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2022 PLC(CS) 1445 SUPREME-COURT
FARAZ NAVEED VS DISTRICT POLICE OFFICER GUJRAT Concurrent criminal and disciplinary proceedings against a civil servant---Permissible---Civil servant cannot escape departmental proceedings or consequences thereof on account of his acquittal…
2022 PLC(CS) 1445 SUPREME-COURT
FARAZ NAVEED VS DISTRICT POLICE OFFICER GUJRAT Rr. 2(iii) & 6---Police Order, 2002, arts. 3 & 4---Police Rules, 1934, Rr. 14.4 & 16.3---Concurrent criminal and disciplinary proceedings against a police official accused of violent and brutal…
2022 PLC(CS) 1481 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA through Chief Secretary, Civil Secretariat, Peshawar VS FAZLI GHUFRAN Promotion---Senior most candidate on seniority list---Right to promotion from date when post becomes vacant---In the present case, after…
2022 PLC(CS) 1501 SUPREME-COURT
INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, QUETTA VS FIDA MUHAMMAD Illegal order---If an order is illegal then perpetual rights cannot be gained (by employees) on the basis of such an illegal order.
2022 PLC(CS) 1501 SUPREME-COURT
INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, QUETTA VS FIDA MUHAMMAD Purpose and scope of the principles of "natural justice" stated.
2022 PLC(CS) 1501 SUPREME-COURT
INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, QUETTA VS FIDA MUHAMMAD R. 9(6)---Reinstatement in service---Violation of principles of natural justice---Vested right to appointment---Locus poenitentiae, doctrine of---Appointment letters were cancelled throug…
2022 PLC(CS) 1501 SUPREME-COURT
INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, QUETTA VS FIDA MUHAMMAD Scope---Doctrine of vested right upholds and preserves that once a right is coined in one locale, its existence should be recognized everywhere and claims based on vested rights are enfor…
2022 PLC(CS) 1533 SUPREME-COURT
BADSHAH ZAMIN VS SIRAJ KHAN Ss. 3 & 4---Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Public Service Commission Regulations, 2003, Reglns. 35(3)(a) & 35(3)(b)---Seniority---Prior to commencement of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Employees (Regularization of Services) Act, 2009 (…
2022 PLC(CS) 1562 SUPREME-COURT
USMAN GHANI VS The CHIEF POST MASTER, GPO KARACHI S. 5(1)---Service Tribunal, powers of---Scope---Where the order of the competent authority based on inquiry report was challenged before the Service Tribunal then it was the legal duty of th…
2022 PLC(CS) 1562 SUPREME-COURT
USMAN GHANI VS The CHIEF POST MASTER, GPO KARACHI Departmental inquiry---Purpose---Foremost aspiration of conducting departmental inquiry was to find out whether a prima facie case of misconduct was made out against the delinquent officer f…
2022 PLC(CS) 1562 SUPREME-COURT
USMAN GHANI VS The CHIEF POST MASTER, GPO KARACHI Misconduct---Departmental inquiry and criminal trial---Distinct standards of proof---Standard of proof looked for in a departmental inquiry deviated from the standard of proof required in a…
2022 PLC(CS) 1562 SUPREME-COURT
USMAN GHANI VS The CHIEF POST MASTER, GPO KARACHI "Regular inquiry" and "preliminary/fact finding inquiry"---Distinction---Regular inquiry was triggered after issuing show cause notice with statement of allegations and if the reply was not…
2022 PLC(CS) 1577 SUPREME-COURT
PAKISTAN ELECTRONIC MEDIA REGULATORY AUTHORITY VS ARY COMMUNICATIONS LTD. S. 26---Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Council of Complaints) Rules 2010, R. 3---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 25 & 27---Honorary appointments to p…
2022 PLC(CS) 1603 SUPREME-COURT
HADAYAT ULLAH VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN arts. 240 & 260(1)---Civil Servants act (LXXI of 1973), S. 2(1)(b)---Terms "Service of Pakistan" and "Civil Servant"---Said terms were not synonymous, in fact, the phrase 'service of Pakistan' appeare…
2022 PLC(CS) 1603 SUPREME-COURT
HADAYAT ULLAH VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN arts. 184 & 185--- Judgments of the Supreme Court---Prospective/retrospective effect---Scope---Judgments of the Supreme Court operate prospectively, however, they could operate retrospectively if so d…
2022 PLC(CS) 1603 SUPREME-COURT
HADAYAT ULLAH VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN O. XI, R. 1, Second proviso---Semper praesumitur pro negante, rule of---Scope---When the Judges of an appellate Court are equally divided in their opinion, the judgment of the Court below is affirmed…
2022 PLC(CS) 1603 SUPREME-COURT
HADAYAT ULLAH VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN applicability---Principle of locus poenitentiae would not be attracted in a case under which the benefit has been extended by a law which was violative of the provisions of the Constitution.
