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2022 SCMR 1625 SUPREME-COURT
Mst. AZRA GULZAR VS MUHAMMAD FAROOQ S. 115---Revisional jurisdiction of the High Court---Scope---Divergent findings of Trial Court and Appellate Court---In such like situation the High Court in its revisional jurisdiction was supposed to gi…
2022 SCMR 1627 SUPREME-COURT
AKHTAR GUL VS State S. 9(c)---Possession of 50 kilograms of charas---Reappraisal of evidence---Safe custody and safe transmission of samples to the Forensic Science Laboratory not established---Benefit of doubt---Recovery was effected on 16…
2022 SCMR 1629 SUPREME-COURT
MISBAH KHANUM VS KAMRAN YASIN KHAN availing two or more remedies simultaneously---Permissibility---No legal bar existed for a party to avail two or more available remedies under the law simultaneously and a decision in any one of such remed…
2022 SCMR 1641 SUPREME-COURT
QAISER VS State Judgments of the Supreme Court---Binding precedent---Scope---Earlier judgment of a Bench of the Supreme Court was binding not only upon the Benches of smaller numeric strength but also upon the Benches of co-equal strength;…
2022 SCMR 1647 SUPREME-COURT
FAIZ ULLAH VS DILAWAR HUSSAIN Inheritance---Legal heir/co-sharer---Legal heirs become owner and at the same time co-sharers in the property left by a deceased Muslim---Possession of a co-sharer is considered as a possession on behalf of all…
2022 SCMR 1691 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 SCMR 1765 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA VS FAZLI GHUFRAN Promotion---Senior most candidate on seniority list---Right to promotion from date when post becomes vacant---In the present case, after promotion of the officials/officers at Serial Nos.1 t…
2022 SCMR 1770 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 SCMR 1784 SUPREME-COURT
NAVEED AKHTAR VS State S. 9(c)--- Possession of narcotics--- Reappraisal of evidence---Narcotics Analysis Report confirms that the recovery, effected from the accused, on his disclosure, was charas---Forensic report regarding narcotics was…
2022 SCMR 1787 SUPREME-COURT
FARRUKH RAZA SHEIKH VS The APPELLATE TRIBUNAL INLAND REVENUE Rules made under an Act or Ordinance---Subservient to the parent Act/Ordinance---Rules being subordinate or delegated legislation, are framed under the authority of the parent sta…
2022 SCMR 1793 SUPREME-COURT
HASHAM KHAN VS HAROON UR RASHID O. XVII, R. 3---Court may proceed notwithstanding either party fails to produce evidence---Scope --- Expression "to decide the suit forthwith" used in Order XVII, Rule 3, C.P.C. did not mean to decide or dism…
2022 SCMR 1796 SUPREME-COURT
POSTMASTER GENERAL, KARACHI VS ARSHAD ALI S. 3--- Post Office Manual, Vol. VI, Chapt. 8, R. 403--- Head Postmaster (Incharge)--- Fraud in Savings Bank Accounts---Misconduct, inefficiency, connivance, abetment of fraud---Dismissal from servi…
2022 SCMR 1806 SUPREME-COURT
SAHIB ULAH VS STATE through A.G. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa S. 497---Juvenile Justice System act (XXII of 2018), Ss. 6(3) & 6(4)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302, 324, 212 & 34---Constitution of Pakistan, art. 185(3)---Qatl-i-amd---Bail, grant o…
2022 SCMR 1810 SUPREME-COURT
SHAHIN SHAH VS GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA through Secretary Irrigation Department, Peshawar S. 5---Condonation of delay---Scope---Party must explain each day of delay and, the Court ought to adjudge whether each day of delay has been…
2022 SCMR 1834 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD NIAZ VS State S. 498--- Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 324, 337-H(2), 148 & 149---Punjab Arms Ordinance (XX of 1965), S. 11-B---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Attempt to commit qatl-i-amd---Pre-arrest bail, grant of---Rule…
2022 SCMR 1836 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA through Chief Secretary, Peshawar VS YOUSAF KHAN S. 28 [as amended by the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001 (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)]---Payment of rent (formerly interest) on excess compensation---In…
2022 SCMR 1842 SUPREME-COURT
RASHID AHMAD VS NAZAR HUSSAIN O. VII, R. 11--- Rejection of plaint---Scope---Plaint rejected on ground of ouster of jurisdiction of Civil Court---If with regard to any one prayer the jurisdiction of the civil court is barred and with regard…
2022 SCMR 1846 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL HABIB VS Mst. NOOR BIBI Ss. 16 & 17---Suit relating to an immoveable property---Territorial jurisdiction of Courts---Principles relating to territorial jurisdiction of courts in relation to suits concerning immoveable property . Head…
2022 SCMR 1852 SUPREME-COURT
