Pakistani case law library
Pak Law GPT gives lawyers, students and litigants access to reported Pakistani judgments in Urdu and English. Every judgment below is published from our case-law database with its original reported text, so you can read the citation and the judgment content directly.
Browse by branch of law
Reported judgments28,856 records
2022 PLD 475 SUPREME-COURT
CHAIRMAN, NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU VS NISAR AHMED PATHAN Ss. 497 & 498---National Accountability Ordinance (XVIII of 1999), Ss. 9 & 10---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 9, 10, 10A, 14 & 199---National Accountability Bureau Reference--…
2022 PLD 475 SUPREME-COURT
CHAIRMAN, NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU VS NISAR AHMED PATHAN Ss. 497 & 498---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Bail---Appreciation of material/evidence on record---Principles---Courts are not to indulge in the exercise of a deeper a…
2022 PLD 475 SUPREME-COURT
CHAIRMAN, NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU VS NISAR AHMED PATHAN S. 497(5)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Petition for cancellation of bail---Invoking the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court for cancellation of bail granted…
2022 PLD 475 SUPREME-COURT
CHAIRMAN, NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU VS NISAR AHMED PATHAN Ss. 497 & 498---National Accountability Ordinance (XVIII of 1999), Ss. 9 & 10---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 9, 10, 10A, 14 & 199---National Accountability Bureau Reference--…
2022 PLD 475 SUPREME-COURT
CHAIRMAN, NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU VS NISAR AHMED PATHAN S. 497(5)---National Accountability Ordinance (XVIII of 1999), Ss. 9 & 10---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Petitions for cancellation of bail, dismissal of---Main accus…
2022 PLD 482 SUPREME-COURT
KHAN BAHADUR KHAN VS KHAN MALOOK KHAN S. 115---Revisional jurisdiction---Scope---Scope of revisional jurisdiction is confined to the extent of misreading or non-reading of evidence, jurisdictional error or an illegality of the nature in the…
2022 PLD 482 SUPREME-COURT
KHAN BAHADUR KHAN VS KHAN MALOOK KHAN S. 115(1), Second Proviso---Revision application/petition filed beyond the prescribed period of limitation---Principles regarding exercise of suo motu jurisdiction by the High Court or the District Cour…
2022 PLD 488 SUPREME-COURT
SUPREME COURT BAR ASSOCIATION OF PAKISTAN VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Ministry of Interior Islamabad arts. 17(2), 63(1)(p), 63-a, 184(3), 186 & 187---Reference by the President under article 186 of the Constitution, seeking interpreta…
2022 PLD 13 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD SARWAR VS HASHMAL KHAN S. 115---Revisional jurisdiction of the High Court---Scope---Section 115, C.P.C. empowered the High Court to satisfy and reassure itself that the order of the subordinate court was within its jurisdiction; th…
2022 PLD 497 SUPREME-COURT
CHAIRMAN, NAB VS NASAR ULLAH Ss. 4(a) & 6---Police Order (No.22 of 2002), Arts. 109 & 111---Inordinate or long delay in the conclusion of trials---General directions issued by the Supreme Court to eradicate the issue of delay in conclusion…
2022 PLD 497 SUPREME-COURT
CHAIRMAN, NAB VS NASAR ULLAH art. 10a---Right to a fair trial and due process---Liberal and progressive interpretation---Incorporation of the right to a fair trial and due process by article 10-a in the Constitution as an independent fundam…
2022 PLD 497 SUPREME-COURT
CHAIRMAN, NAB VS NASAR ULLAH S. 497---National Accountability Ordinance (XVIII of 1999), Ss. 9, 10 & 16(a)---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 4, 9, 10A & 199---National Accountability Bureau Reference---Bail---Grounds---Delay in conclusion o…
2022 PLD 504 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL AZIZ VS Mst. ZAIB-UN-NISSA Pardanashin lady---Brother depriving his illiterate and Pardanashin sisters of their property through a gift deed---Fraud and misrepresentation---In the present case, the sisters had never gifted their inher…
2022 PLD 504 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL AZIZ VS Mst. ZAIB-UN-NISSA Illiterate lady---Property transaction---Rules regarding transaction by a Pardanashin lady are evenly applicable to an illiterate and ignorant woman though she may not be Pardanashin lady in a strict sense.
2022 PLD 504 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL AZIZ VS Mst. ZAIB-UN-NISSA Old, illiterate/rustic village 'Pardanashin' lady---Property transaction---Mandatory conditions to be complied with to prove that the transaction was legitimate and free from all suspicions stated.
