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2023 MLD 899 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ALLAH DITTA VS State Ss. 302, 365, 109, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, kidnapping or abducting with intent to secretly and wrongfully confine person, abetment, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence--- Benef…
2023 MLD 899 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ALLAH DITTA VS State Benefit of doubt---Principle---Prosecution is duty bound to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt without taking any support from weakness from defence and upon failure to do so, benefit of doubt will go to accused not…
2023 MLD 899 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ALLAH DITTA VS State Ss. 302, 365, 109, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, kidnapping or abducting with intent to secretly and wrongfully confine person, abetment, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Benefi…
2023 MLD 899 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ALLAH DITTA VS State Ss. 302, 365, 109, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, kidnapping or abducting with intent to secretly and wrongfully confine person, abetment, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Benefi…
2023 MLD 899 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ALLAH DITTA VS State Ss. 302, 365, 109, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, kidnapping or abducting with intent to secretly and wrongfully confine person, abetment, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Benefi…
2023 MLD 899 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ALLAH DITTA VS State Ss. 302, 365, 109, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, kidnapping or abducting with intent to secretly and wrongfully confine person, abetment, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Benefi…
2023 MLD 899 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ALLAH DITTA VS State Ss. 302, 365, 109, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, kidnapping or abducting with intent to secretly and wrongfully confine person, abetment, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Benefi…
2023 MLD 914 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ARIF VS FOUZIA NASREEN S. 5, Sched.---Family Courts Rules, 1965, R. 6---Maintenance of wife and minor children who were foreign nationals---Jurisdiction of Family Court---Scope---Suit of the respondent/wife for dissolution of marri…
2023 MLD 937 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SHAHID MEHMOOD DAR VS RAZA MEHMOOD KHURSHAND O. XIV, R. 5---Power to amend and strike out issues---Application of the petitioner for framing of additional issues was dismissed by the Trial Court---Validity---Scrutiny of issue already framed…
2023 MLD 946 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Rai SHAH JEHAN AHMED KHAN BHATTI VS Rai AURANGZEB KHAN BHATTI S. 4---Suit for partition----Scope----Claim for partition is a recurring cause of action and unless the division of the joint property had been finalized each party remains parti…
2023 MLD 946 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Rai SHAH JEHAN AHMED KHAN BHATTI VS Rai AURANGZEB KHAN BHATTI S. 114, O. XLVII, R. 1---Scope---Held, that scope of review is very limited and review can be sought in an extraordinary situation and it cannot be taken as a matter of routine a…
2023 MLD 957 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SHABBIR AHMAD (DECEASED) VS Mst. SHAHER BANO Justice hurried is justice buried---Justice rushed is justice crushed---Said phrases were not meaningless cliché but were rather quite meaningful and in fact were supported by constitutional unde…
2023 MLD 957 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SHABBIR AHMAD (DECEASED) VS Mst. SHAHER BANO Essential requirements of natural justice---Duty of the Court---Essential requirements of natural justice at least provided that before someone was condemned he had to be given an opportunity of…
2023 MLD 957 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SHABBIR AHMAD (DECEASED) VS Mst. SHAHER BANO O. XLI, R. 16---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 4 & 10-A---Due process of law---Adequate opportunity of hearing---Articles 4 & 10-A of the Constitution, provided a citizen with a right to be deal…
2023 MLD 957 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SHABBIR AHMAD (DECEASED) VS Mst. SHAHER BANO S. 96 & O. XLI, Rr. 16, 30---appeal---Disposal of appeal without hearing the defendant---"Hearing", meaning of---Principle of natural justice-Duty of the Court----Respondents/Plaintiffs filed a s…
2023 MLD 981 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Syed ZAHID HUSSAIN SHAH VS MUMTAZ ALI S. 149--- Power to make up deficiency of court-fees---Scope---Discretion in terms of S. 149 of C.P.C. cannot be allowed to be extended after expiry of period of limitation as condonation of delay to pay…
2023 MLD 981 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Syed ZAHID HUSSAIN SHAH VS MUMTAZ ALI S. 149---Power to make up deficiency of court-fees---Scope---Plaintiff specifically fixed ten million rupees as value of his suit for the purpose of court fee and jurisdiction, who per demand of law lev…
2023 MLD 981 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Syed ZAHID HUSSAIN SHAH VS MUMTAZ ALI Ss. 149 & 96---Power to make up deficiency of court-fees---Scope---An appeal is deemed to be filed only on the day, when the deficiency in the court fee is made up.
