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2023 CLC 905 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ALLAH DITTA VS ZULFIQAR S.4---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Arts. 17 & 79---Promissory note---Proof of execution of document required by law to be attested---Competence and number of witnesses---Scope---Article 79 provides that a document…
2023 CLC 926 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
KHAIRAT ALI VS SAQIB ASHFAQ S.22---Jurisdiction, equitable nature of---Scope---Jurisdiction to issue a decree of specific performance was discretionary in nature as it was an equitable relief, thus, the court was not bound to grant such rel…
2023 CLC 926 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
KHAIRAT ALI VS SAQIB ASHFAQ S.24---Remaining sale consideration---Last opportunity to deposit---Once last opportunity was given to a litigant for doing a certain act and he fails to do the same, the penal provision had to be invoked, otherw…
2023 CLC 926 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
KHAIRAT ALI VS SAQIB ASHFAQ S.24---agreement to sell---Non-deposit of balance sale consideration despite direction of court---Effect---appellant/vendee filed suit for possession through specific performance of agreement to sell against resp…
2023 CLC 948 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
3N-LIFEMED PHARMACEUTICALS VS GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB through Secretary Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department arts. 18 & 199---Constitutional petition---Judicial review---Right to do business / trade---Policy matters---Wednesbury, princi…
2023 CLC 963 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
KHALID IQBAL VS Mst. YASEEN art.181---application for restoration of suit---Limitation---Question of limitation in respect of application seeking restoration of suit is only relevant, if dismissal itself is proper---In the present case the…
2023 CLC 963 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
KHALID IQBAL VS Mst. YASEEN O.IX, R.8 & O.XVII, R.2---Suit was dismissed for non-appearance---When entire evidence is available with the court to make final decision after going through the same---At such stage while attracting provisions o…
2023 CLC 981 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD IQBAL VS ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Revenue, Federal Secretariat, Islamabad Ss.42 & 54---Limitation Act (IX of 1908), S. 19 & Art. 148---Suit for declaration, injunction and redemption of mortgage---Limitation--…
2023 CLC 999 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
IJAZ AHMED VS GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB S.12-a---Punjab Local Government act (XIII of 2019), S. 259---Constitution of Pakistan, art.140-a---Constitutional petition---Establishment of private market---Land use planning and land use permissions---…
2023 CLC 999 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
IJAZ AHMED VS GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB S.12-a---Establishment of private market---Scope---Private market is a facility established and managed under the Punjab agricultural Marketing Regulatory authority act, 2018---It is owned by private indiv…
2023 PLD 245 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
KHURSHEED AHMAD VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB Public functionary---Scope---Mala fide cannot be attributed to the Executive/Government functionary, performing functions in furtherance of a legal mandate---In absence of any cogent and convincing mate…
2023 PLD 245 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
KHURSHEED AHMAD VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB "acquisition"---Meanings.
2023 PLD 245 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
KHURSHEED AHMAD VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB arts. 23 & 24---Provision as to property---Protection of property rights---Scope---Right to property is one of the fundamental rights recognized and guaranteed by the Constitution---Such right is, howev…
2023 PLD 245 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
KHURSHEED AHMAD VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB Ss. 4, 5, 5-a, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10---acquisition proceedings---Preliminary investigation---Hearing of objections---Declaration of intended acquisition---Scope---Section 4 of the Land acquisition act, 1894,…
2023 PLD 245 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
KHURSHEED AHMAD VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB Preamble---Scope---Land Acquisition Act, 1984, was promulgated for the purpose of acquisition of land needed for the public purposes and for companies and for determining the amount of compensation to b…
2023 PLD 245 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
KHURSHEED AHMAD VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB Ss. 4, 7 & 48---General Clauses Act (X of 1897), S. 21---Publication of preliminary notification, challenge to---Scope---Petitioners were aggrieved of issuance of third notification under S. 4 of the La…
2023 CLC 1021 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
WASIF ALI VS Mrs. FAKHRA JABEEN R.8, Form II, Cls. 13, 14, 15 & 16---Dower amount---Object, purpose and scope---Marriage is a civil contract, which has for its object, the procreation and legalizing of children---Dower or "Mehr" is the sum…
