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2023 PLC(CS) 435 ISLAMABAD
MUHAMMAD SAMI ULLAH VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Establishment Division Promotion, eligibility criteria of---Scope---Question of fitness or suitability for promotion have always been considered to fall exclusively within the…
2023 PLC(CS) 469 ISLAMABAD
Malik DAD SUPERINTENDENT VS MINISTRY OF INFORMATION, BROADCASTING AND NATIONAL HERITAGE arts.25 & 199---Constitutional petition---Equality of citizens---Discrimination in granting allowance---Reasonable differentia---Scope---Petitioners pra…
2023 CLC 59 ISLAMABAD
SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND WORKS VS AKHTAR HUSSAIN Ss.42 & 54---Suit for declaration and injunction---Contractual liability---Terms and conditions of contract---Tentative price quoted in a brochure---Respondents/plaintiffs assailed…
2023 PLC(CS) 517 ISLAMABAD
MUHAMMAD SAEED VS PAKISTAN TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANY LIMITED Ss. 35 & 36---Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation Act (XVIII of 1991), S. 9 [since repealed]---Constitution of Pakistan, Art.199---Constitutional jurisdiction of the High Court…
2023 PLC(CS) 553 ISLAMABAD
IMRAN AMIR VS Mst. ISMAT BIBI Concurrent civil and criminal proceedings---Permissibility---There is no bar on the institution of civil proceedings on a cause which is also the subject matter of criminal proceedings because not only the obje…
2023 PLC(CS) 640 ISLAMABAD
SARFRAZ ALI VS FEDERATION OF THE PAKISTAN, through Secretary Information and Broadcasting, Government of the Pakistan, Islamabad S.4(3)---Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Employees Service) Regulations, 2011, Reglns. 21 & 22(…
2023 PLC(CS) 837 ISLAMABAD
AFNAN FARID VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN art.199---Constitutional jurisdiction---Scope---Courts in their constitutional jurisdiction while exercising judicial review powers ought to determine the legality or lack thereof of legal instruments o…
2023 PLC(CS) 863 ISLAMABAD
TASLIM MUMTAZ, ASSISTANT VICE-PRESIDENT VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Finance Division, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad Contractual employment---Regularization of service---Relationship of Master and Servant---Scope---Petit…
2023 PLC(CS) 886 ISLAMABAD
Captain (R) MUHAMMAD ALI ZULQARNAIN KIANI VS ISLAMABAD ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY (IESCO) through Chief Executive Officer, Islamabad Transfer and withdrawal of promotion order---Employee of Electric Supply Company (Company)---Non-statutory rul…
2023 PLC(CS) 1091 ISLAMABAD
ZAHID ALI VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Overseas Pakistan and Human Resource Development art.199---Constitutional jurisdiction---Quo warranto---Scope---Writ of quo warranto can be issued inter alia when the appoin…
2023 PLC(CS) 1143 ISLAMABAD
MUHAMMAD RAFIQ VS VICE-CHANCELLOR, ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY art. 9---Civil service---Release of pensionary benefits---Scope---Petitioner sought direction to the department to release additional pensionary benefits---Claim of additional…
2023 PLC(CS) 1188 ISLAMABAD
GHULAM MURTAZA VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN, through Secretary Establishment, Government of Pakistan Ss.3(3) & 3(4)---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 4 & 199 (1)(b)(ii)--- Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), S. 35 (1)(i)---Quo-warranto, writ of-…
2023 PLC(CS) 1246 ISLAMABAD
SAJJAD RASHEED MIRZA VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN Promotion policy---Eligibility for promotion---Promotion Policy, change of---Powers of Board of Directors---Petitioners were employees of erstwhile House Building Finance Corporation which was…
2023 CLC 110 ISLAMABAD
Mst. BISMA NOUREEN VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Islamabad S.114 & O.XLVII, R.1---Review jurisdiction---Scope---Petitioner filed a suit for permanent injunction and recovery of Rs.2.000 billion on accoun…
2023 PLC(CS) 1330 ISLAMABAD
NAVEED NAZEER VS NATIONAL DATABASE AND REGISTRATION AUTHORITY (NADRA) Rr. 2(k), 4 & 16---National Database and Registration Authority Employees' (Service) Regulations, 2002, Regln. 23---Government Servants (Efficiency and Discipline) Rules,…
2023 PLC(CS) 1421 ISLAMABAD
The FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN VS IMTIAZ ALI QURESHI S. 7---Islamabad Capital Territory Private Educational Institutions Chairman and Member (Academic) and Member (Registration) (Appointment and Qualifications) Rules, 2015, Rr. 1 (3) & 7---Cons…
2023 PLC(CS) 1467 ISLAMABAD
Syed MOHSIN SHAH VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Law and Justice, Islamabad R. 5---National Accountability Ordinance (XVIII of 1999), Ss. 2(n), 25 & 15---Civil Servants Act (LXXI of 1973), S. 13---Retirement---Grounds for retire…
2023 CLC 134 ISLAMABAD
JAMMU AND KASHMIR COOPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN art.2---Establishment of Office of Wafaqi Mohtasib (Ombudsman) Order, 1983 (P.O. 1 of 1983), art.21---Wafaqi Mohtasib, jurisdiction of---Islamabad Capital Territory, st…
2023 CLC 207 ISLAMABAD
Miss MEMOONA ZAINAB KAZMI VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE (MCAC) ISLAMABAD WEST, ISLAMABAD Ss.16a & 17---Mediation Council, procedure of---"Good will"---Scope---automatic increase of rent---Scope---Respondent/landlord filed eviction applicatio…
2023 CLC 267 ISLAMABAD
ANSER MAHMOOD CHUGHTAI VS SHAHZADI FATIMA ALI O.VII, R.11---Rejection of plaint---Pre-requisite---Admitted documents---Status---Court should examine statements in plaint prior to taking a decision---Contents of written statement are not to…
2023 CLC 304 ISLAMABAD
Mrs. SHAMSHAD BUTT VS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER C.D.A., ISLAMABAD S.49-C---Non-conforming use of building---Deputy Commissioner, duties and powers---Deputy Commissioner, Capital Development Authority (CDA) on the basis of such report may initiate…
2023 CLC 350 ISLAMABAD
NASIR MEHMOOD VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE, ISLAMABAD-WEST Ss.5, Sched. & 10---Suit for dissolution of marriage---Return of dower---Scope---Petitioner/husband assailed the order passed by courts below whereby respondent/wife was allowed to…
2023 CLC 421 ISLAMABAD
USMAN SAAD VS The ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE, ISLAMABAD (WEST) O.XVI, R.1---Constitution of Pakistan, Art.10-A---Summons to attend to give evidence or produce documents---Scope---Fair trial---Scope---Petitioner through a civil suit assailed…
2023 CLC 443 ISLAMABAD
MUHAMMAD HANIF & CO. VS CHIEF ENGINEER NORTH, PAK PWD Rr.4, 10, 13, 213, 28, 29, 30, 35 & 48---Mis-procurement---Evaluation reports, failure to announce---Petitioners assailed award to tender to respondent on the plea that authorities did n…
2023 CLC 493 ISLAMABAD
NATIONAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY (NHA) VS SARDAR MUHAMMAD ASHRAF D BALOCH (PVT.) LTD. S.30---arbitrator, powers of---Two possible interpretations of a clause in the contract---Where an arbitrator interprets a certain clause in a reasoned manner,…
2023 CLC 588 ISLAMABAD
SAMI ULLAH ABRAHAM VS FAWAD AHMAD arts.62(1)(f) & 199---Constitutional petition---Disqualification---accountability in Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)---Disputed questions of fact---Petitioners sought disqualification of respondents who were e…
2023 CLC 638 ISLAMABAD
ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY (AIOU) VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Director General Legal for President of Pakistan assumption of---Principle---Where mandatory condition for exercise of jurisdiction by Court or Tribunal is not fulfilled,…
2023 CLC 744 ISLAMABAD
YASSA KHAN VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of National Health Services Regulation and Coordination International law unless in direct conflict with municipal law ought to be applied and respected by municipal courts in…
2023 CLC 838 ISLAMABAD
Mst. SHAHIDA PARVEEN VS SAEED AHMED Ss. 12, 39, 42 & 54---Suit for specific performance of agreement to sell, cancellation of document, declaration and injunction---Gift from husband to wife---Proof---Transfer of possession---There were thr…
2023 CLC 895 ISLAMABAD
Syed ALI ASIM JAFFARI VS QAMAR ABBAS S.8---Suit for partition---Preliminary decree---Execution---Mesne profits---Entitlement---Petitioners were aggrieved of refusal of respondent to vacate portion of suit property in her possession, in the…
2023 CLC 968 ISLAMABAD
ZAFAR MEHMOOD VS Mst. SHAHEEN BAIG O. XIII, Rr.1, 2, O. VII, Rr. 14, 15, O. VIII, Rr. 2, 9 & O.V, R.7---Documentary evidence to be produced at first hearing---Significance---Effect of non-production of documents, stated.
