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2023 CLD 410 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MCB BANK LIMITED VS MAZCO INDUSTRIES PRIVATE LIMITED Ss. 2(b) & 19(7)---Execution of decree---Pecuniary jurisdiction---Determination---Respondent/Bank filed suit for recovery of Rs. 109.460 million and after passing of consent decree, amoun…
2023 CLD 491 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MCB BANK LIMITED VS TANVEER SPINNING AND WEAVING MILLS S. 9---Suit for recovery of finance facility---Maintainability---Locus standi to institute suit---Attorney holder---Suit was instituted by bank official who was attorney holder of the B…
2023 CLD 491 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MCB BANK LIMITED VS TANVEER SPINNING AND WEAVING MILLS Ss. 9 & 10---Suit for recovery of finance---Leave to defend the suit, refusal of---Evasive defense---Effect---Plaintiff/Bank filed suit for recovery of finance against which defendant/c…
2023 CLD 525 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
HUMAIRA MEHBOOB VS SUMMIT BANK LIMITED Ss. 19 & 22---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O. XXI, R. 83---Execution of decree---Reserved price---auction at low price---Limine control, doctrine of---applicability---appellant/judgment debtor ass…
2023 CLD 525 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
HUMAIRA MEHBOOB VS SUMMIT BANK LIMITED O. XXI, R. 66(2)(e), proviso---Reserve price---Court, duty of---Scope---Fixing value of property is a matter of opinion and Court cannot give its opinion on such point---Object of proviso to O. XXI, R.…
2023 CLD 534 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mian EJAZ AMIR VS Haji MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM O. XXXVII, R. 3---Suit for recovery of money on the basis of negotiable instrument---Leave to defend the suit---Condition, imposition of---Principle---Denial of negotiable instrument---Petitioner/defe…
2023 CLD 554 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Rana MUHAMMAD AUSAF VS HOUSE BUILDING FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED Ss. 3, 9, 17 & 22---Suit for recovery of finance facility---Date of default---Determination---Appellant/judgment debtor was aggrieved of imposing cost of funds by Trial Court fro…
2023 CLD 599 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
UZMA ADIL KHAN VS FEDERAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY through Director General, Islamabad S. 5(5)---anti-Money Laundering act (VII of 2010), Ss. 3 & 4---Constitution of Pakistan, art. 199---Constitutional petition---Quashing of proceedings--- Rest…
2023 CLD 599 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
UZMA ADIL KHAN VS FEDERAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY through Director General, Islamabad S. 5(5)---Restrictions imposed on property rights---Pre-conditions---Powers under S. 5(5) of Federal Investigating Agency Act, 1974 are based on four ingredi…
2023 CLD 599 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
UZMA ADIL KHAN VS FEDERAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY through Director General, Islamabad Ss. 2 & 3---Money laundering---Pre-condition---Necessary element of offence of money laundering is commission of a predicate offence---Execution of predicate…
2023 CLD 599 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
UZMA ADIL KHAN VS FEDERAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY through Director General, Islamabad Ss. 2(xi), (xv), 23(3)(f), 23(4) & 23(6)---Pakistan Oil (Refining, Blending, Transportation, Storage and Marketing) Rules, 2016, Rr. 34 & 35---License, issua…
2023 CLD 641 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
UNIVERSAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. VS RANA BASIT RICE MILLS (PVT.) LTD. S. 115---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), S. 11---Insurance Tribunal---Jurisdiction---Res-judicata, principle of---Petitioner was an insurance company and aggrieved of assum…
2023 CLD 655 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MCB BANK LIMITED VS ADEEL SHAHBAZ STEEL MILLS Preamble---Scope---Financial Institutions (Recovery of Finances) Ordinance, 2001 was enacted by the Government to ensure speedier recovery of the finances advanced by the financial institutions…
2023 CLD 655 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MCB BANK LIMITED VS ADEEL SHAHBAZ STEEL MILLS Ss. 9 & 10---Suit for recovery---Leave to defend---Scope---Wording of S. 10(1) states that in any case in which the summons has been served on the defendant under S. 9(5), the defendant shall no…
2023 CLD 655 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MCB BANK LIMITED VS ADEEL SHAHBAZ STEEL MILLS Ss. 2(a), 2(b), 2(c), 2(d), 4, 5, 7 & 9---Financial institution---Banking Court---Customer---Finance---Ordinance to override other laws---Powers of Banking Court---Procedure of Banking Courts---…
2023 CLD 655 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MCB BANK LIMITED VS ADEEL SHAHBAZ STEEL MILLS Ss. 2(a), 5 & 9---Financial institution---Establishment of Banking Court---Procedure of Banking Courts---Scope---Section 9(1) stipulates the term 'Branch Manager', which, when read in conjunctio…
2023 CLD 655 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MCB BANK LIMITED VS ADEEL SHAHBAZ STEEL MILLS Preamble---Scope---Though the preamble to a statute is not an operational part of the enactment but it is a gateway, which discusses the purpose and intent of the legislature to necessitate the…
2023 CLD 655 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MCB BANK LIMITED VS ADEEL SHAHBAZ STEEL MILLS Ss. 2(a) & 9---Financial institution---Procedure of Banking Courts---Leave to defend---Scope---As S. 2(a) read with S. 9(5) mentions branch offices, the amount of finance availed, carrying on or…
2023 CLD 655 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MCB BANK LIMITED VS ADEEL SHAHBAZ STEEL MILLS S. 2(a)--- Financial institution--- Scope--- Word "branches" mentioned in S. 2(a) means a branch from where the suit is to be filed before the Banking Court having jurisdiction to entertain it.