2023 CLC 1021 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
WASIF ALI VS Mrs. FAKHRA JABEEN Deed of contract---Principle---In construing a document, one has to read the same as a whole and not by picking and choosing a particular paragraph or portion thereof---Deed of contract has to be construed st…
2023 CLC 1021 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
WASIF ALI VS Mrs. FAKHRA JABEEN S.5---Muslim Family Laws Ordinance (VIII of 1961), S.5---Muslim Family Laws Rules, 1961, R.8, Form II, Cls. 13, 14, 15 & 16---Dower, recovery of---Dispute was with regard to payment of dower and transfer of h…
2023 CLC 1055 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
WAJID ALI VS JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE, OKARA Ss. 13(1)(c), 18 & 31(2)---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 18, 23 & 25---Powers of Food Safety Officer (FSO) to seal premises under S.13(1)(c) of the Punjab Food Authority Act, 2011 ('the 2011 Act') -…
2023 CLC 1070 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD NAZEER VS GHULAM HUSSAIN S.17(8)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Eviction petition---Interim/Interlocutory order---Constitutional jurisdiction of the High Court---Scope---Respondent of eviction petition denied existence of r…
2023 CLC 1070 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD NAZEER VS GHULAM HUSSAIN S.17(8)---Eviction petition---Relationship of landlord and tenant, denial of---Tentative rent order---Scope---Rent Controller, powers of---Petitioner, in reply to eviction petition filed by the respondent,…
2023 CLC 1087 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
YOUNAS RASHEED VS MUHAMMAD KASHIF IQBAL S.21---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 129---General Clauses Act (X of 1897), S. 27---Eviction petition---No order to serve notice through courier service---Scope and effect---Rent Controller dism…
2023 CLC 1087 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
YOUNAS RASHEED VS MUHAMMAD KASHIF IQBAL Ss.16(4), 21(1), (2), (4) & 22---Constitution of Pakistan, Art.10-A---Eviction petition---Leave to contest---Scope---Fair trial and due process---Rent Controller dismissed application of petitioner/te…
2023 CLC 1100 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ASIM JAMSHAID VS SHAHZAD IQBAL MALIK Ss. 12 & 22---Suit for specific performance of agreement to sell immoveable property (plot)---Performance of Contract---Specific enforceability---Court, discretion of---Agreement between the parties with…
2023 CLC 1100 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ASIM JAMSHAID VS SHAHZAD IQBAL MALIK Ss. 12, 19 & 22---Suit for specific performance of agreement to sell immoveable property (plot)---Performance of contract---Specific enforceability---Court, discretion of---Conduct of the party---Time as…
2023 CLC 1131 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SALEEM MEHMOOD VS Ch. SAEED ASGHAR actus Curiae Neminem Gravabit (act of the Court shall prejudice no man)-----Where any court is found to have not complied with the mandatory provision of law or omitted to pass an order, required by law in…
2023 CLC 1131 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SALEEM MEHMOOD VS Ch. SAEED ASGHAR O.XXXVII Rr.1,2 & Form IV of appendix B---Leave to appear and defend---Duty of Court---Difference between suit under O.XXXVII and ordinary suit---Duty of the Court is not only to issue summons but the Cour…
2023 CLC 1131 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SALEEM MEHMOOD VS Ch. SAEED ASGHAR O.XXXVII Rr.1, 2 & Form IV of appendix B----Limitation act (IX of 1908), art.159---Services, when properly effected---Limitation, commencement of----Copy of plaint----Purpose---Duty of Court--- Respondent…
2023 CLC 1131 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SALEEM MEHMOOD VS Ch. SAEED ASGHAR art.159---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O.XXXVII, Rr.1&2---Suit for recovery of amount on basis of cheque---Leave to appear and defend--Limitation---Limitation for filing application for leave to appea…
2023 CLC 1157 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
GULZAR HUSSAIN VS ABDUR RASOOL S.2-a---Inheritance mutations---Entitlement of daughter---Prevalent customs---applicability---Petitioners/defendants while resisting the claim of plaintiffs had justified impugned inheritance mutations before…
2023 CLC 1157 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
GULZAR HUSSAIN VS ABDUR RASOOL Inheritance mutations---Fraud and misrepresentation---Ancestral property---Entitlement of daughter---Plaintiffs (legal heirs of daughter of predecessor-in-interest of parties) claimed of having no knowledge of…
2023 CLC 1157 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
GULZAR HUSSAIN VS ABDUR RASOOL S.115---Revisional jurisdiction of High Court---Scope---Concurrent findings---Scope---Revisional jurisdiction was not meant to unearth another possible view from evidence which was contra to the findings rende…
2023 CLC 1171 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. RASOOLAN BIBI VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB S.42---Gift mutation---Scope---Mere sanctioning of gift mutation does not create any right until and unless the basic transaction of the gift is proved through corroborative and trustworthy evidence.
