Pakistani case law library
Pak Law GPT gives lawyers, students and litigants access to reported Pakistani judgments in Urdu and English. Every judgment below is published from our case-law database with its original reported text, so you can read the citation and the judgment content directly.
Browse by branch of law
Reported judgments28,856 records
2023 MLD 11 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
LAHORE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY VS D.G. KHAN CEMENT COMPANY LIMITED Ss. 14-a & 13(6)(c)---Intra Court appeal---Control of master plan---Transfer of land in favour of Lahore Development authority ('authority')---Scope---Respondent's predecessor…
2023 MLD 28 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ARIF PERVAIZ VS DIRECTOR GENERAL, NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU Ss. 9(a)(iii)(iv)(vi)(ix), 9(b) & 25(b)--- Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Constitutional petition--- Suspension of sentence--- Plea bargain---Accused was convicted and s…
2023 MLD 34 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD MUNIR AKHTAR VS GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB through Secretary HUD&PHE, Lahore Rr. 12, 25 & 33---Method of advertisement---Bidding documents---Clarification of bids---Scope---Under R. 12 of the Punjab Procurement Rules, 2014, a Procuring A…
2023 MLD 34 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD MUNIR AKHTAR VS GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB through Secretary HUD&PHE, Lahore R. 2(h)---Bid security---Scope---Procuring agency while inviting bids sought bid security @ 5% of estimated cost in the shape of CDR (Call Deposit Receipt)---Pe…
2023 MLD 34 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD MUNIR AKHTAR VS GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB through Secretary HUD&PHE, Lahore R. 4---Procurements, principles of---Scope---Transparency is the soul of any procurement process which must be evident from the actions as it also guarantees th…
2023 MLD 51 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. SHARAINI BIBI VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE S. 5, Sched.--- Dowry--- Suit for recovery of past/future maintenance, delivery expenses and return of dowry articles---Petitioner/wife alleged that due to the cruelty of respondent/husband sh…
2023 MLD 51 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. SHARAINI BIBI VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE Ss. 11 & 17---Presumption of the delivery of dowry articles attached to rukhsati---In an arranged marriage and in line with customs which are deeply rooted and entrenched in the society, paren…
2023 MLD 51 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. SHARAINI BIBI VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE art. 112---Judicial notice---Scope---Judicial notice was used by a court when it declared a fact presented as true without a formal presentation of evidence i.e. allowing a fact to be introduc…
2023 MLD 51 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. SHARAINI BIBI VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE S. 17--- application of Qanun-e-Shahadat, 1984, had been deliberately ousted from the proceedings before Family Court, the principles governing the procedure of proving a fact could be applied…
2023 MLD 51 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. SHARAINI BIBI VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE Ss. 11 & 17---Presumptions as to large family and a Pathan family are gratuitous/legally unwarranted and hence anathema--- No constitutional/statutory dispensation in force recognizes such pre…
2023 MLD 51 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. SHARAINI BIBI VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE art. 112---Dowery---Judicial notice as to non-delivery of dowry---Exhaustive provisions as to instances of judicial notice---Other than the facts mentioned in art. 112, Qanun-e-Shahadat, 1984,…
2023 MLD 60 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
BASHARAT ALI VS State S. 426---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302(b) & 337-L(2)---Qatl-i-amd---Hurt---Suspension of sentence pending appeal---Scope---Convict sought suspension of execution of his sentence on merits---Convict had caused firea…
2023 MLD 60 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
BASHARAT ALI VS State S. 426---Juvenile Justice System act (XXII of 2018), S. 6---Suspension of sentence pending appeal---Release of a juvenile on bail---Scope---Notwithstanding the juvenility of the convict, period of two years for conside…
2023 MLD 60 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
BASHARAT ALI VS State When something has not been provided under the statute then court cannot read the same so as to give a different interpretation.
2023 MLD 60 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
BASHARAT ALI VS State S. 426---Juvenile Justice System act (XXII of 2018), S. 18---Suspension of sentence pending appeal---Scope---Convict sought suspension of execution of his sentence on statutory ground of delay in decision of appeal---C…
2023 MLD 92 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
AZMAT JAHAN VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE Preamble, Ss. 2(d) & 5---Locus Standi---Exceptions---Jurisdiction of the Family Court was circumscribed and was restricted to the matters mentioned in the Schedule---Family Courts were established fo…
2023 MLD 92 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
AZMAT JAHAN VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE Ss. 2(d) & 5, Sched.---Recovery of dowry articles of the deceased lady---Petitioner being sister of the deceased filed suit for recovery against the widower of her deceased sister---Locus standi---Pe…
2023 MLD 107 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ALI HASSAN VS State S. 498---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 337-F(i), 337-F(v), 337-G, 336, 334 & 279---Ghayr-jaifah-mudihah, ghayr-jaifah-hashimah, ghayr-jaifah-hashimah, itlaf-i-udw, rash driving or riding on a public way---Pre-arrest bail…
2023 MLD 115 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
AMJAD SAEED VS MUHAMMAD SAEED S. 115---Concurrent findings---Revisional jurisdiction of High Court---Concurrent finings of facts cannot be disturbed when the same do not suffer from misreading and non-reading of evidence, howsoever.
