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2022 SCMR 523 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD NAEEM HASSAN VS State Ss. 161, 173 & 497---Bail---Common practice in courts of prosecution department/law officers turning to the Investigation Officer for answers on every query put to them by the Court---Supreme Court deprecated…
2022 SCMR 526 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL REHMAN VS State S. 497---Prevention of Electronic Crimes act (XL of 2016), Ss. 3, 4 & 21---Constitution of Pakistan, art. 185(3)---Cyber stalking, transmitting objectionable images of a woman---Bail, refusal of---Plea of accused that…
2022 SCMR 528 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD ZAHID VS PROVINCE OF SINDH arts. 184(3) & 190---administrative Committee of the Supreme Court, functions of---Implementation of directions/orders of the Supreme Court passed in its jurisdiction under art. 184(3) of the Constitution…
2022 SCMR 528 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD ZAHID VS PROVINCE OF SINDH S. 5---Karachi Building and Town Planning Regulations, 2002, Regln. 18-14.4---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 184(3)---Matter concerning marriage halls on Main Korangi Road, Karachi, constructed illegally…
2022 SCMR 544 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL GHANI VS State S. 376(1)---Rape of minor---Reappraisal of evidence---Juvenile accused---Sentence of ten years' rigorous imprisonment awarded by Trial Court enhanced to imprisonment for life by the High Court---Whether justified---Plea…
2022 SCMR 544 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL GHANI VS State S. 376---Rape---Penetration---Penetration is sufficient to constitute the offence (of rape) and there are many factors, physical as well as psychological, that may intervene during a carnal assault, impeding complete co…
2022 SCMR 547 SUPREME-COURT
GUL NAWAB VS State S. 497(2)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302 & 34---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Murderous assault---Bail, grant of---Further inquiry---Case of counter version FIRs---Only a general role of firing had been asc…
2022 SCMR 547 SUPREME-COURT
GUL NAWAB VS State S. 497---Bail---Abscondment of accused---Effect---Mere absconsion cannot be a ground to discard the relief sought for as it is established principle of law that disappearance of a person after the occurrence is natural if…
2022 SCMR 547 SUPREME-COURT
GUL NAWAB VS State S. 497(2)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S. 302---Bail---Further inquiry---Counter-version FIRs for the same occurrence---When there were two versions of the occurrence, it squarely invited the provisions of S. 497(2), Cr.P.…
2022 SCMR 550 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL SATTAR JATOI VS CHIEF MINISTER SINDH through Principal Secretary, Chief Minister Secretariat, Karachi S. 4, proviso (b)---appeal to Tribunal---Jurisdiction of Tribunal---Scope---Proviso (b) of S. 4 of the Sindh Service Tribunals act,…
2022 SCMR 550 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL SATTAR JATOI VS CHIEF MINISTER SINDH through Principal Secretary, Chief Minister Secretariat, Karachi Promotion---Merit---Competent authority is bound to consider all eligible candidates for promotion on merit---In the matter of civil…
2022 SCMR 550 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL SATTAR JATOI VS CHIEF MINISTER SINDH through Principal Secretary, Chief Minister Secretariat, Karachi Person specific post, creation of---Illegal.
2022 SCMR 566 SUPREME-COURT
DEPUTY DIRECTOR FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION FATA through Additional Chief Secretary FATA, Peshawar VS Dr. LAL MARJAN 'Casus omissus', principle of---Scope---Said principle provides that, where the legislature has not provided something in th…
2022 SCMR 566 SUPREME-COURT
DEPUTY DIRECTOR FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION FATA through Additional Chief Secretary FATA, Peshawar VS Dr. LAL MARJAN Contractual employees---Regularization in service---Long service is no ground for regularization---Regularization has to be…
2022 SCMR 566 SUPREME-COURT
DEPUTY DIRECTOR FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION FATA through Additional Chief Secretary FATA, Peshawar VS Dr. LAL MARJAN Contractual employees---Regularization in service---Regularization is not a vested right but requires a statutory basis---Wh…
2022 SCMR 576 SUPREME-COURT
