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2022 SCMR 647 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD SHIFA VS MEHERBAN ALI Ss. 11 & 12---Res judicata, doctrine of---Scope---Public policy requires that disputes once finally decided should not be reopened.
2022 SCMR 650 SUPREME-COURT
MUNIR HUSSAIN VS PROVINCE OF SINDH art. 199---Constitutional jurisdiction of the High Court---Scope---High Court lacked jurisdiction or power to create rights which were not provided by the Constitution or a validly enacted law.
2022 SCMR 650 SUPREME-COURT
MUNIR HUSSAIN VS PROVINCE OF SINDH Vacant posts, filling of---After the process of written test and interview a merit list was prepared by the Provincial Public Service Commission ('the Commission) for appointment against the advertised pos…
2022 SCMR 650 SUPREME-COURT
MUNIR HUSSAIN VS PROVINCE OF SINDH Vacant posts, filling of---Advertised posts falling vacant either due to selected candidates (appearing on merit list) not joining service or quitting their posts after joining---Principles for filling suc…
2022 SCMR 650 SUPREME-COURT
MUNIR HUSSAIN VS PROVINCE OF SINDH art. 185(3)---Leave refusing order of the Supreme Court---Such order did not constitute precedent.
2022 SCMR 660 SUPREME-COURT
Syed JAWAD SHAH VS State S. 498---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 324 & 34---Murderous assault---Pre-arrest bail, grant of---Pre-arrest bail was granted to the accused by the High Court---Subsequently a…
2022 SCMR 663 SUPREME-COURT
Chaudhry NADEEM SULTAN VS State S. 497(2)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302, 324, 34, 449 & 109---Murderous assault---Bail, grant of---Further inquiry---Admittedly there was delay of more than 5 hou…
2022 SCMR 663 SUPREME-COURT
Chaudhry NADEEM SULTAN VS State Ss. 155 & 156---"accused"---Definition---any person against whom an accusation was made could not be dubbed as an accused unless and until he was found involved by the Investigating Officer and in this regard…
2022 SCMR 667 SUPREME-COURT
Ch. RIAZ AHMAD VS MUNIR SULTAN MALIK S. 13---Suit for pre-emption---Talbs, performance of---Defects---Contradictions in date of Talb-e-Muwathibat pleaded in the plaint and in the statement of the pre-emptor---Postman not produced---In the p…
2022 SCMR 667 SUPREME-COURT
Ch. RIAZ AHMAD VS MUNIR SULTAN MALIK Ss. 5 & 13--- Suit for pre-emption--- Pre-requisites---Talbs, performance of---Proof---To succeed in a suit for pre-emption the first and foremost condition was that plaintiff had to plead that before fi…
2022 SCMR 667 SUPREME-COURT
Ch. RIAZ AHMAD VS MUNIR SULTAN MALIK O. XVIII, R. 5---Evidence of witness, recording of---Slip of tongue, correction of---Scope---Court in order to declare any fact deposed by a witness as a slip of tongue as required to look into the mater…
2022 SCMR 672 SUPREME-COURT
ASADULLAH KHAN VS ABDUL GHAFOOR KHAN arts. 185(2) & 185(3)---Practice of filing a Petition for Leave to appeal under art. 185(3) of the Constitution, where an appeal is competent under art. 185(2) or under the statute but has become time ba…
2022 SCMR 673 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA through Secretary Health, Civil Secretariat, Peshawar VS Dr. LIAQAT ALI S. 7(1)--- Power of Tribunal to modify punishment imposed by the competent departmental authority---Scope---Provincial Service Tribunal…
2022 SCMR 676 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL MAJID AFRIDI VS State Ss. 497 & 498--- Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)--- Bail---Confessional statement of co-accused, relevance of---Statement of one accused could not be used against the other in absence of any attending mater…
2022 SCMR 676 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL MAJID AFRIDI VS State S. 497(5)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302, 324, 148, 149, 109, 427, 353 & 34---Anti-Terrorism Act (XXVII of 1997), S. 7---Murderous assault resulting in death of a judg…
2022 SCMR 676 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL MAJID AFRIDI VS State S. 497(5)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302, 324, 148, 149, 109, 427, 353 & 34---Anti-Terrorism Act (XXVII of 1997), S. 7---Murderous assault, conspiracy to murder---Peti…