2022 PLC(CS) 1603 SUPREME-COURT
HADAYAT ULLAH VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN Judgment in rem---Neither necessary nor the requirement of law that Court should issue a separate notice and offer an opportunity of hearing to each and every person who is likely to be affected, and…
2022 PLC(CS) 1603 SUPREME-COURT
HADAYAT ULLAH VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN arts. 184 & 185--- Judgments/orders of the Supreme Court---academic exercise---Ordinarily the Supreme Court does not enter into purely academic exercises.
2022 PLC(CS) 1603 SUPREME-COURT
HADAYAT ULLAH VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN aid to statutory interpretation---Parliamentary debates---Scope---Parliamentary debates, especially the speech made by the mover of the Bill or by the chairman or member(s) of the Standing Committee t…
2022 PLC(CS) 1603 SUPREME-COURT
HADAYAT ULLAH VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN art. 260(1)---Term "Service of Pakistan"---Test for determining whether a person is in the 'service of Pakistan'---Test whether a person is in the service of Pakistan is whether he is performing funct…
2022 PLC(CS) 1603 SUPREME-COURT
HADAYAT ULLAH VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN arts. 184(3) & 188---Constitutional jurisdiction of the Supreme Court under article 184(3) of the Constitution---Scope---Original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court under article 184(3) of the Constitu…
2022 PLC(CS) 1603 SUPREME-COURT
HADAYAT ULLAH VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN 'Reading out' (severance) and 'reading down' parts of a statute---Principles stated.
2022 PLC(CS) 1603 SUPREME-COURT
HADAYAT ULLAH VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN art. 25---Equality of citizens---Reasonable classification---Scope---although article 25 of the Constitution envisages equality amongst citizens, it also allows for differential treatment of persons w…
2022 PLC(CS) 1603 SUPREME-COURT
HADAYAT ULLAH VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN Reference to legislative history---Scope---Reference to legislative history is permissible only as an aid to construction of legislation which is ambiguous or obscure or the literal meaning of which l…
2022 PLC(CS) 1603 SUPREME-COURT
HADAYAT ULLAH VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN Scope---Legislation is the manifestation of the will of the people and the collective wisdom of their chosen representatives in the Parliament---Courts must therefore tread carefully to judicially rev…
2022 PLC(CS) 1603 SUPREME-COURT
HADAYAT ULLAH VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN art. 25---Equality of citizens---Reasonable classification---Scope of reasonable classification stated.
2022 PLC(CS) 1603 SUPREME-COURT
HADAYAT ULLAH VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN Courts lean in favour of upholding the constitutionality of laws and are reluctant to strike them down---Cardinal principles of construction of statutes stated.
2022 PLC(CS) 1603 SUPREME-COURT
HADAYAT ULLAH VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN Ss. 2(d), 2(f)(vi), 4, 10, 11, 12 & 13 & Preamble---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 4, 9, 14, 18, 25, 184(3), 187, 188, 240 & 242---Supreme Court Rules, 1980, O. XXXIII, R. 6---[Per Umar Ata Bandial,…
2022 PLC(CS) 1603 SUPREME-COURT
HADAYAT ULLAH VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN Scope of the doctrine of Separation of powers in a constitutional democracy stated.