2023 CLC 1059 ISLAMABAD
IMRAN AMIR VS Mst. ISMAT BIBI Ss.8, 4 & 10---Ombudsperson to enquire into complaint---Procedure for holding inquiry---Powers of the Ombudsperson---Scope---Object behind the enactment of Protection against Harassment of Women at the Workplac…
2023 CLC 1107 ISLAMABAD
MUHAMMAD TARIQ VS Mrs. MARRIUM SIAL S.12---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Arts. 17 & 79---Suit for specific performance of agreement to sell---Agreement, proof of---Failure to produce two attesting witnesses---Effect---Suit filed by petitio…
2023 CLC 1163 ISLAMABAD
ZOHONGDING INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING CO. LTD. VS NATIONAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY R.48(7)---Redressal of Grievances Regulations, 2021, Regln. 7 & Schedule-II---Constitution of Pakistan, Art.199---Constitutional petition---Grievance Redressal Comm…
2023 CLC 1187 ISLAMABAD
RIAZ HANIF RAHI VS GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN, through Secretary Ministry of Communication, Federal Secretariat, Islamabad art.199---Public interest litigation---Scope---Public interest litigation is a type of litigation that serves the interes…
2023 PLC 5 ISLAMABAD
UNITED BANK LIMITED VS FULL BENCH NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION, ISLAMABAD S.2(i)---"Workman"---Scope---Employee cannot assert himself to be a workman where a power of attorney is executed by the employer (Bank) in his favour giv…
2023 PLC 30 ISLAMABAD
HUKAM DAD VS ISLAMABAD ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY Correction of date of birth---Scope---Date of birth once recorded in the service record of a civil servant cannot be altered or changed except in accordance with the exceptions provided in the…
2023 PLC 101 ISLAMABAD
BESTWAY CEMENT LTD. VS FULL BENCH OF NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION art.199---Constitutional petition---High Court, jurisdiction of---Scope---High court in exercise of its constitutional jurisdiction does not act like a court of a…
2023 PLC 206 ISLAMABAD
PEARL CONTINENTAL HOTELS NATIONAL LABOUR UNION VS NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION Ss.53 & 58---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Constitutional petition---Industrial dispute---Alternate and efficacious remedy---Petitioner / empl…
2023 CLC 1245 ISLAMABAD
Dr. NOOR-US-SABA VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of National Health Services Ss.2(n) & 3---Rules of Business, 1973, R.15(2)---Summary for Prime Minister---Term "stake holder"---Scope---Petitioner assailed notification…
2023 CLC 1315 ISLAMABAD
MUHAMMAD MOINUDDIN KHAN VS DISTRICT JUDGE, ISLAMABAD Ss. 12(2) & 35(1)(i)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art.199---Constitutional petition--- False and vexatious litigation---Cost of litigation, awarding of---Petitioner filed ejectment petitio…
2023 CLC 1357 ISLAMABAD
SOHAIL MAJEED BHATTI VS MUHAMMAD ASHRAF (Late) O. XXIII, R. 1---Withdrawal of suit or abandonment of part of claim---Scope---There are certain conditions for withdrawal of the suit---First, if the Court is satisfied that a suit must fail by…
2023 CLC 1372 ISLAMABAD
NATIONAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY (NHA) VS SAMBU CONSTRUCTION CO. LIMITED Ss. 30, 33 & 39---Rules of Procedure for the Functions of the Disputes Review Expert, R. 9(c), (d)---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), S. 115---arbitration---Revisional juri…
2023 CLC 1435 ISLAMABAD
FAKHAR-E-AZAM WAZIR VS ELECTION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN S.20---Election Rules, 2017, Rr. 10(5) & 10(4), proviso---Delimitation of constituencies---Pre-condition---Patwar Circle (PC)---Importance---Choice of candidates---Petitioners were aggr…
2023 CLC 1457 ISLAMABAD
TABISH BADAR VS PAKISTAN, through Secretary, Ministry of Interior art. 199---Constitutional petition---Employer-employee relationship---Non-statutory rules---Effect---Non-statutory rules are deemed to be for internal regulation of an entity…
2023 CLC 1481 ISLAMABAD
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION CORPORATION (NTC) VS PAKISTAN TELECOMMUNICATION AUTHORITY (PTA) Ss.7(1), 21 (3) & 41(3)---Telecommunication services---Exclusive rights---Non-exclusive telecom licence---Scope---Appellant corporation was aggrieved…
2023 CLC 1657 ISLAMABAD
JOINT VENTURE OF MESSRS KAMAL NASIR KHAN (PVT.) LTD. VS NATIONAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY Rr.5 & 48---Foreign funded project---Redressal of grievance---Petitioners as joint venture participated in award of contract for the project funded by Asian…
2023 CLC 1860 ISLAMABAD
Mst. NAZEER BIBI VS HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION, ISLAMABAD S.10(i)(r)---Higher Education Commission---Scholarship agreement---Recovery of money---Policy decision---Retrospective applicability---Relief not claimed---Effect---Petitioner / def…
2023 CLC 1916 ISLAMABAD
Malik MOHAMMAD RAFIQ VS PUBLIC AT LARGE S. 42---Suit for declaration---Adoption---Legal character---Scope---Appellants / plaintiffs claimed to be adoptive parents of male child---Suit was resisted by respondents / defendants who were biolog…
2023 MLD 47 ISLAMABAD
JUNAID MASEEH VS State S. 13---Law Reforms Ordinance (XII of 1972), S. 3(2) proviso---Intra Court Appeal--- Maintainability--- Quashing of FIR---Appellant/accused sought quashing of FIR registered against him by Federal Investigating Agency…
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