2022 SCMR 676 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL MAJID AFRIDI VS State Ss. 497, 497(5) & 498---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Bail and cancellation of bail---Distinct considerations---Considerations for the grant of bail and cancellation thereof were entirely on different f…
2022 SCMR 682 SUPREME-COURT
FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN VS MUHAMMAD FARHAN Production of evidence before the Court/tribunal---Purpose and scope---Court decisions were to be based on truth founded on evidence which was an indispensable obligation---Purpose of producing all…
2022 SCMR 682 SUPREME-COURT
FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN VS MUHAMMAD FARHAN Misconduct---Major penalty---Court/tribunal, duty of---Scope---Where a matter reached the Tribunal arising out of the case of misconduct in which major penalty had been imposed, the Court or Tribuna…
2022 SCMR 685 SUPREME-COURT
FARHAD ALI VS State S. 497(2)---Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Control of Narcotic Substances Act (XXXI of 2019), Ss. 9(1)(d), 11(c), 12 & 13---Juvenile Justice System Act (XXII of 2018), S. 6--- Preparation of crystal methamphetamine (ICE) at a factor…
2022 PLD 32 SUPREME-COURT
RASHID HUSSAIN VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE, ISLAMABAD (EAST) Ss. 17 & 25---Custody of minors---Preferential right---General principle and exceptions---As a general principle the degree of preference was confined to relationship depending u…
2022 PLD 32 SUPREME-COURT
RASHID HUSSAIN VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE, ISLAMABAD (EAST) Ss. 17 & 25---Custody of minors with their maternal grand-father after suspicious death of their mother---Father failing to discharge his duties towards minors---Parents of fathe…
2022 SCMR 687 SUPREME-COURT
Mian HIKMATULLAH JAN VS CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF SELECTION BOARD CONSTITUTED FOR SELECTION AND INTERVIEW FOR THE POST OF ADDITIONAL DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGES S.24---additional and District Sessions Judge, post of---Eligibility---Name of c…
2022 SCMR 690 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD SADIQ VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Reappraisal of evidence---Sentence, reduction in---Accused was alleged to have murdered his real son, whereas his wife (complainant), who happened to be mother of the deceased, implicated him…
2022 SCMR 690 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD SADIQ VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Reappraisal of evidence---Testimony of a solitary eye-witness--- Such testimony was sufficient to sustain conviction of an accused if the same rang true and inspired confidence---Quality of t…
2022 SCMR 690 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD SADIQ VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Reappraisal of evidence---Complainant/ prosecution witness directly related to the deceased---Effect---Mere relationship of the prosecution witnesses with the deceased could not be a ground t…
2022 SCMR 694 SUPREME-COURT
UZMA MANZOOR VS VICE-CHANCELLOR KHUSHAL KHAN KHATTAK UNIVERSITY, KARAK Recruitment process---Selection criteria---Scope---Mere submitting of an application for joining recruitment process in response to an advertisement did not create any v…
2022 SCMR 694 SUPREME-COURT
UZMA MANZOOR VS VICE-CHANCELLOR KHUSHAL KHAN KHATTAK UNIVERSITY, KARAK Scope and connotation---Doctrine of legitimate expectation connoted that a person may have a reasonable expectation of being treated in a certain way by administrative a…
2022 SCMR 703 SUPREME-COURT
Pir FAZAL RABBANI VS GHULAM AKBAR S. 42---Suit for declaration---Dispute over ownership of land---Mutation for sale of land entered into Record of rights but subsequently cancelled---Cause of action for filing the suit was that mutation for…
2022 SCMR 707 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD ISMAIL VS State administration of justice---Incriminatory material discovered pursuant to disclosures by accused in custody---Relevance---For effective administration of criminal justice, it was most important that prosecution was…
2022 SCMR 707 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD ISMAIL VS State Ss. 497 & 498---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Pre-arrest and post-arrest bail---Scope---Pre-arrest bail was not to be used as a substitute or as an alternative for post arrest bail.