2023 CLC 1171 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. RASOOLAN BIBI VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB Inheritance---Limitation---Female heirs deprived of their share in inheritance---In such inheritance matters no limitation runs against the (female) heir.
2023 CLC 1171 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. RASOOLAN BIBI VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB arts. 72, 117 & 120---Document---Proof---Producing of document in statement of counsel---Legality---In the present case the relevant Jamabandi, copy of khasra gurdawari, copy of application as well a…
2023 CLC 1171 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. RASOOLAN BIBI VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB Oral gift---Proof---Pre-requisites---Three important prerequisites for a valid (oral) gift are an explicit offer of gift by donor; acceptance of the gift by the donee; and voluntary delivery of posse…
2023 CLC 1171 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. RASOOLAN BIBI VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB arts. 17, 79 & 129(g)---Oral gift---Proof---attesting witnesses, non-production of---Effect---Neither the attesting witnesses of the oral gift mutation in question nor the Revenue Officers (Patwari a…
2023 CLC 1171 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. RASOOLAN BIBI VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB S.115---Revisional jurisdiction of High Court---Scope---Interference in concurrent findings of Trial Court and Appellate Court---High Court is well within its jurisdiction to reverse illegal and perv…
2023 CLC 1171 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. RASOOLAN BIBI VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB Oral gift---Proof---Disentitling a daughter from her share in inheritance through a fraudulent oral gift---When the petitioner-lady had categorically stated that fraud has been committed with her to…
2023 CLC 1193 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ABDULLAH MALIK VS PROVINCE OF THE PUNJAB art. 199---Constitutional jurisdiction---Writ of certiorari---Writ of quo warranto---Locus standi---Scope---There is a significant difference between writs under art.199(1)(a)(ii), (b)(ii) of the Con…
2023 CLC 1193 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ABDULLAH MALIK VS PROVINCE OF THE PUNJAB art. 199---Constitutional jurisdiction---Locus standi---Scope---To invoke the constitutional jurisdiction of the High Court, the petitioner must establish that his legal or fundamental rights have be…
2023 CLC 1193 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ABDULLAH MALIK VS PROVINCE OF THE PUNJAB Ss.6 & 7---Punjab Government Rules of Business, 2011, Seventh Sched., Pt. A, Item No. 14---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Law Reforms Ordinance (XII of 1972), S.3---Chairperson, office of---Ple…
2023 CLC 1201 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MAZHAR RASOOL HASHMI VS GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB arts. 140 & 193---appointment of advocate General for the Province---Challenge to---Petitioner filed constitutional petition in the nature of public interest litigation challenging the appoin…
2023 PLD 257 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Messrs Malik MAZHAR HUSSAIN GORAYA VS GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB Ss. 4, 71 & 205---Punjab Local Government (Works) Rules, 2017, R. 5(2)---Punjab Local Government Budget Rules, 2017, R. 3(b)---Development funds, allocation of---Members of National…
2023 CLC 1217 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SALEEM KHAN VS Mst. ZEENAT Oral gift---Onus to prove---Pardahnashin, illiterate ladies---Respondents/plaintiffs claimed to be owners of suit property and alleged that mutation on the basis of oral gift made by them in favour of petitioner/d…
2023 CLC 1217 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SALEEM KHAN VS Mst. ZEENAT S.115---Limitation Act (IX of 1908), Ss. 5 & 29 (2)---Revision---Limitation---Condonation of delay---Principle---In the light of S.29(2) of Limitation Act, 1908, provision of S.5 of Limitation Act, 1908, is not ap…
2023 CLC 1217 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SALEEM KHAN VS Mst. ZEENAT Vol.V, Chapter 1, part A, Rr. 6, 7 & 9---Civil revision application---Limitation---Office objection---Where certain objections are raised by office, it should be held to be time barred unless objections/deficiency…
2023 CLC 1217 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SALEEM KHAN VS Mst. ZEENAT S.3---Fraud---Effect---Fraud vitiates even the most solemn transaction---Any transaction based upon fraud would be void---Limitation does not run against void transaction---Mere efflux of time does not extinguish…
2023 CLC 1217 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SALEEM KHAN VS Mst. ZEENAT art. 80---attesting witness not traceable---Proof--- Simple oral assertion is not enough to prove factum of death of attesting witness and does not discharge the burden to locate and produce such witness.
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