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2022 SCMR 13 SUPREME-COURT
Mst. HAYAT BIBI VS ALAMZEB Ss. 42 & 54---Suit for declaration and permanent injunction---Inheritance---Step mother depriving her daughters from the estate of their father through a purported Meharnama (dower deed) and a Razinama (compromise…
2022 SCMR 18 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD AKRAM VS State Ss. 302(b), 324, 337-D & 353---anti-Terrorism act (XXVII of 1997), Ss. 6 & 7---Murder of wife committed under the impulse of 'ghairat'---as per the crime report accused shot and murdered his wife, while she was being…
2022 SCMR 18 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD AKRAM VS State Diminished responsibility, doctrine of---applicability---Said doctrine absolved an accused person of part of the liability for his criminal act if he suffered from such abnormality of mind as to substantially impair…
2022 SCMR 25 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB through Secretary, Schools Education Department, Lahore VS ABDUR REHMAN "Ubi jus ibi remedium"---Meaning and scope---Alternate and efficacious remedy---Where there was a right, there was a remedy---In the command of…
2022 SCMR 25 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB through Secretary, Schools Education Department, Lahore VS ABDUR REHMAN Meaning and scope---Power of court to convert and or treat one kind of proceeding into another---Doctrine of "ex debito justitiae" applied to t…
2022 SCMR 25 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB through Secretary, Schools Education Department, Lahore VS ABDUR REHMAN 'Plain meaning rule'---Scope---Said rule verbalized interpretation using the ordinary meaning of the language and the starting point was the la…
2022 SCMR 25 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB through Secretary, Schools Education Department, Lahore VS ABDUR REHMAN Right of appeal---Scope---Right of appeal could not be availed unless it was conferred in a clear manner by some enactment or statute or rules…
2022 SCMR 25 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB through Secretary, Schools Education Department, Lahore VS ABDUR REHMAN 'Quasi-judicial' power---Meaning and scope---Term "quasi-judicial" was employed to expound and spell out the persons or authorities, though not…
2022 SCMR 25 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB through Secretary, Schools Education Department, Lahore VS ABDUR REHMAN Cls. 21(c) & 22---Recruitment process---Order passed by the Complaints Redressal Cell (CRC)---District Education Authority aggrieved of the ord…
2022 SCMR 36 SUPREME-COURT
REHMAN MEDICAL COLLEGE VS WAFA GUL S. 27(2)---MBBS and BDS (Admissions, House Job and Internship) Regulations, 2018 (since lapsed), para. 21---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 3 & 25---Graduates/internees from private medical colleges doing…
2022 SCMR 36 SUPREME-COURT
REHMAN MEDICAL COLLEGE VS WAFA GUL Mutually settled agreement between two private parties---Such agreement could not override statutory arrangements extending benefit to one of the parties.
2022 SCMR 39 SUPREME-COURT
The CHIEF SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT OF BALOCHISTAN, QUETTA VS HIDAYAT ULLAH KHAN Creation of a new post in a department---Such post could not be filled by transferring or borrowing an employee from another department having a different cadre---…
2022 SCMR 42 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD SALMAN VS NAVEED ANJUM arts. 62, 63 & 218(3)---Elections act (XXXIII of 2017), S. 9(1)---Qualification/disqualification/eligibility of a candidate or member of Parliament---Power of the Election Commission ('the Commission')---Scop…
2022 SCMR 42 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD SALMAN VS NAVEED ANJUM Explanation provided after a section/provision of the statute---Scope---Ordinary purpose that an Explanation was supposed to serve was to facilitate the proper understanding of a provision---Meaning of an Exp…
2022 SCMR 42 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD SALMAN VS NAVEED ANJUM S. 9(1), Explanation---Representation of the People Act (LXXXV of 1976), S. 103AA(1) [since repealed]---Conditions under which the Election Commission ('the Commission') could declare a poll void under S. 9 o…
2022 SCMR 42 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD SALMAN VS NAVEED ANJUM S. 9(1), Explanation ---Representation of the People Act (LXXXV of 1976), S. 103AA(1) [since repealed]---Conditions under which the Election Commission ('the Commission') could declare a poll void under S. 9…
2022 SCMR 42 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD SALMAN VS NAVEED ANJUM S. 9(1)--- Representation of the People Act (LXXXV of 1976), S. 103AA [since repealed]---Powers and jurisdiction of the Election Commission ('the Commission') to declare a poll void under S. 9 of the Election…
2022 SCMR 47 SUPREME-COURT
Moulvi DIN MUHAMMAD VS Bibi SHAKIRA O. VI, R. 17---Fresh written statement, filing of---Grounds---Remand of case to Trial Court---Legality---Suit for declaration filed by plaintiffs was rejected by the Trial Court---Appeal there against was…
2022 SCMR 50 SUPREME-COURT
ZAHID VS State S. 377-B---Cases of sexual abuse---Solitary statement of victim---Such statement in isolation was sufficient for conviction if the same reflected that it was independent, unbiased and straight forward to establish the accusat…
2022 SCMR 50 SUPREME-COURT
ZAHID VS State Ss. 377-B & 354---Sexually abusing a child---Reappraisal of evidence---Accused was investigated at length and was found involved as per accusation levelled in the crime report---Whole prosecution case qua ocular account hinge…
2022 SCMR 50 SUPREME-COURT
ZAHID VS State S. 377-B---Cases of sexual abuse---Delay in lodging FIR---Such delay in reporting the matter to the police was not material in cases of sexual abuse as the victims or their families were reluctant to come forward to promptly…
2022 SCMR 55 SUPREME-COURT
MUSHTAQ UL AARIFIN VS MUMTAZ MUHAMMAD Plaintiffs cannot get benefit from the weaknesses of the defendants alone, rather they have to prove their case on their own strength.
