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2023 MLD 83 ISLAMABAD
State VS MUHAMMAD AYAZ Ss. 302(b) & 34---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 417---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appeal against acquittal---Appreciation of evidence---Accused was charged that he along with his co-accused in furtherance…
2023 MLD 180 ISLAMABAD
MUHAMMAD FAYAZ VS MUHAMMAD BANYAMEEN Ss. 42 & 54---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), S. 99 & O.XIV, R.1---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Constitutional petition---New ground---Non-framing of issues---Irregularity not affecting merits…
2023 MLD 201 ISLAMABAD
RUBINA AMJAD VS JAVAID SHAFIQUE SIDDIQUI S. 12(2)---Specific Relief act (I of 1877), Ss. 39, 42 & 54---Decree, setting aside of---Principle---Educated woman---No allegation of fraud, misrepresentation and jurisdiction---Effect---Petitioner…
2023 MLD 242 ISLAMABAD
Syed ZAHEER HUSSAIN NAQVI VS ASIF RAZA MIR Ss. 12 & 29---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Arts. 17 & 79---Suit for specific performance of oral agreement to sell---Proof---Failure to produce witnesses---Appellant/plaintiff claimed to have ent…
2023 MLD 279 ISLAMABAD
Mst. SOBIA SHAHEEN VS MUHAMMAD USMAN Jirga decision---Not protected by any law---Execution of the orders of jirga---Scope---Matters referred to a jirga to settle the dispute or effect a compromise between the parties without the permission…
2023 MLD 307 ISLAMABAD
Syed MUHAMMAD AYUB SHAH VS REGISTRAR COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES DEPARTMENT S. 64-a---Constitution of Pakistan, art. 199---Constitutional petition---Maintainability---alternate remedy, availing of---Effect---Petitioners were aggrieved of holding…
2023 MLD 323 ISLAMABAD
INTERWORLD COMMUNICATION PRIVATE LIMITED VS PAKISTAN TELECOMMUNICATION AUTHORITY through Chairman, PTA S. 4---Functions of the authority---Scope---Question before High Court was whether the Pakistan Telecommunication authority (PTa) could w…
2023 MLD 437 ISLAMABAD
FIDA HUSSAIN WARRAICH VS Syed ZARFAN HUSSAIN SHAH Ss. 35, 35-a & 34-B [as amended by Costs of Litigation act (XVII of 2017)]---Recovery of damages and litigation costs---Malicious prosecution---Civil litigation---Scope---Dispute between par…
2023 MLD 505 ISLAMABAD
APLOI (PRIVATE) LIMITED VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Ministry of Interior, Pakistan Secretariat, Constitutional Avenue, Islamabad R. 44--- Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Constitutional petition---Maintainability---Procurement con…
2023 MLD 674 ISLAMABAD
WSKB OPERATOR PRIVATE LIMITED VS NATIONAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY R. 48--- Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 114--- Tender---Redressal of grievance---Terms and conditions of procurement proceedings---Estoppel, principle of---Applicability---Fai…
2023 MLD 708 ISLAMABAD
SOHAIL NIAZ GILL VS SENIOR CIVIL JUDGE, ISLAMABAD O. XVII, Rr. 1, 2 & 3---Court may grant time and adjourn hearing---Costs of adjournment---Principles governing exercise of discretion, detailed.
2023 MLD 793 ISLAMABAD
AQEEL MIRZA VS State Ss. 9(c) & 34---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 516-A---Transportation of narcotics---Articles connected with narcotics---Order for custody and disposal of property pending trial in certain cases---Scope---Appel…
2023 MLD 880 ISLAMABAD
LIAQAT ALI KHAN VS FEDERAL BOARD OF INTERMEDIATE AND SECONDARY EDUCATION S. 8(2)(f), (h)---Education institution---Affiliation, withdrawal of---Pre-conditions---Petitioner was aggrieved of withdrawal of provisional affiliation of his colleg…
2023 MLD 1273 ISLAMABAD
Professor Dr. MUHAMMAD NAEEM KHAN VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Ss. 11(2) & 11(3), proviso---Rules of Business, 1973, R. 15-a (1), Serial 48---General Clauses act (X of 1897),…
2023 MLD 1324 ISLAMABAD
DIRECTOR OF WORKS/ CHIEF ENGINEER (NAVY) VS OMER FAROOQ ENGINEERING COMPANY Ss. 14, 30 & 39---arbitration---Generalized nature of objections against award---Effect---appellant was aggrieved of order passed by Trial Court dismissing objectio…
2023 MLD 1417 ISLAMABAD
Chaudry FAWAD HUSSAIN VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN S. 3---Preventive detention---Opportunity to approach Court to seek bail before arrest---Arrest in criminal case, restraining of---Petitioner was arrested on the allegation of causing threat t…
2023 MLD 1837 ISLAMABAD
AHMAD NAWAZ KHAN VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Interior S. 3--- Detention--- Pre-conditions--- application of independent mind---Scope---Petitioner assailed detention of his uncle under S. 3 of West Pakistan Maint…