2023 CLD 655 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MCB BANK LIMITED VS ADEEL SHAHBAZ STEEL MILLS S. 9---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), S. 20---Suit for recovery of finances---Territorial jurisdiction---Scope---Plaintiff filed a suit for recovery of finances---Defendants contended that th…
2023 CLD 655 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MCB BANK LIMITED VS ADEEL SHAHBAZ STEEL MILLS S. 20---Suit to be instituted where defendant resides or cause of action arises---Forum non conveniens---Scope---Section 20, C.P.C. contains a general rule regarding territorial jurisdiction whi…
2023 CLD 715 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SUMMIT BANK LIMITED VS OTO PAKISTAN (PVT.) LTD. Ss. 9 & 10---Suit for recovery of finances---Petition for leave to defend---Markup beyond the expiry period of agreement---Scope---Plaintiff filed a suit for recovery of certain amount outstan…
2023 CLD 819 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
TRADHOL INTERNATIONAL SA SOCIEDAD UNIPERSONAL VS SHAKARGANJ LIMITED S. 7---New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, 1958, Art. V(2)(b)---Final award---Unenforceability---Public policy, contrary to--…
2023 CLD 819 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
TRADHOL INTERNATIONAL SA SOCIEDAD UNIPERSONAL VS SHAKARGANJ LIMITED Ss. 6 & 7---New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, 1958, Art. V(2)(b)---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O. XXI, R. 10---Recogn…
2023 CLD 819 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
TRADHOL INTERNATIONAL SA SOCIEDAD UNIPERSONAL VS SHAKARGANJ LIMITED Preamble & S. 2(e)---Foreign arbitral award---Court, jurisdiction of---Scope---Preamble of Recognition and Enforcement (Arbitration Agreements and Foreign Arbitral Awards)…
2023 CLD 819 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
TRADHOL INTERNATIONAL SA SOCIEDAD UNIPERSONAL VS SHAKARGANJ LIMITED S. 7---New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, 1958, Art. V(2)(b)---Recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral award---Pro-e…
2023 CLD 819 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
TRADHOL INTERNATIONAL SA SOCIEDAD UNIPERSONAL VS SHAKARGANJ LIMITED S. 7---New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, 1958, Art. II, cl. 2 & Art. V (1) (a)---Invalidity of agreement---Electronic commu…
2023 CLD 819 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
TRADHOL INTERNATIONAL SA SOCIEDAD UNIPERSONAL VS SHAKARGANJ LIMITED Preamble---Object, purpose and scope---Preamble means an introductory statement in a Constitution, Statute or Act---It explains the basis and objective of such a document--…
2023 CLD 819 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
TRADHOL INTERNATIONAL SA SOCIEDAD UNIPERSONAL VS SHAKARGANJ LIMITED S. 5---New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, 1958, Art. IV---Documents, reliance on---Scope---Court has to only examine documen…
2023 CLD 879 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
FAYSAL BANK LIMITED VS NATIONAL ELECTRIC COMPANY PAKISTAN Ss. 9, 10 & 22---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O. IX---Suit for recovery of finance---Leave to defend the suit---Dismissal of suit for non-prosecution---During pendency of applic…
2023 CLD 885 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MANDVIWALLA BUILDERS AND DEVELOPERS VS M. AWAIS SHEIKH CEO MANGLA VIEW RESORT AND MANGLA GARRISON HOUSING (PVT.) LIMITED Scope---Capacity of the Court to take account of any dispute submitted to it is called jurisdiction---Thus, without a s…
2023 CLD 885 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MANDVIWALLA BUILDERS AND DEVELOPERS VS M. AWAIS SHEIKH CEO MANGLA VIEW RESORT AND MANGLA GARRISON HOUSING (PVT.) LIMITED Question of jurisdiction---If a mandatory condition for the exercise of a jurisdiction before a Court, tribunal or auth…
2023 CLD 885 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MANDVIWALLA BUILDERS AND DEVELOPERS VS M. AWAIS SHEIKH CEO MANGLA VIEW RESORT AND MANGLA GARRISON HOUSING (PVT.) LIMITED Ss. 5(1), 21 & 286---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O. VII, R. 10---Petition for winding up of company---Return of p…
2023 YLR 1341 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD BASHIR VS Syed IMDAD ALI SHAH S. 3---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O.XXXVII, R.3---Suit for recovery of money on the basis of pronote---Dismissal of suit instituted after period of limitation---Scope---Court while determining t…
2023 YLR 1341 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD BASHIR VS Syed IMDAD ALI SHAH O. XXXVII, R. 3---Suit for recovery of money on the basis of pronote---Petitioner filed application for leave to defend the suit without affidavit---Trial court dismissed his application---Validity---C…
