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2022 SCMR 2068 SUPREME-COURT
NAEEM QADIR SHEIKH VS State Ss. 498 & 497(2)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 409, 420, 467, 468, 471 & 201---Prevention of Corruption Act (II of 1947), S. 5(2)--- Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Officials of Excise and Taxation Depa…
2022 SCMR 2073 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND WORKS VS Malik SAFEER AHMED allotment of official accommodation/residence--- Terms and conditions of service---Matter of allotment or cancellation of an official residence is connected with the…
2022 SCMR 2073 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND WORKS VS Malik SAFEER AHMED R. 29---Civil Servants Act (LXXI of 1973), Ss. 23B & 25(1)---Allotment of official accommodation/residence---Allotment cancelled by the Estate Officer---Civil suit f…
2022 SCMR 2073 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND WORKS VS Malik SAFEER AHMED art. 199--- allotment of official accommodation/residence, issue of---Constitutional jurisdiction of the High Court---Scope---any order made or proceedings taken in…
2022 SCMR 2077 SUPREME-COURT
SHAMEEM BIBI VS State Call Data Record (CDR), reliance upon---Scope---In absence of any concrete material the Call Data Record (CDR) is not a conclusive piece of evidence to ascertain the guilt or otherwise of an accused.
2022 SCMR 2077 SUPREME-COURT
SHAMEEM BIBI VS State S. 497(2)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S. 302, 394, 107, 109 & 411---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Qatl-i-amd, voluntary causing hurt in committing robbery, abetment, dishonestly receiving stolen property---Ba…
2022 SCMR 2080 SUPREME-COURT
MALL DEVELOPMENT (PVT.) LTD. VS WALEED KHANZADA art. 9---Right to life---Scope---Public spaces---Parks---Right to life inter alia includes the right to enjoy public spaces such as parks.
2022 SCMR 2080 SUPREME-COURT
MALL DEVELOPMENT (PVT.) LTD. VS WALEED KHANZADA Chapt. V---Amenity plot converted for commercial use---Legality---Amenity plot or public park cannot be converted for commercial use, nor can its land use be changed to one which affects the r…
2022 SCMR 2080 SUPREME-COURT
MALL DEVELOPMENT (PVT.) LTD. VS WALEED KHANZADA Chapt. V---Amenity plot---Lease hold rights of a commercial plot transferred by Defence Housing Authority (DHA) to a company (appellant)---Commercial plot merged with an "adjacent plot" sold t…
2022 SCMR 2080 SUPREME-COURT
MALL DEVELOPMENT (PVT.) LTD. VS WALEED KHANZADA Chapt. V---Land and valuable property, the rights of which vest in the Government---Such land or property cannot be sold off arbitrarily.
2022 SCMR 2080 SUPREME-COURT
MALL DEVELOPMENT (PVT.) LTD. VS WALEED KHANZADA When the law provides a particular manner of doing things, they must be done in that manner or not at all---Anything done to the contrary would be illegal, ex-facie erroneous and unsustainable…
2022 SCMR 2089 SUPREME-COURT
SAQIB ALI VS GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB Post of Hardware and Network Technician in police force---Provisional appointment letter, withdrawal of---Appointee booked in a murder case before joining duty---Appointee subsequently acquitted from the ca…
2022 SCMR 2089 SUPREME-COURT
SAQIB ALI VS GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB appointment---Criteria for appointment---Every department has the right to make rules and induct people according to its own standards and requirements.
2022 SCMR 2089 SUPREME-COURT
SAQIB ALI VS GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB Condonation of delay---For condonation of delay, each day's delay has to be explained with proper justification.
2022 SCMR 2093 SUPREME-COURT
UMAR ZAMAN VS State S. 9(c)---Possession of narcotics---Safe custody of the recovered substance and its safe transmission from the local police station to the office of the Chemical Examiner not established by the prosecution---Effect---In…
2022 SCMR 2096 SUPREME-COURT
SECRETARY SCHOOLS EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB VS ASGHARI BEGUM S. 4(1)(b)(vi)--- Government school teacher---Dismissal from service---Procuring fake transfer orders after withdrawal of appointment order---Appointment order of respondent…
2022 SCMR 2096 SUPREME-COURT
SECRETARY SCHOOLS EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB VS ASGHARI BEGUM S. 4(1)--- appeal before the Service Tribunal, filing of---Prerequisite---Departmental appeal---To avail any remedy before the Service Tribunal, it is necessary that a depar…
2022 SCMR 2096 SUPREME-COURT
SECRETARY SCHOOLS EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB VS ASGHARI BEGUM S. 4(1)(b)(vi)--- Government school teacher---Dismissal from service---Procuring bogus transfer orders---Inquiry report confirmed that transfer order of respondent was bogus…
2022 SCMR 2096 SUPREME-COURT
SECRETARY SCHOOLS EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB VS ASGHARI BEGUM Scope---Litigant who sleeps on his rights has no right to claim relief.