2023 MLD 1901 ISLAMABAD
MUHAMMAD MUJTABA KHAWAJA VS Khawaja AZAM ALI Ss. 42, 39 & 54---Suit for declaration, cancellation of documents, possession and permanent injunction---Oral gift---Ingredients---Title document, execution of---Proof---Suit of plaintiff was dis…
2023 MLD 1945 ISLAMABAD
PAKISTAN ENGINEERING COUNCIL VS FEDERAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY Ss. 409, 420, 467, 468 & 471---Prevention of Corruption act (II of 1947), S. 5(2)---Pakistan Engineering Council act, 1975 (V of 1976), S. 27---Constitution of Pakistan, art. 199-…
2023 MLD 2037 ISLAMABAD
HUSSAIN SHAH VS State S. 376(1)--- Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 342---Rape---Appreciation of evidence---Age of victim---Determination---Benefit of doubt---Question regarding age of victim was not put to accused during statement u…
2023 MLD 2082 ISLAMABAD
HAMAD VS State S. 497(2)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 377-B & 506(ii)---Anti-Rape (Investigation and Trial) Act (XXX of 2021), Ss. 8(1)(viii) & 21---Sexual abuse of a minor---Bail, grant of---Further inquiry---Sexual abuse and its attemp…
2023 PLD 34 ISLAMABAD
SHAHAB SAQIB VS SADAF RASHEED art.228---Council of Islamic Ideology---Object, purpose and scope---Council of Islamic Ideology (Council) has been created under art. 228 of the Constitution---authority has been conferred upon the Council to m…
2023 PCrLJ 38 ISLAMABAD
MUHAMMAD RAFIQUE VS DIRECTOR GENERAL, FEDERAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY, ISLAMABAD Special and general law---Scope---Special provision overrides general provision and special enactment prevails over general enactment---Special law dealing with s…
2023 PCrLJ 83 ISLAMABAD
State VS ADDITIONAL SESSIONS JUDGE Ss. 163 & 167(3)---High Court (Lahore) Rules and Orders, Vol-III, Part-B, Rr. 8 & 9---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Constitutional petition---Remand of accused---Principle---Supervision of Sessions…
2023 PCrLJ 114 ISLAMABAD
ISMAIL IJAZ VS State Ss. 9, 10 & 11---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 497---Glorification of an offence---Cyber terrorism---Hate speech---Bail---Scope---Sections 9, 10 & 11 of Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016 cannot be rega…
2023 PCrLJ 149 ISLAMABAD
MUHAMMAD MUSAWAR ABBASI VS State S. 406---Specific Relief act (I of 1877), S. 12---Criminal breach of trust---agreement to sell, violation of---Scope---Breach of any term of agreement to sell does not fall foul of S. 406, P.P.C., as the agr…
2023 PCrLJ 203 ISLAMABAD
ARSHAD MEHMOOD VS SPECIAL JUDGE-I, ANTI-TERRORISM COURT, ISLAMABAD Courts, duty of---Courts interpret what the law is and do not declare what the law shall be---While according meaning to words used in a statute, Court undertakes an interpr…
2023 PCrLJ 276 ISLAMABAD
MUHAMMAD IBRAR KHAN VS Mian MUHAMMAD RAMZAN S. 154---First Information Report (FIR)---Object---First Information Report is meant for laying information regarding commission of a cognizable offence and in no way can be termed and taken into…
2023 PCrLJ 305 ISLAMABAD
JUNAID QAMAR VS SESSIONS JUDGE, WEST ISLAMABAD Ss. 60, 61 & 167---arrest---Transitory remand---Petitioner was aggrieved of his arrest by police in place "ICT" on the basis of FIR registered at place "M" and grant of transitory remand---Vali…
2023 PCrLJ 337 ISLAMABAD
MUHAMMAD BILAL SHEIKH VS ACCOUNTABILITY COURT NO. I, ISLAMABAD S. 23 [as omitted by National Accountability (Amendment) Act (XI of 2022)]--- Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199--- Constitutional petition---Omitting of provision---Effect---Pa…
2023 PCrLJ 350 ISLAMABAD
MUHAMMAD AZAM KHAN SWATI VS State Transfer of case on the ground of bias---Scope---There is no principle of transfer of cases from one Bench to another and the matter is left to the discretion of the Judge. Citation Name: 2023 PCrLJ 350 ISL…
2023 PCrLJ 421 ISLAMABAD
Mst. VEERA VS JONATHAN S. 497(5)---Bail, cancellation of---Scope---Principles applicable for cancellation of bail are different from those for grant of bail---Bail is to be cancelled only if the bail granting order is patently perverse and…
2023 PCrLJ 549 ISLAMABAD
ABBAS KHAN VS State art. 189---Decisions of Supreme Court binding on other Courts---applicability---Decisions of the Supreme Court of Pakistan to the extent it decides a question of law or enunciates a principle of law, was binding on all o…
2023 PCrLJ 596 ISLAMABAD