2022 SCMR 55 SUPREME-COURT
MUSHTAQ UL AARIFIN VS MUMTAZ MUHAMMAD Ss. 9, 42 & 54---Suit for declaration, permanent injunction and possession---Rival claimants to ownership of property---Plaintiffs/ respondents claimed that suit property was owned by their grandfather,…
2022 SCMR 55 SUPREME-COURT
MUSHTAQ UL AARIFIN VS MUMTAZ MUHAMMAD S. 96 & O. XLI, R. 31---appeals from original decrees---Powers of appellate Court---Scope---Failing to challenge the decision of Trial Court upon issue of law before the appellate Court through cross ob…
2022 SCMR 61 SUPREME-COURT
REGARDING POOR CONDITIONS OF RCD HIGHWAY VS art. 184(3)---Human rights case---Matter regarding dilapidated condition of National Highways---Regional Cooperation for Development Highway (RCD Highway)--- Hub-Khuzdar-Quetta-Chamman National Hi…
2022 SCMR 64 SUPREME-COURT
Mst. PARVEEN (DECEASED) VS MUHAMMAD PERVAIZ Inheritance---Legal heir relying on a gift deed to exclude other heirs from their share in the inheritance---Proof---On the death of a Muslim his/her property devolved upon his/her legal heirs---H…
2022 SCMR 64 SUPREME-COURT
Mst. PARVEEN (DECEASED) VS MUHAMMAD PERVAIZ S. 42(7)---Gift---Proof---Male heirs (brothers) resorting to a purported gift deed to deprive female heirs (sisters) from their share of inheritance---Held, that in the present case the gift was s…
2022 SCMR 64 SUPREME-COURT
Mst. PARVEEN (DECEASED) VS MUHAMMAD PERVAIZ O. XII, R. 1 & O. XIII, R. 1---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 185(2) & 185(3)---'Appeal to Supreme Court' and 'Petition for leave to appeal before the Supreme Court'---Limitation period for filin…
2022 SCMR 64 SUPREME-COURT
Mst. PARVEEN (DECEASED) VS MUHAMMAD PERVAIZ O. XII, R. 1 & O. XIII, R. 1---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 184(2)(d) & 185(3)---Suit for cancellation of a gift deed---Gift deed not mentioning any value therein---Where High Court had over tu…
2022 SCMR 64 SUPREME-COURT
Mst. PARVEEN (DECEASED) VS MUHAMMAD PERVAIZ Inheritance---Frequent practice of male heirs resorting to fraud and other tactics to deprive female heirs from their share of inheritance---Supreme Court observed that while such deprivation caus…
2022 SCMR 72 SUPREME-COURT
MAMOON WAZIR VS ABWA KNOWLEDGE VILLAGE (PVT) LIMITED FAISALABAD Ss. 8(1), 8(2), 8(3) & 18---Pakistan Medical Commission Admission Regulations 2020-2021, Reglns. 13 & 14---Medical and dental undergraduate programs for the academic year 2021-…
2022 SCMR 77 SUPREME-COURT
SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF FINANCE, ISLAMABAD VS TAYYABA HALIM SUBHANI art. 361---Constitution of Pakistan, art. 25---Teachers/lecturers employed on daily wage basis before being regularized---Pensionary benefits, calculation of---Whether servi…
2022 SCMR 77 SUPREME-COURT
SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF FINANCE, ISLAMABAD VS TAYYABA HALIM SUBHANI 'Temporary' and 'permanent posts'---Distinction---Employees working on 'stop-gap arrangement'---Meaning---Stop-gap arrangement was one where a temporary arrangement was made…
2022 SCMR 88 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD AJMAL VS State Ss. 302(b) & 302(c)--- Qatl-i-amd--- Reappraisal of evidence---Sentence, reduction in---Conviction under S. 302(b), P.P.C. converted to one under S. 302(c)---Admittedly, in the present case, parties were not inimical…
2022 SCMR 92 SUPREME-COURT
COMMISSIONER INLAND REVENUE VS JAHANGIR KHAN TAREEN Show cause notice---Scope and purpose---Show cause notice was delivered to a person by an authority in order to get the reply back with a reasonable cause as to why a particular action sho…
2022 SCMR 92 SUPREME-COURT
COMMISSIONER INLAND REVENUE VS JAHANGIR KHAN TAREEN Ss. 2(a)(xii) & 5---General Clauses Act (X of 1897), S. 20-A---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 19-A--- Notifications/Rules/Orders/ Regulations/Circulars issued by the Federal Board of Reven…
2022 SCMR 92 SUPREME-COURT