2023 YLR 1362 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MEHMOOD IDREES VS KHALID HUSSAIN Ss. 7 & 8---Mesne profits---Question of title---Respondent/plaintiff filed suit for partition of suit property as co-sharer of joint property in possession of petitioner / defendant--- Courts below directed…
2023 YLR 1418 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD YAQOOB VS State Ss. 302(b), 363 & 377---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 164---High Court (Lahore) Rules and Order, Vol. III, Chap. 13, R. 5---Qatl-i-amd, kidnapping, unnatural offence---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of…
2023 YLR 1418 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD YAQOOB VS State Ss. 302(b), 363 & 377---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 164---Qatl-i-amd, kidnapping, unnatural offence---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Recording of judicial confession---Contradictions--- Pr…
2023 YLR 1418 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD YAQOOB VS State Ss. 302(b), 363 & 377---Qatl-i-amd, kidnapping, unnatural offence---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Recoveries of bicycle and water tub on the pointation of accused---Reliance---Prosecution case was th…
2023 YLR 1418 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD YAQOOB VS State Ss. 302(b), 363 & 377---Qatl-i-amd, kidnapping, unnatural offence---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Motive not proved---Scope---Prosecution case was that accused allegedly kidnapped the minor son of co…
2023 YLR 1418 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD YAQOOB VS State Benefit of doubt---Principle---Single circumstance creating doubt regarding the prosecution case will be sufficient to give benefit of doubt to the accused.
2023 YLR 1418 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD YAQOOB VS State Circumstantial evidence--- Scope---Every circumstance should be linked with each other and it should form such a continuous chain that its one end touches the dead body and the other the neck of the accused---If any…
2023 YLR 1418 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD YAQOOB VS State Ss. 302(b), 363 & 377---Qatl-i-amd, kidnapping, unnatural offence---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Accused pointing out the place of occurrence and place of throwing dead body of the deceased---Relian…
2023 YLR 1418 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD YAQOOB VS State S.164---Judicial confession---Scope---Mere judicial confession of an accused by itself is not sufficient to maintain his conviction and sentence---Judicial confession needs independent corroboration.
2023 YLR 1418 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD YAQOOB VS State Ss. 302(b), 363 & 377---Qatl-i-amd, kidnapping, unnatural offence---Appreciation of evidence---Medical evidence---Prosecution case was that accused allegedly kidnapped the minor son of complainant, committed unnatur…
2023 YLR 1418 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD YAQOOB VS State Ss. 302(b), 363 & 377---Qatl-i-amd, kidnapping, unnatural offence---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt--- Extra-judicial confession---Scope---Prosecution case was that accused allegedly kidnapped the minor…
2023 YLR 1418 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD YAQOOB VS State Ss. 302(b), 363 & 377---Qatl-i-amd, kidnapping, unnatural offence---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Judicial confession and extra-judicial confession---Contradictions---Prosecution case was that accuse…
2023 YLR 1447 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
AZEEM KHAN VS State S.497---Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (VII of 1947), Ss. 5, 8 & 23---Restriction on payments---Restrictions on import and export of certain currency and bullion---Bail, grant of---Federal Investigation Agency conducted…
2023 YLR 1461 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SAMI ULLAH VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Ocular account supported by medical evidence---Accused was charged for committing murder of the father of complainant by firing---Ocular account furnished by complainan…
2023 YLR 1461 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SAMI ULLAH VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Motive not proved---Effect---Accused was charged for committing murder of the father of complainant by firing---According to the prosecution witnesses, the accused comm…
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