2022 PLD 504 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL AZIZ VS Mst. ZAIB-UN-NISSA Illiterate and Pardanashin lady---Property transaction---Burden of proof---Rules/principles regarding transaction with a Pardanashin lady stated.
2022 PLD 511 SUPREME-COURT
ISLAMABAD HIGH COURT BAR ASSOCIATION through its President Muhammad Shoaib Shaheen, Islamabad VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Interior, Islamabad arts. 9, 15 & 16---Freedom of movement and assembly---Such freedoms ha…
2022 PLD 511 SUPREME-COURT
ISLAMABAD HIGH COURT BAR ASSOCIATION through its President Muhammad Shoaib Shaheen, Islamabad VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Interior, Islamabad arts. 9, 15, 16, 184(3) & 204(2)(a)---Constitutional petition under ar…
2022 PLD 523 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD NAWAZ VS State Ss. 34, 148, 149, 302(b) & 302(c)---Qatl-i-amd---Multiple assailants---Common intention or common object---Any judgment which concludes that the offence falling under Section 302(b), P.P.C. was committed in furtheran…
2022 PLD 541 SUPREME-COURT
ALLAH WASAYA VS State S. 497(1), fourth proviso---Bail---Expression "hardened, desperate or dangerous criminal" as used in the fourth proviso to Section 497(1) Cr.P.C.---Scope of the expression "hardened, desperate or dangerous criminal" ex…
2022 PLD 541 SUPREME-COURT
ALLAH WASAYA VS State S. 497(1), third & fourth proviso---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 336, 334, 367, 354, 342, 148 & 149---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Cutting of a person's nose--- Bail, refusal of---Delay in conclusion of tri…
2022 PLD 546 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL BAQI VS Haji KHAN MUHAMMAD S. 3---Constitution of Pakistan, Article 204---Contempt of Court---Nature and scope---Matter of contempt of court is essentially a matter between the court and the alleged contemnor, therefore, if the court…
2022 PLD 546 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL BAQI VS Haji KHAN MUHAMMAD art. 185---Discretionary orders passed by the High Court---Interference by the Supreme Court---Scope---Though discretionary orders passed by the High Courts are not generally interfered with but they are not…
2022 PLD 546 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL BAQI VS Haji KHAN MUHAMMAD Ss. 3 & 12---Constitution of Pakistan, Articles 185 & 204---Order of High Court declining to initiate Contempt of Court proceedings---Interference by the Supreme Court---Scope---While the Supreme Court does…
2022 PLD 546 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL BAQI VS Haji KHAN MUHAMMAD art. 185(3)---Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court under article 185(3) of the Constitution---Principles and scope---Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court under article 185(3) of the Constitution to grant leave to…
2022 PLD 551 SUPREME-COURT
KHAWAR KAYANI VS State S. 497(1), third proviso---Bail---Delay in conclusion of trial---Period of delay in the conclusion of the trial is to be counted from the date of the detention of the accused in the case.
2022 PLD 551 SUPREME-COURT
KHAWAR KAYANI VS State S. 2(a) & Preamble---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 25(3) & 35---Concept of juvenile justice system explained.
2022 PLD 551 SUPREME-COURT
KHAWAR KAYANI VS State S. 6(5)---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 497---Bail---Delay in conclusion of trial---Juvenile aged more than sixteen years accused of a heinous offence and detained for a continuous period exceeding six month…
2022 PLD 551 SUPREME-COURT
KHAWAR KAYANI VS State S. 6(5)---Juvenile accused---Bail---Delay in conclusion of trial---Juvenile accused detained for a continuous period exceeding six months without conclusion of trial---Period of six months mentioned in section 6(5) of…
2022 PLD 558 SUPREME-COURT
Mrs. MUHAMMAD AKBAR VS ABDUL JALIL S. 11---Eviction of tenant---Personal bona fide need of landlord for non-residential purposes---Whether before filing of eviction petition permission of Rent Controller in terms of section 11 of the Baloch…
2022 PLD 562 SUPREME-COURT
ABBAS HAIDER NAQVI VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN art. 18---Regulation of trade---Scope---In a welfare State, the legislature enacts laws in public interest for the regulation of some trades or businesses by statutory bodies or Government functi…
2022 PLD 562 SUPREME-COURT
ABBAS HAIDER NAQVI VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN S. 405---Criminal breach of trust---Entrustment of property---Scope of Section 405, P.P.C. stated.