PAKISTAN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES CORPORATION VS AMNA FRAZ S. 3---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Pakistan International Airlines Corporation ('PIAC')---Constitutional filed against 'PIAC" by legal heirs of an employee to avail financial…
2022 SCMR 1857 SUPREME-COURT
PERVEZ KHAN VS ALI ASGHAR KHAN art. 100---Thirty year old document---Parameters and condition for considering the evidentiary value of a thirty years old document stated. Head NotesCase Description Citation Name: 2022 SCMR 1857 SUPREME-COUR…
2022 SCMR 1861 SUPREME-COURT
MODEL CUSTOMS COLLECTORATE, ISLAMABAD VS AAMIR MUMTAZ QURESHI Ss. 2(s), 8, 70, 156(1) & 157---Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (VII of 1947), S. 8---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 265-K---Smuggling of foreign currency---Acquittal of…
2022 SCMR 1868 SUPREME-COURT
PAK LEATHER CRAFTS LIMITED VS AL-BARAKA BANK PAKISTAN LIMITED Deeming provision in a statute---While interpreting deeming provisions in a statute the Court is bound to ascertain the limits, purpose and object for which the legislature had c…
2022 SCMR 1882 SUPREME-COURT
SAJID MEHMOOD VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Minor discrepancies in prosecution case---While appreciating the evidence, the court must not attach undue importance to minor discrepancies---Such minor discrepancies which do not shake the s…
2022 SCMR 1893 SUPREME-COURT
DADU KHAN (DECEASED) VS GHULAM ABBAS Ss. 3, 17 & Chapt. II---Redemption of mortgage---Bar on jurisdiction of Civil Court---Scope---Punjab Redemption and Restitution of Mortgaged Lands Act, 1964 has not barred the jurisdiction of Civil Court…
2022 SCMR 1907 SUPREME-COURT
AZHAR HUSSAN VS State S. 302(b)--- Qatl-i-amd--- Prosecution witnesses related to the deceased---Mere relationship of the prosecution witnesses with the deceased cannot be a ground to discard the testimony of such witnesses unless previous…
2022 SCMR 1913 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD TAYYAB BUKHARI VS Dr. ANEES-UR-REHMAN R. 20---Punjab Civil Servants Act (VIII of 1974), S. 23---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 27(1), third proviso---Interpretation of Article 27(1) of the Constitution and the three provisos theret…
2022 SCMR 1920 SUPREME-COURT
Engineer NASIR SHAFQAT MARRI VS PAKISTAN ENGINEERING COUNCIL ELECTION CELL, ISLAMABAD Ss. 9(2) & 25a---Government Servants (Conduct) Rules, 1964, R. 24---Elections for the Governing body of Pakistan Engineering Council ('the Council')---Pro…
2022 SCMR 1923 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 SCMR 1931 SUPREME-COURT
SHAMSHER AHMAD VS State S. 302(b)--- Qatl-i-amd---Prosecution witnesses related to the deceased---Mere relationship of the prosecution. witnesses with the deceased cannot be a ground to discard the testimony of such witnesses unless previou…
2022 SCMR 1938 SUPREME-COURT
COMMISSIONER INLAND REVENUE, REGIONAL TAX OFFICE, FAISALABAD VS ABDUL HAMEED, LABOUR CONTRACTOR Ss. 153(1)(b), 153(1)(c) & 153(9) [as relevant at the time of the present case]---'Services', meaning of---Scope---Rendering of labour and carri…
2022 SCMR 1943 SUPREME-COURT
KOHINOOR SPINNING MILLS LTD. VS COMMISSIONER INLAND REVENUE S. 21(e)---Income from business, computation of---Deductions not allowed---Contributions made by tax-payer company to an unapproved gratuity fund---Section 21(e) of the Income Tax…
2022 SCMR 1946 SUPREME-COURT
Rana MUHAMMAD IMRAN NASRULLAH VS State Ss. 498---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Pre-arrest bail---Merits of case---While granting pre-arrest bail, the merits of the case can be touched upon by the Court. Head NotesCase Description…
2022 SCMR 1950 SUPREME-COURT
Mst. FURSAN VS State S. 26---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), Ss. 497 & 498---Provisions of sections 497 & 498, Cr.P.C. that deal with grant of bail in non-bailable offences apply to the offences under the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Control of…
2022 SCMR 1954 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL WAHID VS State S. 497(2)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302, 324 & 109---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Murderous assault---Bail, grant of---Further inquiry---Accused was not nominated in the crime report---Even the complain…
2022 SCMR 1994 SUPREME-COURT
LUCKY CEMENT LTD. VS KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA through Secretary Local Government and Rural Development, Peshawar S. 42(5)---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 18 & 25---Property tax, imposition of---Discrimination---Buildings of cement manufacturer/…
2022 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