IKRAM ULLAH KHAN YOUSAFZAI, EXCISE AND TAXATION OFFICER, PESHAWAR VS Dr. RIZWAN ULLAH Exercise of authority---Scope---State authority is a sacred trust; it vests in its functionaries (the authority) to accomplish purposes designated by law…
2022 SCMR 576 SUPREME-COURT
IKRAM ULLAH KHAN YOUSAFZAI, EXCISE AND TAXATION OFFICER, PESHAWAR VS Dr. RIZWAN ULLAH Ss. 22-a & 154---Constitution of Pakistan, art. 199---High Court issuing directions for registration of FIR in its Constitutional jurisdiction against off…
2022 SCMR 580 SUPREME-COURT
COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE VS MUGHAL BOARD INDUSTRY S. 34a---Illegally adjusted input tax---Default surcharge and penalties---amnesty Scheme---Purpose and scope---Purpose of an amnesty scheme is to incentivize payment and collection of…
2022 SCMR 580 SUPREME-COURT
COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE VS MUGHAL BOARD INDUSTRY amnesty scheme--- Notification--- Interpretation--- amnesty notification being beneficial subordinate legislation must be viewed liberally in favour of the taxpayer in order to achieve…
2022 SCMR 584 SUPREME-COURT
MARDAN WAYS SNG STATION VS GENERAL MANAGER SNGPL O. I, R. 9---Specific Relief act (I of 1877), Ss. 42 & 55---Suit for declaration and mandatory injunction---Disconnection of gas supply---Non-impleading of gas company in the suit---Effect---…
2022 SCMR 584 SUPREME-COURT
MARDAN WAYS SNG STATION VS GENERAL MANAGER SNGPL S. 18(1)--- Suits Valuation Act (VII of 1887), Preamble---Consolidated suits on the same subject matter having different jurisdictional values---Trial Court passing separate decrees---Appeal…
2022 SCMR 584 SUPREME-COURT
MARDAN WAYS SNG STATION VS GENERAL MANAGER SNGPL Bar of jurisdiction of civil court mentioned in a statute---Scope---If in any statute there was a bar of plenary jurisdiction of civil court, the bar would be applicable if the authority acte…
2022 SCMR 584 SUPREME-COURT
MARDAN WAYS SNG STATION VS GENERAL MANAGER SNGPL Ss. 6(2)(q), 11, 12 & 43---Specific Relief act (I of 1877), Ss. 42 & 55---Suit for declaration and mandatory injunction---Consumer of natural gas accused of tampering with gas meter---Disconn…
2022 SCMR 592 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL SABOOR VS State S. 489-F--- Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O. XXXVII---Section 489-F of P.P.C---Purpose---Prima facie S. 489-F of P.P.C. is not a provision which is intended by the Legislature to be used for recovery of an alleged…
2022 SCMR 592 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL SABOOR VS State S. 497(2)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S. 489-F---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Dishonestly issuing a cheque---Bail, grant of---Further inquiry---As per the contents of the crime report, the accused was runnin…
2022 SCMR 592 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL SABOOR VS State S. 497---Bail, grant of---Offences not falling within the prohibitory clause---Scope---Grant of bail for such offences was the rule and refusal thereof an exception.
2022 SCMR 595 SUPREME-COURT
SINDH IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE AUTHORITY VS GOVERNMENT OF SINDH S. 2(1)(b)---"Civil servant"---Meaning---Civil servant is someone who has been employed by the competent authority i.e., either the Provincial or Federal Public Service Commissi…
2022 SCMR 595 SUPREME-COURT
SINDH IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE AUTHORITY VS GOVERNMENT OF SINDH Ss. 3 & 12(1)--- Employees of Sindh Irrigation and Drainage Authority ("SIDA")---Said employees were not civil servants; they were not employed by the Provincial or Federal Publ…
2022 SCMR 595 SUPREME-COURT
SINDH IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE AUTHORITY VS GOVERNMENT OF SINDH Fraud vitiates the most solemn of proceedings.
2022 SCMR 595 SUPREME-COURT
SINDH IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE AUTHORITY VS GOVERNMENT OF SINDH S. 5(2)---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), S. 12(2)---application under S. 12(2), C.P.C.---Sindh Service Tribunal, jurisdiction of---Scope---Said Tribunal had jurisdiction to d…
2022 SCMR 595 SUPREME-COURT
SINDH IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE AUTHORITY VS GOVERNMENT OF SINDH Public functionary---Fiduciary duty---Scope---Public functionaries owe a fiduciary duty to act in good faith and discharge their duties with honesty and in accordance with law--…
2022 SCMR 595 SUPREME-COURT
SINDH IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE AUTHORITY VS GOVERNMENT OF SINDH Government official, powers of---Scope---Such an official can only exercise as much power as is granted to him/her by law.