INTIZAR HUSSAIN VS AMJAD HUSSAIN Ss. 353 & 540-a---Exemption from personal appearance---Scope---application of the accused under S. 540-a, Cr.P.C., for exemption from personal appearance was dismissed by the Trial Court---Validity---Word in…
2023 PCrLJ 640 ISLAMABAD
KHURRAM IMTIAZ VS ADDITIONAL SESSIONS JUDGE, ISLAMABAD art. 199---Constitutional jurisdiction of High Court---Discretionary jurisdiction---Scope---For discretionary and equitable relief, it is a pre-condition that the parties should approac…
2023 PCrLJ 810 ISLAMABAD
MUHAMMAD SHAHBAZ SHABEER VS ADDITIONAL SESSIONS JUDGE S. 156--- Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199--- Constitutional jurisdiction of High Court---Criminal investigation---Interference---Scope---High Court cannot hear and adjudicate petition…
2023 PCrLJ 1022 ISLAMABAD
MUHAMMAD SHAH VS State Ss. 366 & 367---Control of Narcotic Substances Act (XXV of 1997), Ss. 47 & 48--- Appeal against the order---Mode of delivering judgment---Language of judgment---Contents of judgment---Petitioner was convicted under S.…
2023 PCrLJ 1092 ISLAMABAD
JAVAD KHAN VS State Ss. 29 & 44---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 419 & 420---Two sets of offences, cognizance of---Principle---Federal Investigating Agency is the designated agency under S. 29 of Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016 and…
2023 PCrLJ 1256 ISLAMABAD
AMMAD YOUSAF VS GHULAM MURTAZA CHANDIO Ss. 173, 265 & 265-K--- Framing of charge--- Discharge of accused---Principles---Application of the petitioner was to the effect that no case against him was made out, therefore, charge could not be fr…
2023 PCrLJ 1310 ISLAMABAD
MUHAMMAD SHAHZAD KHALIQ VS State Ss. 292-a, 292-C, 337-B & 506(ii)---Sexual exploitation of minors, making porn videos of minors---appreciation of evidence---accused was charged that he along with his co-accused made a nude video clip of th…
2023 PCrLJ 1536 ISLAMABAD
ADAM AMIN CHAUDHRY VS NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU (NAB) ISLAMABAD Ss. 5(o), 5(s), 9(a)(ix) & 16(e), proviso [as inserted by National Accountability (Amendment) Act (XI of 2022)]---Cheating members of public at large---National Accountabi…
2023 PCrLJ 1650 ISLAMABAD
AMIR SAJJAD VS State Ss. 316 & 344--- Qatl shibh-i-amd, wrongful confinement---Appreciation of evidence---Custodial torture---Accused persons were police officials and deceased died in their custody during investigation of a criminal offenc…
2023 PCrLJ 1712 ISLAMABAD
GUL TAJ VS State S. 9(c)---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 340(2)---Recovery of narcotic substance---Appreciation of evidence---Specific plea---Proof---Heroin weighing 2500 grams was recovered from accused---Trial Court convicted th…
2023 PCrLJ 1763 ISLAMABAD
AKHUANZADA SHAHID ALI QURESHI VS JUDGE SPECIAL COURT (OFFENCES IN BANKS), ISLAMABAD Ss. 51, 343 & 523---Federal Investigating Agency Act, 1974 (VIII of 1975), S. 5(5)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 409, 420 & 489-F---Return of property---D…
2023 PLD 75 ISLAMABAD
ALI EJAZ VS ARBITRATION COUNCIL S. 7---Talaq---Mubaraat---Meaning and scope. Citation Name: 2023 PLD 75 ISLAMABADBookmark this Case ALI EJAZ VS ARBITRATION COUNCIL Ss. 7 & 8---Talaq---Mubaraat---Period of iddat---Scope.
2023 YLR 63 ISLAMABAD
ANF VS ADNAN RAFIQUE S. 32---articles connected with narcotics---Scope---Prosecution assailed order passed by Trial Court whereby it had ordered return of the vehicle to the claimant/respondent---Held; it was not the case of the prosecution…
2023 YLR 89 ISLAMABAD
ALI JAN VS State S. 302(b)---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S.164---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence--- Blind murder--- Proof--- Benefit of doubt---Confessional statement, non-corroboration of--- Motive, failure to prove---Supple…
2023 YLR 479 ISLAMABAD
ABDUL HAMEED VS State S. 497---Bail---Scope---No hard and fast rule exists to give exhaustive reasoning, while deciding a bail matter as only tentative assessment is to be made but it does not mean that the bail order is made in a slipshod…
2023 YLR 502 ISLAMABAD
TAHSEEN SHAUKAT VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE, ISLAMABAD Ss. 3 & 4---Prevention of illegal possession of property---Cognizance of offence---Pendency of civil litigation---Scope---Any act which entails civil liability under Civil…
2023 YLR 637 ISLAMABAD
LIAQAT ALI VS NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU S. 401---Pakistan Prisons Rules, 1978, Rr.143 & 146---Suspending or remitting sentence---Bail, grant of---Powers of Provincial Government--- Scope---Provincial Government and jail authorities, un…
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