2023 MLD 992 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ARSHAD MAHMOOD VS State S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S. 489-F---Dishonestly issuing a cheque---Bail, grant of---Delayed FIR---Accused, who was arrested for an offense under S. 489-F, P.P.C., applied for bail---Registration of the crim…
2023 MLD 992 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ARSHAD MAHMOOD VS State S. 489-F---Dishonestly issuing a cheque---Scope---Filing a case under S. 489-F, P.P.C., is not a means of recovering any outstanding dues from the accused---Instead, civil proceedings offer various remedies, includin…
2023 CLC 1349 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. KISHWAR SULTANA VS NIZAM-UD-DIN (DECEASED), through Legal Heirs O.IX, Rr. 2 & 4---Dismissal under O.IX, R.2 of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908---Remedy---Order IX, R.4 of Civil Procedure Code, 1908, is one of very few exceptions envisag…
2023 CLC 1349 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. KISHWAR SULTANA VS NIZAM-UD-DIN (DECEASED), through Legal Heirs S.12(2) & O.IX, Rr.2, 3 & 4---Fraud, misrepresentation and want of jurisdiction---Second application filed under S.12(2) of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908, maintainability…
2023 CLC 1349 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. KISHWAR SULTANA VS NIZAM-UD-DIN (DECEASED), through Legal Heirs S.3---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), S.12(2) & O.IX, Rr. 2 & 4---Fraud, misrepresentation and want of jurisdiction---Second application filed under S.12(2), of the Civi…
2023 CLC 1349 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. KISHWAR SULTANA VS NIZAM-UD-DIN (DECEASED), through Legal Heirs Principles---Hurdles of the limitation could not be crossed under the guise of any hardships or imagined inherent discretionary jurisdiction of the Court---Ignorance, negl…
2023 MLD 1000 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mirza WAQAR AHMED VS AYESHA ZEESHAN S. 25---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Custody of minors---Financial means of father better than mother's---Application of the respondent/mother for custody of the minors was dismissed by the Trial…
2023 MLD 1023 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through Secretary, Government of Punjab, Revenue Department, Lahore VS FEDERAL LAND COMMISSION through Chairman, Islamabad Ss. 11 & 12(2)---Punjab Board of Revenue Act (XI of 1957), S. 7---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 1…
2023 MLD 1023 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through Secretary, Government of Punjab, Revenue Department, Lahore VS FEDERAL LAND COMMISSION through Chairman, Islamabad Void order---Scope---Order passed by an authority without jurisdiction is illegal and void ab-init…
2023 MLD 1061 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
NAJIB ASLAM VS State Property rights---Scope---any asset, estate or property which comes to ownership of Muslim as ascendant or descendant, sharer or distant kinder or inheritor according to Principles of Islam such land is vested to a Musl…
2023 MLD 1061 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
NAJIB ASLAM VS State Ss. 6 & 12---Evacuee property---Possession---Cancellation of decree---Respondent got land in question mutated in his name on the basis of judgment and decree passed by Trial Court in year 1952, which land was an evacuee…
2023 MLD 1076 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
AHMAD BAKHSH VS IMAM BAKHSH Ss. 42 & 54---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), S. 115 & O. VI, R. 17--- Suit for declaration and injunction---Amendment of pleadings---Petitioner/plaintiff was aggrieved of order passed by Lower Appellate Court…
2023 MLD 1105 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Sheikh RASHID AHMED VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN Structuring of discretion---Doctrine of non-delegation---Scope---Structuring of discretion stems from doctrine of non-delegation---It applies to delegation of powers made by the legislature on s…
2023 MLD 1105 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Sheikh RASHID AHMED VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN arts. 199 & 224a---Constitutional jurisdiction---Resolution by Election Commission, challenge to---Scope---Petitioners challenged the notification issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan (…
2023 MLD 1118 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SHAHZAD AKHTAR VS FARUKH JAMEEL art. 159---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O. XXXVII, R. 3---Suit for recovery of money---application for leave to appear---Limitation---Scope---Prescribed period for filing the application for leave to app…
2023 MLD 1118 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SHAHZAD AKHTAR VS FARUKH JAMEEL O. XXXVII, Rr. 1, 2, 3 & O. V, Rr. 10, 17, 19, 20----Suit for recovery of money on the basis of cheque---Application for leave to appear, dismissal of---Mode of service---Procedure when defendant refuses to a…
2023 MLD 1118 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SHAHZAD AKHTAR VS FARUKH JAMEEL O. V, R. 17---Procedure when defendant refuses to accept service, or cannot be found---Scope---It is duty of the process server to write the name and address of the person by whom the house was identified and…
2023 MLD 1118 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SHAHZAD AKHTAR VS FARUKH JAMEEL O. V, R. 19---Examination of serving officer---Scope---When the summons is returned under R. 17 of O. V, C.P.C. the Court shall, if the return under that rule has not been verified by the affidavit of the ser…
2023 MLD 1118 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SHAHZAD AKHTAR VS FARUKH JAMEEL O. V, R. 10---Mode of service---Scope---Summons shall be made by delivering a copy thereof signed by the Judge and stamped with the seal of the Court.
