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2023 PLC 95 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
NESTLE PAKISTAN LTD. VS FULL BENCH OF NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RELATION COMMISSION S.33---Redress of individual grievances---Removal from service---Submission of bogus medical claim---Quantum of punishment---Scope---Respondent was removed from s…
2023 PLC 95 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
NESTLE PAKISTAN LTD. VS FULL BENCH OF NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RELATION COMMISSION art.199---Constitutional jurisdiction of High Court---Scope---Writ jurisdiction is not that of a subsequent forum of statutory appeal and is restricted inter alia…
2023 PLC 95 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
NESTLE PAKISTAN LTD. VS FULL BENCH OF NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RELATION COMMISSION S.33---Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Orders) Ordinance (VI of 1968), S.O. 15---Redress of individual grievances---Removal from service---Whether…
2023 PLC 110 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
ZAFAR AHMED VS ASSOCIATES PRESS OF PAKISTAN S.2 (h)---Suit for recovery of wages, gratuity and damages---Special and general damages---Principle---Plaintiff was employee of Associated Press of Pakistan who sought recovery of his service due…
2023 PLC 125 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
FAUJI FERTILIZER COMPANY LIMITED VS Syed JAWED ALI SHAH S. 12 (2)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Reinstatement in service---Constitutional petition---Fraud, misrepresentation and lack of jurisdiction---Proof---Petitioner company agg…
2023 PLC 155 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
J.S. BANK LIMITED VS PROVINCE OF SINDH through Secretary, Labour and Employment, Karachi Ss. 2(1)(b), 2(1)(d), 2(1)(i), 3 & 15---Industrial Relations Act (X of 2012), S. 33---Claims arising out of deductions from wages or delay in payment o…
2023 PLC 169 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
TNB LIBERTY POWER LTD. VS REGISTRAR OF TRADE UNIONS Ss.2(ix), 2(xxxii) & 26---Trans-provincial establishment---Election schedule of workers union---Petitioner/corporate entity challenged the act of respondent/Registrar of Trade Unions ("Reg…
2023 PLC 186 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
TELENOR MICROFINANCE BANK LIMITED VS PROVINCE OF SINDH, through Secretary Labour and Human Resource Department Ss. 1(3), 22, 23 & 70---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Constitutional petition---Registration of workers---Scope---Petition…
2023 CLC 800 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Syed RAFAT ABBAS JAFFERI VS SIKANDER AHMED GHOURI art.199---Constitutional petition---Collateral proceeding, rule of---applicability---Suppression of facts---Petitioner assailed award issued by Registrar Cooperative Societies in favour of r…
2023 PLC 238 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MATCO FOODS LTD. VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource art. 199---Constitutional petition---alternate remedy---Scope---Direct approach to the High Court in constitutional jurisdictio…
2023 PLC 238 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MATCO FOODS LTD. VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource S. 2(p)---Wages---Scope---Petitioners' (establishments as defined in S. 2(e) of the Employees' Old-Age Benefits Act, 1976) assa…
2023 CLC 812 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
SAJJAD ALI VS ABDUL HAMEED S.12---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Arts. 17 & 79---Suit for specific performance of agreement to sell---Sale consideration---Proof---Scribe of document---Status---Applicants/plaintiffs sought specific performan…
2023 CLC 861 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
GUL BANO VS SHAHNAZ BANO S.2(12) & O.XX, R.12---Suit for partition of property and recovery of mesne profits---Co-owner---Possession, deprivation of---Plaintiff sought partition of suit property and recovery of mesne profit on the plea that…
2023 CLC 887 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
SADIA SIDDIQUI VS ADNAN ANDALAIB SIDDIQUI S.202---Specific Relief act (I of 1877), Ss.42 & 54---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O.VII, R.11---Suit for declaration and injunction---Rejection of plaint, application for---Irrevocable power o…
2023 CLC 935 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MUHAMMAD AZHAR VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice, Islamabad Ss.20, 27 & 29---General Clauses Act (X of 1897), S.6---National Licensing Examination---House job---Licensing---Effect of repeal---Scope---Pe…
2023 CLC 935 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MUHAMMAD AZHAR VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice, Islamabad S.6---Effect of repeal---Scope---What is preserved by S. 6 is a right which already stands accrued, whereas the mere hope that one would acqui…
2023 CLC 935 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MUHAMMAD AZHAR VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice, Islamabad Vested rights---Meaning.