COMMISSIONER INLAND REVENUE VS JAHANGIR KHAN TAREEN art. 199---Show cause notice issued by tax authorities---Show cause notice challenged in Constitutional jurisdiction of the High Court---Maintainability---Court may take up writs to challe…
2022 SCMR 105 SUPREME-COURT
NIAMATULLAH KHAN VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN art. 184(3)---Matters relating to encroachments over Gujjar Nallah and Orangi Nallah (rain water drainage streams); issue of lack of availability of parking for advocates and litigants appearing be…
2022 SCMR 121 SUPREME-COURT
NIAMATULLAH KHAN VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN art. 184(3)---Matters relating to rehabilitation of people removed from encroachments over Gujjar Nallah and Orangi Nallah (rain water drainage streams); private hospitals (Zia-ud-Din Hospital and…
2022 SCMR 133 SUPREME-COURT
NIAMATULLAH KHAN ADVOCATE VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN art. 184(3)---Matter regarding encroachment over Gujjar Nallah, Orangi Nallah and Mehmoodabad Nallah (rain water drainage streams)---Stay orders/interim injunctions against demolition of s…
2022 SCMR 133 SUPREME-COURT
NIAMATULLAH KHAN ADVOCATE VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN art. 184(3)---Matter regarding encroachment over public properties in Karachi city---Mushroom growth of encroachments on public properties, namely, open spaces, parks; playgrounds, roads,…
2022 SCMR 133 SUPREME-COURT
NIAMATULLAH KHAN ADVOCATE VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN O. XVII---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 188---Review petition before the Supreme Court---Adjournment sought by counsel for personal reasons---Whether a ground for seeking adjournments---H…
2022 SCMR 133 SUPREME-COURT
NIAMATULLAH KHAN ADVOCATE VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN art. 184(3)---Matter relating to construction of fifteen storey "Nasla Tower" built illegally on encroached land meant for a service road---Demolition of said tower on the directions of th…
2022 SCMR 152 SUPREME-COURT
NIAMATULLAH KHAN VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN art. 184(3)---Matter relating to construction of fifteen storey "Nasla Tower" built illegally on encroached land meant for a service road---Demolition of said tower on the directions of the Supreme…
2022 SCMR 152 SUPREME-COURT
NIAMATULLAH KHAN VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN art. 184(3)---Matters relating to a private club built on Civil aviation's authority's land; encroachment upon different lands in Karachi city meant for parks and playgrounds; plots belonging to Ka…
2022 SCMR 152 SUPREME-COURT
NIAMATULLAH KHAN VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN S. 3(1)---Cantonment Land Administration Rules, 1937, Chapt. V---Cantonment land---Purpose---Cantonments' lands, which were allotted or leased by the Federal Government or the Provincial Government…
2022 SCMR 152 SUPREME-COURT
NIAMATULLAH KHAN VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN art. 184(3)---Matter relating demolition of a multi-storey building "Tejori Heights" built on land ownership for which could not prove by its builders---Demolition of said building on the direction…
2022 SCMR 171 SUPREME-COURT
NIAMATULLAH KHAN VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN Housing society---Original master plan/layout plan---Amenity plots---Once layout plan was prepared, in which amenities were provided, such amenities could not be removed or altered/converted into p…
2022 SCMR 171 SUPREME-COURT
NIAMATULLAH KHAN VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN art. 184(3)---Matters relating to clearing encroachments upon land belonging to Civil aviation authority; plots belonging to Karachi Cooperative Housing Societies Union meant for amenity purposes i…
2022 SCMR 186 SUPREME-COURT
SHER AFZAL VS State S. 497(2)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Bail, grant of---Further inquiry---In the crime report two of the co-accused persons were allege…
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