2023 MLD 115 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
AMJAD SAEED VS MUHAMMAD SAEED S. 4---Easement, definition of---Essential qualities of easement---Dominant heritage---Dominant owner---Easement is a right which the owner or occupier of certain land possessed, as such for the beneficial enjo…
2023 MLD 115 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
AMJAD SAEED VS MUHAMMAD SAEED S. 15----acquisition by prescription---Conditions precedents---Following conditions must be fulfilled for acquisition of a right of easement by prescription; i.e. the right claimed must not be uncertain; the ri…
2023 MLD 115 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
AMJAD SAEED VS MUHAMMAD SAEED S. 15---accrual of right of easement---alternate way---Petitioners instituted suit for declaration with permanent and mandatory injunction claiming their easement right of usage of passage, allegedly in their u…
2023 MLD 132 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
JAMSHED IQBAL CHEEMA VS The RETURNING OFFICER, NA-133 Ss. 62(9)(b) & 63---Candidature, rejection of---Proposer not from the constituency---Effect---Appellant was aggrieved of rejection of his nomination papers to contest election for Nation…
2023 CLC 1266 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MULTAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY VS GRIT (PVT.) LIMITED Rr.2(e), 26 & 49---Public procurement---Valid contract---Bid validity---Bidding process---Remedy of arbitration---Appellant authority was aggrieved of order passed by Judge in Chambers of…
2023 MLD 145 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ABDUL HAMEED VS MUHAMMAD SHAKEEL SHAHID Ss. 22 & 42---Oral agreement to sell---Specific performance---Petitioner claimed in plaint that he purchased the suit land and in total consideration of Rs. 12,00,000/- paid Rs.600,000/- through chequ…
2023 MLD 145 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ABDUL HAMEED VS MUHAMMAD SHAKEEL SHAHID S. 22---Specific relief, nature of---Discretion of Court---Grant of decree in suit for specific performance is within the exclusive discretionary power of the Court which can refuse to grant the relie…
2023 MLD 145 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ABDUL HAMEED VS MUHAMMAD SHAKEEL SHAHID S. 10---Oral Agreement---Mode of proof---Oral agreement to sell was permissible under the law but if its existence/validity was questioned, then it should be proved through cogent/corroborative/ confi…
2023 MLD 175 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. MUSARRAT VS MUHAMMAD SHAFI S. 100--¬-alleged benami sale deed in favour of deceased father---Name of the respondent was not mentioned in the deed---Presumption of validity---Presumption of validity of document being 30 years old being…
2023 MLD 175 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. MUSARRAT VS MUHAMMAD SHAFI arts. 76, 100, 117 & 118---Limitation act (IX of 1908), art. 120---Beneficiary to prove factum of sale---Suit for declaration/permanent injunction---Petitioner/plaintiff claimed that defendant and she were le…
2023 MLD 191 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
DAIRY CREST FOOD (PRIVATE) LIMITED VS MUZAMMAL KHAN LODHI Scope and remedy---Plaintiff/respondent filed suit for recovery of Rs. 125 million as damages and compensation against the petitioner/defendant in which petitioner filed an applicati…
2023 MLD 191 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
DAIRY CREST FOOD (PRIVATE) LIMITED VS MUZAMMAL KHAN LODHI O. VII, R. 11---Rejection of plaint---Scope---Plaint could only be rejected for want of jurisdiction for lack of cause of action for being barred by law or due to non-affixation of c…
2023 MLD 218 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. FOZIA TASLEEM VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE, KHANEWAL S. 25---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Constitutional petition---Welfare of minor---Determination---Reluctance to maintain minor---Effect---Petitioner/mother was aggrieved of o…
2023 MLD 218 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. FOZIA TASLEEM VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE, KHANEWAL S. 25--- Islamic Law--- Hizanat---Custody of minor---Welfare of minor---Determination---Such is always hard and difficult to establish right of father or mother regarding custody of…
2023 MLD 264 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
TANVEER AHMED VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE, KASUR O. V, Rr. 15 to 19---Service of summons---Prerequisites---Verified oath of process server---Recording of statement of process server---From the contents of the petition, it appeared that in…
2023 MLD 264 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
TANVEER AHMED VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE, KASUR O. IX, R. 7---Limitation Act (IX of 1908), Art. 181---Ex-parte proceeding, setting aside of---Limitation----Petitioners filed suit against respondents, wherein respondents were proceeded aga…