2023 CLC 954 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Mrs. ZULEKHA VS PROVINCE OF SINDH O.XXXIX, Rr. 1 & 2---Interim injunction---Necessary ingredients---Scope---Three essential ingredients must be present together for a favorable order---Absence of any one of the three ingredients does not wa…
2023 CLC 954 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Mrs. ZULEKHA VS PROVINCE OF SINDH Ss.42 & 54---Karachi Building and Town Planning Regulations, 2002, Regln. 25.5.2---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O.XXXIX, Rr.1 & 2---Suit for declaration and injunction---Interim injunction, grant of---…
2023 CLC 991 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
NAJAM-UR-REHMAN VS MASOOMA HASSAN S.5, Sched.---Khula---Maintenance for wife---Wedlock as well as the fact that rukhsati did not take place were admitted, however, the only dispute between the parties was of maintenance charges---Plea of mi…
2023 CLC 1008 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Mst. BASHIRA BIBI VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Defence S.1---Suit for recovery of damages---Fatal accident---Expectancy of life---Quantum---Determining factors---Plaintiffs sought recovery of damages for the deat…
2023 CLC 1008 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Mst. BASHIRA BIBI VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Defence Civil liability---Acquittal in criminal case---Effect---Exoneration from charge in a criminal case is not of any relevance while determining civil liability…
2023 CLC 1008 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Mst. BASHIRA BIBI VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Defence S.1---Recovery of damages---Vicarious liability---Employer, responsibility of---Scope--- Employer is always vicariously liable for acts of its employees perf…
2023 CLC 1008 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Mst. BASHIRA BIBI VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Defence Preamble---Damages---Object, purpose and scope---Loss of human life cannot be measured in terms of coins, however, Fatal Accidents Act, 1855 was enacted to p…
2023 CLC 1039 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
ANWAR KHAN VS FOZIA KHAN S. 42---Declaration, seeking of---Principle---Provision of S. 42 of Specific Relief Act, 1877 does not permit an unrestricted right of instituting all kinds of declaratory suits at the will and pleasure of parties--…
2023 CLC 1039 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
ANWAR KHAN VS FOZIA KHAN arts.91 & 120---Specific Relief act (I of 1877), Ss.8, 39, 42 & 54---Suit for recovery of possession, cancellation of agreement, declaration and injunction---Limitation---Dishonest intervention by legal heirs---Plai…
2023 PLD 221 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
HASHIM ALI RIZVI VS OWNERS OF THE VESSEL m.v. ECO EKRAM S. 4---Recovery of wages---Sister-ship, recovery from---Action in rem---Plaintiff sought recovery of his wages from his employer company which owned defendant ship---Validity---Plainti…
2023 PLD 221 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
HASHIM ALI RIZVI VS OWNERS OF THE VESSEL m.v. ECO EKRAM S. 4---action in rem and action in personam---Distinction---Plaintiff under action in rem is allowed to commence proceeding by going after piece of property, the ship or the cargo or c…
2023 CLC 1086 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
ABDUL QADIR VS PROVINCE OF SINDH through Secretary Health Department Ss. 15 & 11---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Constitutional petition---Maintainability---Admission for treatment (in psychiatric facility)---Application by whom to b…
2023 CLC 1098 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
ABDUL REHMAN VS NOMAN ABID O.III, R.2---Recognized agent---Fast track policy defined in Circular No.G-AZ/XII.Z.14(HC)(i), dated 16-10-2012---Scope---Plaintiff moved an application to treat the suit under fast track policy---Fast track polic…
2023 CLC 1098 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
ABDUL REHMAN VS NOMAN ABID O.III, R.2---Recognized agents---Scope---According to O.III, R.2 of the C.P.C., an agent of a party can be recognized for the purpose of making appearances, applications, and acts on behalf of the party---Such age…
2023 CLC 1128 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
ALI NAWAZ VS Mst. ZAINAB S.115---Revision petition---Concurrent findings---Scope---Revision application filed against concurrent findings of courts below and that too against execution application has extremely narrow scope.