2022 SCMR 595 SUPREME-COURT
SINDH IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE AUTHORITY VS GOVERNMENT OF SINDH Ss. 12(1) & 16---Employees of Sindh Irrigation and Drainage Authority ("SIDA")---Appointment---Power of Board of Management---Scope---Powers to appoint the staff of SIDA vests w…
2022 SCMR 609 SUPREME-COURT
Mst. KAINAT BIBI VS State Ss. 167(5) & 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 379, 380 & 381---Theft by female house maid---Bail, grant of---Offences alleged do not fall within the prohibitory clause of S. 497, Cr.P.C.---Doors for release of a…
2022 SCMR 611 SUPREME-COURT
NATIONAL ELECTRIC POWER REGULATORY AUTHORITY (NEPRA) VS AIJAZ AHMED Probationary employees---Unsatisfactory performance during probation period---Termination of service---In case of a probationary employee the competent authority is possess…
2022 SCMR 616 SUPREME-COURT
DOST MUHAMMAD VS Mian RIAZ HUSSAIN S. 12---Suit for specific performance of an agreement to sell immoveable property---Agreement to sell---Proof---To prove the agreement to sell, respondent-vendee appeared as a witness and reiterated all fa…
2022 SCMR 620 SUPREME-COURT
BASHER AHMED (DECEASED) VS MEMBER (CONSOLIDATION) BOARD OF REVENUE, LAHORE S. 8---Board of Revenue ('the Board')---Power of review---Scope---Jurisdiction to review a judicial order is conferred by law---Power to review in Revenue jurisdicti…
2022 SCMR 624 SUPREME-COURT
IHTISHAM ALI CHEEMA VS State S. 498---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Pre-arrest bail---Scope---Premium of pre-arrest bail was to be extended sparingly---However, if the facts and circumstances did warrant that the person seeking su…
2022 SCMR 624 SUPREME-COURT
IHTISHAM ALI CHEEMA VS State Ss. 497 & 498---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Bail stage---Benefit of doubt---Scope---Benefit of doubt could even be extended at bail stage.
2022 SCMR 624 SUPREME-COURT
IHTISHAM ALI CHEEMA VS State Ss. 324, 337-D, 148 & 149---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Murderous assault---Ad interim pre-arrest bail, confirmation of---Present case was registered after a lapse of 24 hours whereas the distance be…
2022 SCMR 627 SUPREME-COURT
CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY through Chairman, Islamabad VS SHABIR HUSSAIN Reglns. 4.04, 4.17 & 4.18---Employees of Capital Development Authority (CDA)---Promotion order, withdrawal of---Legality---Vested right to promotion---Scope---Locus…
2022 SCMR 627 SUPREME-COURT
CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY through Chairman, Islamabad VS SHABIR HUSSAIN Promotion---Departmental Promotion Committee, role of---As a rule, the Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) was constituted by the competent authority to consider…
2022 SCMR 627 SUPREME-COURT
CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY through Chairman, Islamabad VS SHABIR HUSSAIN Scope---Principles of natural justice were firmly established and deep rooted in the judicial conscience and was entrenched and embedded in every decision making fu…
2022 SCMR 634 SUPREME-COURT
COMMISSIONER INLAND REVENUE, LTO, KARACHI VS PACKAGES LIMITED S. 66a---Show cause notice issued under S. 66a of the Income Tax Ordinance, 1979---Barred by time---Frivolous litigation by tax Department---Before the High Court the Department…
2022 SCMR 636 SUPREME-COURT
The CHAIRMAN AGRICULTURE POLICY INSTITUTE, MINISTRY OF NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY ANDRESEARCH, GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN, ISLAMABAD VS ZULQARNAIN ALI Natural justice, principles of---Scope---Before taking any adverse action, the affected party mus…
2022 SCMR 636 SUPREME-COURT
The CHAIRMAN AGRICULTURE POLICY INSTITUTE, MINISTRY OF NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY ANDRESEARCH, GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN, ISLAMABAD VS ZULQARNAIN ALI Termination of service---Verbal order of termination---Legality---Termination of service by a ver…
2022 SCMR 636 SUPREME-COURT
The CHAIRMAN AGRICULTURE POLICY INSTITUTE, MINISTRY OF NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY ANDRESEARCH, GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN, ISLAMABAD VS ZULQARNAIN ALI appointment and termination of service orders---Written orders---Due to negligent and unprofessio…
2022 SCMR 640 SUPREME-COURT
Syed HAMAD RAZA VS State S. 497(5)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302, 324 & 337-A(i)---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, shajjah-i-khafifa---Bail, cancellation of---Accused prominently figur…
2022 SCMR 643 SUPREME-COURT
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN art. 184(3)---Minority rights---Matters relating to illegal occupation over Government properties resulting in registration of FIRs against officials of Evacuee Trust Property Bo…
2022 SCMR 647 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD SHIFA VS MEHERBAN ALI Ss. 11 & 12---Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act (V of 1962), Preamble---Res judicata, doctrine of---Applicability---Muslim Personal Law---Doctrine of res judicata was applicable with regard to Musl…
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