2022 PLD 562 SUPREME-COURT
ABBAS HAIDER NAQVI VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN S. 405---National Accountability Ordinance (XVIII of 1999), Ss. 9(a)(x) & 9(a)(xi)---Criminal breach of trust---Corruption and corrupt practices---In a case where the primary offence of criminal…
2022 PLD 562 SUPREME-COURT
ABBAS HAIDER NAQVI VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN S. 265-K---Power of court to acquit accused at any stage---Scope of Section 265-K, Cr.P.C. stated.
2022 PLD 574 SUPREME-COURT
PAKISTAN PEOPLES PARTY PARLIAMENTARIANS (PPPP) VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice Islamabad art. 184(3)---Judicial review---Supreme Court's power of judicial review explained.
2022 PLD 574 SUPREME-COURT
PAKISTAN PEOPLES PARTY PARLIAMENTARIANS (PPPP) VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice Islamabad art. 54(3)---Summoning of Parliament---Speaker of National assembly, powers of---Scope---Constitutional right…
2022 PLD 574 SUPREME-COURT
PAKISTAN PEOPLES PARTY PARLIAMENTARIANS (PPPP) VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice Islamabad Scope of doctrine of necessity; the circumstances in which it can be invoked and the Court's power to judicial…
2022 PLD 574 SUPREME-COURT
PAKISTAN PEOPLES PARTY PARLIAMENTARIANS (PPPP) VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice Islamabad arts. 53(1) & 53(2)---Speaker of the National assembly---Neutrality in discharge of duty---Elected member of t…
2022 PLD 574 SUPREME-COURT
PAKISTAN PEOPLES PARTY PARLIAMENTARIANS (PPPP) VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice Islamabad art. 184(3)---Matters of national security---Non-interference by the judiciary---In claims of the defence of n…
2022 PLD 574 SUPREME-COURT
PAKISTAN PEOPLES PARTY PARLIAMENTARIANS (PPPP) VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice Islamabad art. 254---Failure to comply with requirement as to time does not render an act invalid---Scope---article 254…
2022 PLD 574 SUPREME-COURT
PAKISTAN PEOPLES PARTY PARLIAMENTARIANS (PPPP) VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice Islamabad art. 184(3)---Judicial review---Scope---Trichotomy of powers---Courts will ordinarily exercise restraint and n…
2022 PLD 574 SUPREME-COURT
PAKISTAN PEOPLES PARTY PARLIAMENTARIANS (PPPP) VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice Islamabad When the basic order is without lawful authority and void ab initio, then the entire superstructure raised the…
2022 PLD 574 SUPREME-COURT
PAKISTAN PEOPLES PARTY PARLIAMENTARIANS (PPPP) VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice Islamabad art. 184(3)---Constitutional jurisdiction of the Supreme Court---Scope---Court cannot lend its support to any…
2022 PLD 574 SUPREME-COURT
PAKISTAN PEOPLES PARTY PARLIAMENTARIANS (PPPP) VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice Islamabad arts. 66 & 69---Court not to inquire into proceedings of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)---Phrase "proceedings in…
2022 PLD 574 SUPREME-COURT
PAKISTAN PEOPLES PARTY PARLIAMENTARIANS (PPPP) VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice Islamabad arts. 5, 69, 95 & 184(3)---Court not to inquire into proceedings of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)---Scope -- Re…
2022 PLD 574 SUPREME-COURT
PAKISTAN PEOPLES PARTY PARLIAMENTARIANS (PPPP) VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice Islamabad art. 69---Court not to inquire into proceedings of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)---Scope---Constitution is supr…
2022 PLD 574 SUPREME-COURT
PAKISTAN PEOPLES PARTY PARLIAMENTARIANS (PPPP) VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice Islamabad art. 69---Court not to inquire into proceedings of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)---Scope---article 69 of the Co…
2022 PLD 574 SUPREME-COURT
PAKISTAN PEOPLES PARTY PARLIAMENTARIANS (PPPP) VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice Islamabad art. 69---Proceedings in the [Majlis-e-Shoora] Parliament---Immunity from judicial review---Scope---article 69…
2022 PLD 574 SUPREME-COURT
PAKISTAN PEOPLES PARTY PARLIAMENTARIANS (PPPP) VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice Islamabad arts. 5, 17(2), 95 & 184(3)---Resolution for vote of no-confidence against the Prime Minister---Deputy Speaker…
2022 PLD 574 SUPREME-COURT
PAKISTAN PEOPLES PARTY PARLIAMENTARIANS (PPPP) VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice Islamabad arts. 53(1), 53(2) & 69---Speaker of the National assembly---Speaker's authority and the scope of the Constitu…
Looking for a specific point of law? Search the case-law database in Urdu or English.