2022 SCMR 2105 SUPREME-COURT
MIR WAIZ VS State S. 9(c)---Possession of narcotics---Safe custody of the recovered substance and its safe transmission from the local police station to the office of the Chemical Examiner not established by the prosecution---Effect---In a…
2022 SCMR 2107 SUPREME-COURT
COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, KARACHI VS MUHAMMAD SHAFIQ S. 33---Import of vehicle---Claim regarding over-paid customs duties and taxes rejected---Requisite certificate of the manufacturer of the vehicle not produced---Respondent had imported a veh…
2022 SCMR 2111 SUPREME-COURT
RASHID RAMZAN VS State S. 497--- Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302, 324, 337-F(v), 337-F(iii), 337-ÂF(i), 148 & 149---Constitution of Pakistan, Art.185(3)---Murderous assault---Bail, refusal of---Accused was duly nominated in the crime rep…
2022 SCMR 2111 SUPREME-COURT
RASHID RAMZAN VS State S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S. 302---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Murderous assault---Bail---Case of cross-versions---Mere existence of a cross-version could not alone be considered a sufficient grou…
2022 SCMR 2114 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA VS NARGIS JAMAL, EX-DEO (FEMALE) KARAK Relief, award of---Scope---No Court has any jurisdiction to grant arbitrary relief without the support of any power granted by the Constitution or the law.
2022 SCMR 2114 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA VS NARGIS JAMAL, EX-DEO (FEMALE) KARAK Misconduct--- Recommendations of the Inquiry Committee---Competent authority, duty of---Scope---No hard and fast rule existed that the competent authority in all circum…
2022 SCMR 2114 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA VS NARGIS JAMAL, EX-DEO (FEMALE) KARAK Compulsory retirement, penalty of---Absence from duty---Foreign travel outside Pakistan without prior approval from competent authority---Service Tribunal modified pena…
2022 SCMR 2114 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA VS NARGIS JAMAL, EX-DEO (FEMALE) KARAK S. 5(1)--- Punishment awarded by the competent/departmental authority---Service Tribunal, power of---Scope---Award of punishment under the law is primarily the function…
2022 SCMR 2121 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL GHANI VS State S. 9(c)---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 129(g)---Possession of narcotics---Reappraisal of evidence---Safe custody and safe transmission of samples to the Forensic Science Laboratory not established---Benefit of do…
2022 SCMR 2121 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL GHANI VS State S. 9(c)---Possession of narcotics---Safe custody of the recovered substance and its safe transmission from the local police station to the office of the Chemical Examiner not established by the prosecution---In a case c…
2022 SCMR 2123 SUPREME-COURT
Raja MUHAMMAD OWAIS VS Mst. NAZIA JABEEN Ss. 17 & 25---Custody of children---Mother contracting second marriage---Intention of children to live with the mother---In the present case, the Guardian Judge considered the welfare of the children…
2022 SCMR 2123 SUPREME-COURT
Raja MUHAMMAD OWAIS VS Mst. NAZIA JABEEN Ss. 17 & 25---Custody of children---Welfare of child---Scope---Factors to be considered by the Court---Court's jurisdiction in custody cases is in the form of parental jurisdiction which means that t…
2022 SCMR 2123 SUPREME-COURT
Raja MUHAMMAD OWAIS VS Mst. NAZIA JABEEN Ss. 17 & 25---Custody of children---Mother contracting second marriage---Effect---Although the general rule (as contained in paragraphs 352 and 354 of Principles of Muhammadan Law By D F Mulla) is th…
2022 SCMR 2130 SUPREME-COURT
ZAKIA BEGUM VS NASIR-UL-ISLAM KHAN Will---Compliance with Shariah---Sharia-compliant will would not act as an ex-ante instrument which regulates the inheritable shares of any and all legal heirs before the actual opening of the testator's e…
2022 SCMR 2130 SUPREME-COURT
ZAKIA BEGUM VS NASIR-UL-ISLAM KHAN S. 41---Transfer by ostensible owner---Bona fide purchaser of property without notice---Requirement of purchaser acting in good faith and taking reasonable care before entering into the transaction---Scope…
2022 SCMR 2130 SUPREME-COURT
ZAKIA BEGUM VS NASIR-UL-ISLAM KHAN S. 2(h)---Will---Meaning and scope---Will can be considered as a formal document drawn up by a natural person wherein he expresses his wish as to how he would want his estate to be distributed after his de…
