-amd, rioting, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly, act of terrorism---appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Dishon…
2022 PCrLJN 32 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
GHUNGAR KHAN VS State Benefit of doubt---Principle---Many circumstances were not required rather one circumstance, which created reasonable dent in the veracity of the prosecution version, could be taken into consideration for extending ben…
2022 PCrLJN 32 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
GHUNGAR KHAN VS State Each criminal case has its own peculiar facts and circumstances and the same seldom coincide with each other on salient features. Head NotesCase Description
2022 PCrLJN 32 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
GHUNGAR KHAN VS State Witness---Dishonest improvements---Scope---Purity of a testimony led a court to pronounce a guilty verdict---If such purity was polluted through dishonest improvements, the eye-witness would loss his credibility render…
2022 PCrLJN 39 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
RAFAAT SHAH VS State Each case has its own peculiar facts and circumstances and the same seldom coincides with each other on salient features. Head NotesCase Description
2022 PCrLJN 39 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
RAFAAT SHAH VS State S. 302---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Chance witnesses---Non-availability of justification for presence of witnesses at the place of occurrence---Un-natural conduct of witnesses---Scope---A…
2022 PCrLJN 39 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
RAFAAT SHAH VS State Benefit of doubt---Principle---Single doubt if found reasonable would be sufficient to acquit the accused, giving him/them benefit of doubt because bundle of doubts were not required to extend the legal benefit to the a…
2022 PCrLJN 39 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
RAFAAT SHAH VS State S. 302---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Delay of about twenty six hours in lodging the FIR---Effect---Accused was charged that he hit the brother of complainant with a stone on his head, due…
2022 PCrLJN 39 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
RAFAAT SHAH VS State Witness---Testimony of interested and related witness---Scope---If the testimony of the related witness got no corroboration from attending circumstances of the case or the conduct shown by them at the time of occurrenc…
2022 PCrLJN 39 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
RAFAAT SHAH VS State S. 302---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Ocular and medical evidence---Contradictions---Accused was charged that he hit the brother of complainant with a stone on his head, due to which he suc…
2022 PCrLJN 119 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
Syed GUL VS State S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302, 337-A, 337-D, 337-F, 147, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, shajjah, jaifah, ghayr-jaifah, rioting, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---Bail, dismissal of---Prosecution c…
2022 PCrLJN 119 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
Syed GUL VS State S. 497(2)---Bail---Observations made in bail order were tentative in nature and same would not influence merits of the case at the trial. Head NotesCase Description
2022 PLD 108 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
Mst. SAMEENA ANWAR VS The MANAGER, UNITED BANK LTD. S. 124---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Constitutional petition---Contract of indemnity---Withdrawal of amount from missing person's Bank account---Scope---Petitioner along with her…
2022 PLD 108 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
Mst. SAMEENA ANWAR VS The MANAGER, UNITED BANK LTD. arts. 123 & 124---Burden of proving death of person known to have been alive within thirty years---Burden of proving that person is alive who has not been heard of for seven years---Scope-…
2022 PLD 108 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
Mst. SAMEENA ANWAR VS The MANAGER, UNITED BANK LTD. arts. 123 & 124---Burden of proving death of person known to have been alive within thirty years---Burden of proving that person is alive who has not been heard of for seven years---Scope-…
2022 PLD 108 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
Mst. SAMEENA ANWAR VS The MANAGER, UNITED BANK LTD. arts. 123 & 124---Burden of proving death of person known to have been alive within thirty years---Burden of proving that person is alive who has not been heard of for seven years---Scope-…
2022 PLD 108 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
Mst. SAMEENA ANWAR VS The MANAGER, UNITED BANK LTD. Missing person is to be regarded alive till the expiry of ninety years from the date of his birth. Head NotesCase Description
2022 PLD 108 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
Mst. SAMEENA ANWAR VS The MANAGER, UNITED BANK LTD. arts. 123 & 124---Burden of proving death of person known to have been alive within thirty years---Burden of proving that person is alive who has not been heard of for seven years---Scope-…
2022 YLRN 53 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
PARA DIN VS State S. 363---Kidnapping or abducting a person under the age of ten---Appreciation of evidence---Allegation against the accused was of abducting four children of the complainant---Record showed that the complainant, who was a m…
2022 YLRN 57 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ABDUL HADI VS JAFAR KHAN S.5---Condonation of delay---Scope---Delay of each day has to be satisfactorily explained, as after expiry of limitation period a vested right is created in favour of the other party which can not be easily brushed…
2022 YLRN 57 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ABDUL HADI VS JAFAR KHAN Ss. 337-a, 337-D & 34---Shajjah, jaifah, common intention---appeal against acquittal--- Maintainability---Scope---accused were charged for causing injuries by means of danda and stone to the uncle of complainant---R…
2022 YLRN 57 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ABDUL HADI VS JAFAR KHAN Ss. 337-a, 337-D & 34---Shajjah, jaifah, common intention---appreciation of evidence---appeal against acquittal---Limitation---accused were charged for causing injuries by means of danda and stone to the uncle of co…
2022 YLRN 60 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MUHAMMAD TAYYAB VS The VICE-CHANCELLOR/CHAIRMAN ADMISSION COMMITTEE (BUMHS) Prospectus---Scope---Petitioner assai-led the provisions of prospectus which stipulated that if a candidate had been once admitted to any other professional institu…
2022 YLRN 60 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MUHAMMAD TAYYAB VS The VICE-CHANCELLOR/CHAIRMAN ADMISSION COMMITTEE (BUMHS) Prospectus--- Scope--- Framing of admission policy falls in the domain of University authorities--- Educational institutions are bound by the policy laid down in th…
2022 YLRN 63 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MASOOD AHMED VS State Ss. 302(b), 147, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, rioting, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Non recovery of crime empty from place of occurrence---Effect---Pros…
2022 YLRN 63 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MASOOD AHMED VS State Ss. 302(b), 147, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, rioting, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Delay of about more than nine hours in lodging the FIR---Effect---Pr…
2022 YLRN 63 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MASOOD AHMED VS State Ss. 302(b), 147, 148 & 149---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 129(g)---Qatl-i-amd, rioting, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence--- Benefit of doubt--- Withholding material…
2022 YLRN 63 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MASOOD AHMED VS State Witness---Chance witness---Statement of chance witness---Scope---Statement of chance witness could be believed if he plausibly explained his presence at relevant time at the place of occurrence. Head NotesCase Descript…
2022 YLRN 63 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MASOOD AHMED VS State Ss. 302(b), 147, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, rioting, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Delay in sending the incriminating material for analysis---Effect---…
2022 YLRN 63 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MASOOD AHMED VS State S. 154---First information report---Delay in lodging the FIR---Scope---Mere delay of lodging FIR did not discredit the same if caused with explanation---First Information Report was treated to be a corner stone of the…
2022 YLRN 63 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MASOOD AHMED VS State Benefit of doubt---Principle---If the evidence of prosecution created doubt about truthfulness of the prosecution case then benefit of such doubt would go to the accused. Head NotesCase Description
2022 YLRN 63 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MASOOD AHMED VS State Ss. 302(b), 147, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, rioting, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Contradictions in the statement of witnesses---Scope---Prosecution c…
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