2023 MLD 1121 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. MEHR-UN-NISA BEGUM VS LAHORE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY art. 199---Constitutional petition---Locus standi---Scope---Petitioner claimed that the proposed installation of a tube well in a park reserved for public use and children's recreation…
2023 MLD 1121 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. MEHR-UN-NISA BEGUM VS LAHORE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY art. 199---Constitutional jurisdiction---Locus standi---aggrieved party---Scope---It is sine qua non for initiation of proceedings under art. 199 of the Constitution that the petitione…
2023 MLD 1134 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
NASEER AHMAD VS State S. 376---Rape---Appreciation of evidence---Consent of minor---False allegation---Accused was alleged to have raped the victim who was below the age of 16 years---Plea raised by accused was that victim was a consenting…
2023 MLD 1167 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
NAEEM SHEHZAD VS Mst. SARRAN BIBI Limitation runs from the date of knowledge.
2023 MLD 1167 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
NAEEM SHEHZAD VS Mst. SARRAN BIBI O. V, Rr. 20, 25---Service where defendant resides out of Pakistan and has no agent---Substituted service---Scope---Petitioner who resided abroad was not served properly---Trial Court as well as the appella…
2023 MLD 1167 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
NAEEM SHEHZAD VS Mst. SARRAN BIBI Decision should be rendered on merits rather than rights being sacrificed at the altar of procedures, technicalities and rigors of rules---Courts may deny relief to those who have been indolent to safeguard…
2023 MLD 1182 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ZULFIQAR ALI VS AHMAD NAWAZ O. XX, R. 5---Judgment---Decision on each issue---Principle---Mandate of law is to discuss all material and controverted points in judgment---If a judgment discusses all points raised it fulfills the requirement…
2023 MLD 1182 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ZULFIQAR ALI VS AHMAD NAWAZ O. XXXVII, R. 4---Suit for recovery of money on the basis of promissory note---Ex parte decree, setting aside of---Appellant/defendant sought setting aside of ex parte judgment and decree passed by Trial Court ag…
2023 CLC 1368 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Malik ZARIN KHAN VS ADNAN ALI MALIK If a suit is not decided on merits, the same would not constitute or operate a res judicata.
2023 CLC 1368 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Malik ZARIN KHAN VS ADNAN ALI MALIK O. XXIII, R. 1(3) & O. VII, R. 11---Withdrawal of first suit for specific performance after filing the subsequent one---Application under O. VII, R. 11, CPC, filed by the petitioner in subsequent suit was…
2023 MLD 1197 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
IMRAN AHMAD KHAN NIAZI VS Mian MUHAMMAD SHAHBAZ SHARIF Ss. 4 & 9---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O. XI, Rr. 7, 8, 9 & 21---Suit for recovery of damages---Interrogatories---Answers, non-filing of striking out defence--- Suit was filed ag…
2023 MLD 1197 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
IMRAN AHMAD KHAN NIAZI VS Mian MUHAMMAD SHAHBAZ SHARIF O. XI, Rr. 8, 9 & 21---Interrogatories, answers to---Order of Court---Nature---Provisions of O. XI, Rr. 8 & 9, C.P.C. are mandatory in nature as penal action has been provided in O. XI,…
2023 MLD 1210 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SHAHID MEHMOOD VS DISTRICT COLLECTOR/LAND ACQUISITION COLLECTOR S. 4--- acquiring of land---Failure to complete acquisition proceedings within reasonable time---Effect---Petitioners assailed the notifications issued under S. 4 of the Land a…
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