2022 SCMR 2130 SUPREME-COURT
ZAKIA BEGUM VS NASIR-UL-ISLAM KHAN S. 41---Transfer by ostensible owners (sons)---Compensation for daughters deprived of their inheritance share---Brothers had deprived their sisters of their inheritance share in subject property by selling…
2022 SCMR 2142 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD AZAM VS State Ss. 497 & 498---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Bail---Observations made by the Court in a bail granting or bail refusing order---Such observations had no effect on merits of the case in any subsequent proceed…
2022 SCMR 2143 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD USAMA VS State S. 302(c)---Qatl-i-amd---Reappraisal of evidence---Eye-witnesses of the occurrence were subjected to lengthy cross-examination by the defence but nothing favourable to the accused or adverse to the prosecution could…
2022 SCMR 2143 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD USAMA VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Minor discrepancies on statements of eye-witnesses---Effect---On account of lapse of memory owing to intervening period, some minor discrepancies are inevitable and they may occur naturally b…
2022 SCMR 2143 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD USAMA VS State Ss. 302(b) & 302(c)---Qatl-i-amd---Reappraisal of evidence---Spur of the moment occurrence without any premeditation---Conviction under section 302(b), P.P.C. altered to one under section 302(c), P.P.C.---Sentence, r…
2022 SCMR 2147 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD NAWAZ KHAN VS INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, PUNJAB, LAHORE Concurrent departmental and criminal proceedings---Acquittal in criminal proceedings--- Effect--- Civil servant cannot escape departmental proceedings or consequences thereo…
2022 SCMR 2149 SUPREME-COURT
SHAH ZAMEEN VS State S. 9--- Possession of narcotics---Safe custody of the recovered substance and its safe transmission from the local police station to the office of the Chemical Examiner not established by the prosecution---In a case con…
2022 SCMR 2149 SUPREME-COURT
SHAH ZAMEEN VS State S. 9(c)---Possession of narcotics---Reappraisal of evidence---Safe custody and safe transmission of samples to the Forensic Science Laboratory not established---Possibility of tampering with and fabrication of samples--…
2022 PLD 73 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD FAROOQ VS JAVED KHAN S. 20---agreement void where both parties under a mistake as to matter of fact---Scope---Mistake of fact relating to the area of land being sold was recognised as essentially fundamental for the purposes of att…
2022 PLD 73 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD FAROOQ VS JAVED KHAN O.VII, R. 7---Relief not specifically sought in the plaint---Whether such relief could be granted by the Court---In appropriate cases, the courts could mould the relief within the scope of the provisions of O.V…
2022 PLD 73 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD FAROOQ VS JAVED KHAN Ss. 20 & 65---agreement void where both parties under a mistake as to matter of fact---Principles and scope---according to S.20 of the Contract act, 1872, a mistake of fact took effect when the parties to an ag…
2022 PLD 73 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD FAROOQ VS JAVED KHAN O. VII, R. 7---Limitation Act (IX of 1908), Preamble---Relief not specifically sought in the plaint---Power of the court to mould relief under O.VII, R. 7 of the C.P.C.---Such power did not enable the court to…
2022 PLD 85 SUPREME-COURT
FAQIR ALI VS SAKINA BIBI Proof---Gift mutations allegedly procured through fraud to deprive sisters of their share in inheritance---Court to scrutinize reasons and justification of gift---In the wake of frivolous gifts generally made to dep…
2022 PLD 85 SUPREME-COURT
FAQIR ALI VS SAKINA BIBI Gift---Proof---Pre-requisites and burden of proof---Whether gift is required to be registered---Gift in order to be valid and binding on the parties must fulfill three conditions, namely declaration of gift by the d…
2022 PLD 85 SUPREME-COURT
FAQIR ALI VS SAKINA BIBI Oral gift---Proof---Transaction which was based on an oral gift had two parts, namely the fact of the oral gift which had to be independently established by proving through cogent and reliable evidence the three nec…
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