2023 CLC 1136 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
POWER CEMENT LTD. VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Energy Ss.12-G & 31---National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Tariff Standards and Procedure) Rules, 1998, Rr. 17---Quarterly Tariff Adjustment---Objections, no…
2023 CLC 1136 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
POWER CEMENT LTD. VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Energy S.31---National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Tariff Standards and Procedure) Rules, 1998, R.17---Quarterly Tariff Adjustment---Scope---Objective of Qua…
2023 CLC 1256 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Mst. ZARIA BEGUM VS ZAFAR IQBAL O.XXI, Rr.26 & 58---Transfer of Property Act (IV of 1882), S. 54---Execution proceedings, stay of---Possession as part performance of agreement---Investigation---Petitioner sought stay of execution proceeding…
2023 CLC 1279 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Dr. SUNIL ANAND HOTWANI VS ABDUL WAKEEL S.16---arrears of rent---Expression "summary inquiry"---Scope---When a case for eviction of a tenant is filed, the Rent Controller is required to determine the arrears of rent payable by the tenant up…
2023 CLC 1279 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Dr. SUNIL ANAND HOTWANI VS ABDUL WAKEEL Ss. 7, 8 & 9---Higher rent not chargeable---Fair rent---Limit of fair rent---Scope---Section 7 provides that no landlord shall charge or receive rent of the rented premises at the rate higher than tha…
2023 CLC 1279 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Dr. SUNIL ANAND HOTWANI VS ABDUL WAKEEL S.13---Eviction---Non-compliance of tentative rent order---Statutory tenant---Enhancement of rent under expired contract---Scope---Tenant assailed an order whereby his defense was struck off due to no…
2023 CLC 1279 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Dr. SUNIL ANAND HOTWANI VS ABDUL WAKEEL S.13---Statutory tenant---Scope---Tenant becomes a statutory tenant if the agreement between him and the landlord expires but he still continues to retain the possession of the rented premises even af…
2023 CLC 1296 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Khawaja IZHAR-UL-HASSAN VS PROVINCE OF SINDH R.8---Constitutional petition---Appeal against refusal or grant of Permanent Residence Certificate---Scope---Petitioners sought direction to the respondents to follow the legal course for issuanc…
2023 CLC 1323 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
DILMURAD VS PROVINCE OF SINDH through Deputy Commissioner, Nawabshah Ss. 42, 39 & 54---Limitation Act (IX of 1908), Art. 91---Suit for declaration, cancellation and injunction---Limitation---Plaintiff's evidence qua date of knowledge remain…
2023 CLC 1323 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
DILMURAD VS PROVINCE OF SINDH through Deputy Commissioner, Nawabshah S.58---Mortgage of immovable property---Scope---Type of mortgages---Under S.58(a) of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, a mortgage is the transfer of an interest in speci…
2023 CLC 1323 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
DILMURAD VS PROVINCE OF SINDH through Deputy Commissioner, Nawabshah Ss. 42, 39 & 54---Transfer of Property Act (IV of 1882), S. 58---Suit for declaration, cancellation and injunction---Transfer of mortgaged property---Scope---Applicant fil…
2023 CLC 1361 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Syed FARRUKH GHANI VS BANK OF PUNJAB through Chairman S.20 & O.VII, R.10---Suits to be instituted where defendants reside or cause of action arises---Return of plaint---Scope---Dismissal from service---Territorial jurisdiction---Plaintiff t…
2023 CLC 1383 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
E.D.O. (Now Superintending Engineer) Road District Kashmore @ Kandhkot VS ABDUL HAFEEZ CHACHAR S. 42---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O. VII, R. 7---Suit for declaration---Acquisition of land without compensation---Moulding the relief---…
2023 CLC 1383 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
E.D.O. (Now Superintending Engineer) Road District Kashmore @ Kandhkot VS ABDUL HAFEEZ CHACHAR O.VII, R.13---Where rejection of plaint does not preclude presentation of fresh plaint---Scope---In a previous case, the plaintiff's plaint regar…
2023 CLC 1383 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
E.D.O. (Now Superintending Engineer) Road District Kashmore @ Kandhkot VS ABDUL HAFEEZ CHACHAR Ss. 79 & 80---Suits by or against the Government---Scope---Requirement of S.79 of the C.P.C. is only that the Provincial Government is sued as "t…
2023 PLD 231 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MUHAMMAD RAFIQUE AGHANI VS MUHAMMAD ALI AGHANI S. 12---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 79---Suit for specific performance---Proof of execution of document required by law to be attested---Scope---Plaintiff assailed the concurrent dismis…
2023 PLD 231 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MUHAMMAD RAFIQUE AGHANI VS MUHAMMAD ALI AGHANI O. XLI, R. 31---Contents of judgment---Scope---Where the appellate court does not reverse the findings of the Trial Court, a decision on each issue may not be distinctly recorded as long as the…
2023 PLD 231 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MUHAMMAD RAFIQUE AGHANI VS MUHAMMAD ALI AGHANI art. 79---Proof of execution of document required by law to be attested---Scope---Requirement of art. 79 of the Qanun-e-Shahadat, 1984, is that if a document is required by law to be attested,…
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