2023 MLD 264 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
TANVEER AHMED VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE, KASUR O. IX, R. 7---Ex parte proceedings, setting aside of---Decision on merits---Policy of law enjoins avoidance of technicalities while considering an application for setting aside an order for…
2023 MLD 290 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ABDUL HAMEED VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE Ss. 27 & 27-a---Stamp duty, assessment of---Rate prevalent on date of presentation of document---Suit was decreed directing the petitioner/plaintiff to pay the requisite stamp duty as per market val…
2023 MLD 316 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
JEHANGIR VS Mst. ANEELA S. 5---Relief beyond pleadings---Respondent/wife sought dissolution of marriage on the basis of Khula---Trial Court dissolved the marriage subject to return of dower amount received by respondent/wife as Zar-e-Khula…
2023 MLD 339 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
DEFENCE HOUSING AUTHORITY VS DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE, LAHORE S. 47---Objection petition---Details of the plots in question not mentioned in plaint/decree---Scope---Executing Court could not go behind/beyond the decree, but at the same t…
2023 MLD 339 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
DEFENCE HOUSING AUTHORITY VS DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE, LAHORE S. 47 & O. XXI---Question whether decree was executable---Ex-parte decree to transfer plots in view of 13 files---Objection petition on ground of calling the record and dismis…
2023 MLD 354 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Syeda KOSAR PERVEEN VS CHAIRMAN UNION COUNCIL S. 7--- Talaq--- Powers of Chairman Union Council--- Scope---Chairman Union Council is only conferred with the power of bringing about reconciliation between the parties and issue a certificate…
2023 MLD 362 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
FAISALABAD ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY LTD. (FESCO) VS GALAXY TEXTILE MILLS LIMITED (GTML) through General Manager (Finance) S. 18---Forum of appeal---Determination---Expression "value of the original suit"---Scope---Forum of appeal is to be de…
2023 MLD 362 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
FAISALABAD ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY LTD. (FESCO) VS GALAXY TEXTILE MILLS LIMITED (GTML) through General Manager (Finance) S. 18---Forum of appeal---Determination---Scope---Respondent filed an application under S. 20 of Arbitration Act, 1940-…
2023 CLC 1285 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD SUQRAT VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE Ss.13 & 10(4)---Family Courts Rules, 1965, Rr. 16 & 17---Return/recovery of dower---Execution petition---Maintainability---Scope---Suit for dissolution of marriage on the basis of Khula was decre…
2023 MLD 383 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD SHAFIQ KHAN VS MOHAMMAD WARYAM S. 13---Right of pre-emption---Talb-e-Ishhad, making of---Proof---Truthfulness of witnesses---Suit was decreed by Trial court and upheld by Appellate Court in favour of pre-emptor---Validity---Under S…
2023 MLD 383 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD SHAFIQ KHAN VS MOHAMMAD WARYAM S. 115---Concurrent findings of courts blow---Interference by High Court in its revisional jurisdiction---Scope---Generally the High Court does not interfere in concurrent findings of courts below unl…
2023 MLD 395 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ALI SHER alias SHEERI VS State Ss. 302(b), 324, 337-a(i), 337-D, 148 & 149---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 345---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, shajjah-i-khafifah, jaifah, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful asse…
2023 MLD 404 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD SIDIQUE VS Syed RIAZ SHAH S. 12---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), Ss. 115 & 148---Suit for specific performance of agreement to sell---Balance consideration amount, non-deposit of---Extension in time---Principle---Petitioner/decr…
2023 MLD 448 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MALIK KHAN VS MEMBER (JUDICIAL-VIII), BOARD OF REVENUE, PUNJAB Ss. 9 & 10---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Constitutional petition---Maintainability---Consolidation of holdings---Substitution of findings---Petitioners were aggrieved o…
2023 MLD 483 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
IRFAN JAVED VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE, TOBA TEK SINGH Ss. 8, 9, 10 & 11---Family Courts Act (XXXV of 1964), S. 17(2)---Power of Attorney Act (VII of 1882), S. 2---Dowry articles, recovery of---Special oath---Suit for recovery was consoli…
Looking for a specific point of law? Search the case-law database in Urdu or English.