2022 SCMR 707 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD ISMAIL VS State S. 498---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Pre-arrest bail---Scope---Relief of pre-arrest bail was a judicial protection rooted into equity---Person accused of a cognizable offence scheduled as non-bailable ca…
2022 SCMR 710 SUPREME-COURT
PRESIDENT, ZARAI TARAQIATI BANK LIMITED, ISLAMABAD VS AGHA HASSAN KHURSHEED art. 187---Under art. 187 of the Constitution, the Supreme Court had been given power to issue such directions, orders or decrees as may be necessary for doing comp…
2022 SCMR 710 SUPREME-COURT
PRESIDENT, ZARAI TARAQIATI BANK LIMITED, ISLAMABAD VS AGHA HASSAN KHURSHEED Government owned Bank---Degree of employee not recognized by Higher Education Commission (HEC)---Regular inquiry against employee---Association of appointing author…
2022 SCMR 718 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA through Secretary Communication and Works Department, Peshawar VS BACHA ALAM KHAN Regln. 19(f)(ii)--- advertised post--- Prescribed qualification---Candidate possessing higher qualification than the one pres…
2022 SCMR 718 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA through Secretary Communication and Works Department, Peshawar VS BACHA ALAM KHAN S. 7---Public Service Commission---Purpose---Recommendations for appointment forwarded by the Public Service Commission---Sco…
2022 SCMR 722 SUPREME-COURT
ISLAMABAD ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY LTD. (IESCO) VS COMMISSIONER INLAND REVENUE ISLAMABAD R. 58H (as it existed between July 2008 to December 2010)---Sales Tax Act (VII of 1990), S. 7(1)---Output tax of Electricity Distribution Supply compani…
2022 SCMR 726 SUPREME-COURT
JAHANZEB KHAN VS UMER ZAHID S. 497(5)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302 & 324---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd---Bail, cancellation of---Accused was nominated in the crime report, which wa…
2022 SCMR 729 SUPREME-COURT
Syed ARSHAD ALI VS SECRETARY MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND WORKS, ISLAMABAD R. 6 (as it existed before being amended by SRO No. 572(I)2009, dated 16-06-2009)---Inter-se seniority---'Person appointed by transfer' and 'person appointed by promotion…
2022 SCMR 733 SUPREME-COURT
RABIA AHMAD VS BILAL EJAZ art. 187---Power of the Supreme Court to issue directions, orders or decree as may be necessary for doing complete justice---Scope---Such power of the Supreme Court has intentionally been left undefined to ensure t…
2022 SCMR 733 SUPREME-COURT
RABIA AHMAD VS BILAL EJAZ S. 25-a(2b)---Constitution of Pakistan, art. 187---Transfer of execution proceedings under a decree passed by a Family Court---Whether such proceedings in a Family Court located in a Province could be transferred t…
2022 SCMR 737 SUPREME-COURT
SHAHID ASLAM VS State S. 497---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S. 489-F---Dishonestly issuing a cheque---Bail, grant of---Judge-in-Chamber of High Court granting bail to accused after the latter pledged to…
2022 SCMR 739 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB through Secretary Cooperative Societies Department, Lahore VS ASAD ABBAS appointment---Candidates on waiting list---advertised posts falling vacant after selected candidate/s refusing to join---When some of the selected…
2022 SCMR 739 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB through Secretary Cooperative Societies Department, Lahore VS ASAD ABBAS art. 91---Judicial proceedings, sanctity of---Judicial proceedings had sanctity---Presumption of correctness was attached to such proceedings befo…
2022 SCMR 743 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL GHANI VS Haji ABDUL FATAH art. 100---Presumption as to documents thirty years old---Kabin-nama---Transfer of land as dower---In the present case the Kabinnama being a document antedating a period far beyond 30 years, surfacing on the…
2022 SCMR 745 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 SCMR 745 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 SCMR 745 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 SCMR 745 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 SCMR 750 SUPREME-COURT
GHULAM QADIR VS State S. 498---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S. 324---Murderous assault---Pre-arrest bail, refusal of---Contents of the First Information Report (FIR) supported by the statements of the wi…
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