MEHVISH KAZMI VS PARVAIZ HUSSAIN S. 2(viii)---Cruelty---Physical and mental cruelty---Non-providing of maintenance to wife---Scope---Cruelty in matrimonial life is considered to be of founded variety, which may be an act violent or non-viol…
2022 PLD 17 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
AAMIR FAROOQ VS NAIMA FAROOQ S. 5, Sched.---Suit for recovery of dower---Deferred dower---Consummation of marriage---Scope---Plaintiff, after being divorced, filed suit for recovery of deferred dower and maintenance allowance for the period…
2022 PLC(CS) 375 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
KAMRAN ALI, SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FIA, LAHORE VS ABDUL QUDOOS, SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, ASSISTANT INSPECTOR GENERAL POLICE CRIMES BRANCH, MUZAFFARABAD Interpretation of law and elucidation of facts would not be deemed t…
2022 PLC(CS) 538 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
Syed TUFAIL SHAH, INSPECTOR ENCROACHMENT, MUZAFFARABAD VS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, MUZAFFARABAD appointment---Non-impleadment of necessary party in writ petition---Effect---High Court dismissed writ petition due to non-impleadment of necessar…
2022 PLC(CS) 557 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
Dr. NAEEM AHMED, CHILD SPECIALIST, SHEIKH KHALIFA BIN ZAID AL-NEHAN HOSPITAL/CMH, MUZAFFARABAD VS MUHAMMAD AYAZ KHAN, ACCOUNTANT GENERAL, AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR, MUZAFFARABAD Contempt proceedings---Claim of discrimination---Scope--- Appella…
2022 PLC(CS) 935 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
MUHAMMAD QADIR KHAN VS MUHAMMAD AMJAD KHAN O.I, R.3---Civil service---Who may be joined as defendants---Necessary party, non-impleading of---Effect---Appellant assailed order passed by High Court whereby appointment order issued in favour o…
2022 CLC 772 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
IMRAN KHAN VS CHAIRMAN ALLOTMENT COMMITTEE, (MINISTER FOR INDUSTRIES), AZAD GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR, MUZAFFARABAD R.33---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), S.11---appeal---Res judicata, principle of---Scope---appellant a…
2022 CLC 1253 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
ALIYA JABEEN VS MUHAMMAD ASHFAQ Maintenance---Faithful wife living with husband---Principle---Husband was duty bound to pay maintenance to wife when she was faithful to husband and lived with her---If wife would voluntarily leave the house…
2022 MLD 114 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
DEEBA BEGUM alias WAHIBA VS SAFIA IQBAL Void order has to be challenged within a reasonable time. Head NotesCase Description Citation Name: 2022 MLD 114 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIRBookmark this Case DEEBA BEGUM alias WAHIBA VS SAFIA IQBAL R.…
2022 MLD 161 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
ABAD-UL-HAQ VS SECRETARY ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION R.4---Relaxation of age limit---Serving employee of government---Scope---Appellant challenged the appointment of respondent on the ground that at the time of filing the application…
2022 MLD 243 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
SECRETARY HEALTH, AZAD GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR VS MUHAMMAD LATIF BUTT Regln.11---Re-admission of students---Scope---Question before Supreme Court was whether the special chance extended by the University in favour of pe…
2022 MLD 338 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
YOUSAF MALIK VS NAHEED REHMAN art.44---Writ jurisdiction---Scope---While invoking extraordinary writ jurisdiction, it is the duty of the petitioner to point out any violation of law. Head NotesCase Description Citation Name: 2022 MLD 338 SU…
2022 MLD 480 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
FAROOQ AHMED BUTT VS AZAD GOVERNMENT through Board of Revenue Azad Kashmir, Muzaffarabad art. 44---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), S. 91 & O.I, R.8---Public nuisances---One person may sue or defend on behalf of all in same interest---Fili…
2022 MLD 502 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
PHARMACY COUNCIL OF PAKISTAN VS FARAZ LATIF art.58---azad Jammu and Kashmir Supreme Court Rules, 1978, O.XIII, R. 2 & O.XVIII, R.6---Respondents filed two writ petitions before High Court challenging the condition for pre-registration exami…
2022 MLD 572 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
MOHZIM ALI DANISH VS FAMILY JUDGE, MUZAFFARABAD S.11(2)---Dissolution of marriage---Cruelty, verbal abuse and non-payment of maintenance---Name of witness included in list---Summoning of---Case at post-trial stage---Appellant's applications…
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