2022 PLC(CS) 1603 SUPREME-COURT
HADAYAT ULLAH VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN art. 240---appointments to service of Pakistan---Principles of merit, non-discrimination, transparency and fairness---article 240 of the Constitution is simply the bedrock on which appointments to the…
2022 PLC(CS) 1603 SUPREME-COURT
HADAYAT ULLAH VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN art. 188---Review jurisdiction of the Supreme Court---Scope---Review jurisdiction of the Court operates in a limited area---Review does not succeed merely because a material error has crept into the d…
2022 PLD 267 SUPREME-COURT
PRIVATIZATION COMMISSION VS AFTAB HUSSAIN arts. 97, 154 & Fourth Sched., Pt. II, Entry No. 3---Benazir Employees Stock Option Scheme (the Scheme')---Whether the Federal Cabinet's decision in approving the Scheme is in violation of art. 154…
2022 PLD 267 SUPREME-COURT
PRIVATIZATION COMMISSION VS AFTAB HUSSAIN art. 154(1)---Council of Common Interests (CCI), powers of---Scope---CCI holds a significant position in the Constitutional structure---Role of CCI is not limited to deliberations only, rather, it i…
2022 PLD 267 SUPREME-COURT
PRIVATIZATION COMMISSION VS AFTAB HUSSAIN art. 97---Executive authority of the Federal Government---Scope---Extent of the executive authority of the Federation is not absolute rather circumscribed by other Constitutional provisions---Execut…
2022 PLD 281 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
SHARAFAT KHAN VS State Ss. 9(c) & 36---Control of Narcotic Substances (Government Analysts) Rules, 2001, R. 4---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 10A---Possession of 25,000 grams of charas---Re-appraisal of evidence---Sample sent to Government…
2022 PLD 281 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
SHARAFAT KHAN VS State Ss. 9 & 36---Control of Narcotic Substances (Government Analysts) Rules, 2001, R. 4---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 10A---Possession of narcotics---Representative sample sent to Government analyst, nature of---[Per S…
2022 PLC 33 SUPREME-COURT
GETZ PHARMA (PVT.) LIMITED, KARACHI VS MUHAMMAD NAFEES S. 15(1)--- Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Orders) Ordinance (VI of 1968), S.2(i) & Sched., S.Os.12(6) & 12(7)---Sales Managers employed on contractual basis on manageri…
2022 PLC 62 SUPREME-COURT
DIVISIONAL SUPERINTENDENT, QUETTA POSTAL DIVISION VS MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM Ss. 1(3), 54(h) & Preamble---Balochistan Industrial Relations Act (XIV of 2010), S. 1(4)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 143 & Fourth Sched. Pt. II, Entry No. 13---Emplo…
2022 PLC 62 SUPREME-COURT
DIVISIONAL SUPERINTENDENT, QUETTA POSTAL DIVISION VS MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM S. 2(1)(b)(iii)---Industrial Relations Act (X of 2012), S. 2(xxxiii)---Balochistan Industrial Relations Act (XIV of 2010), Ss. 1(4)(b) & 2(dd)---Workmen's Compensation Ac…
2022 PLC 62 SUPREME-COURT
DIVISIONAL SUPERINTENDENT, QUETTA POSTAL DIVISION VS MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM S. 25(1)--- Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Orders) Ordinance, 1968, S. 1, first proviso---Employee/postman of Pakistan Post Office---Rules framed under th…
2022 PLC 82 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD SHABBIR VS QUAID-E-AZAM UNIVERSITY through Vice-Chancellor, Islamabad Scope---Common and pre-dominant feature of de facto doctrine is in relation to exercise of power by holder of the public office, when it is found to be not legal…
2022 PLC 82 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD SHABBIR VS QUAID-E-AZAM UNIVERSITY through Vice-Chancellor, Islamabad Ss.33 & 53---Industrial Relations Act (IV of 2008), S. 87(3)---Repeal of Industrial Relations Act, 2008 ('Act of 2008')---Disputes between workers and employers…
2022 PLC 124 SUPREME-COURT
FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN VS ROVINCE OF SINDH through Secretary Labour and Human Resources Department Ss. 4, 5 & 6 & Preamble---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 3, 9, 14, 37(a) & 38(a)---Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), Art. 23---M…
2022 PLC 124 SUPREME-COURT
FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN VS ROVINCE OF SINDH through Secretary Labour and Human Resources Department Ss. 4, 5 & 6---Minimum rate of wages, revision of---Provincial Government cannot itself revise the minimum rates of wages; it can only be don…
2022 PLC 198 SUPREME-COURT
FARAZ AHMED VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Communication, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad S.46---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Constitutional petition filed before the High Court for implementation/executi…
2022 PLC 198 SUPREME-COURT
FARAZ AHMED VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Communication, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad Contractual employee--- Regularization, right of---Scope---Contractual employees have no vested right to regularization, b…
2022 PLD 290 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
PAKISTAN PEOPLES PARTY PARLIAMENTARIANS (PPPP) VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice Islamabad arts. 5, 54(3), 58(1), 63a & 95---Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the National assembly, 2007, Rr…
2022 PLD 298 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN VS PROVINCE OF SINDH through Secretary Labour and Human Resources Department Ss. 4, 5 & 6---Minimum rate of wages, revision of---Provincial Government cannot itself revise the minimum rates of wages; it can only be do…
2022 PLD 298 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN VS PROVINCE OF SINDH through Secretary Labour and Human Resources Department Ss. 4, 5 & 6 & Preamble---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 3, 9, 14, 37(a) & 38(a)---Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), Art. 23---…
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