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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 CLD 912 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
STATE LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF PAKISTAN (SLIC) VS Mst. Bibi REEMA art. 72 & 78---Proof of contents of documents---Proof of signature and handwriting of person alleged to have signed or written document produced---Scope---Production of…
2023 CLD 928 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD SHAHID KHAN VS FAYSAL BANK LTD. Ss. 22 & 27---Suit for recovery of finance---Finality of order---Principle of past and closed transaction---Applicability---Decretal amount, amendment of---After the judgment and decree was maintaine…
2023 CLD 984 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
The INDUS MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED VS ABDUL KHALID GILL Ss. 10 & 25---Defective part/item of sold product (car)---Warranty offered by the manufacturing company---Damages, award of---Scope---Consumer Court ordered the appellant/company to pay d…
2023 CLD 995 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ZAFAR JAVED VS PUNJAB SMALL INDUSTRIES S. 15---Sale of mortgaged property---Scope---Section 15 of the Financial Institutions (Recovery of Finances) Ordinance, 2001, reveals that the financial institution, before exercise of its powers under…
2023 CLD 1021 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
S.M. NISAR AND COMPANY VS ASKARI BANK LIMITED, BRANCH HIGH STREET, SAHIWAL Ss. 9, 10 & 22---Suit for recovery of bank loan---Leave to appear and defend the suit---Availing of finance facility was admitted by the clients (appellants) of the…
2023 CLD 1051 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
REINHART INDIA (PRIVATE) LIMITED VS BASHIR COTTON MILLS LIMITED Ss. 6 & 7---New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, 1958, Art. V(1)(c)---Recognition and enforcement of award---Terms and conditions…
2023 CLD 1086 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ASGHAR ALI VS NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN Ss. 9 & 10---Suit for recovery of bank loan---Leave to defend---Scope---Bank filed a suit for recovery of certain amount against the appellant---Appellant filed the application for leave to defend sta…
2023 CLD 1092 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN VS ARSHAD MUNIR KHALID S. 9---Suit for recovery of bank loan---Scope---Appellant assailed the judgment passed by the Banking Court whereby it decided that the cost of funds was payable only if the date of default w…
2023 CLD 1098 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
J. K. TWILLS AND DRILLS (PVT.) LTD. VS PREMIER INSURANCE COMPANY OF PAKISTAN LIMITED Ss. 121 & 124---Insurance claim---Proof---Surveyor's report---Appellants/insurers sought recovery of damages claimed by them for theft of equipment and par…
2023 CLD 1116 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
BAHAWALPUR COTTON COMPANY VS UNITED BANK LIMITED Void order---Effect---When basic order is void ab initio, the whole series of subsequent orders, together with the superstructure of rights and obligations built upon them must fall to the gr…
2023 CLD 1131 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
NIB BANK LIMITED VS PASBAN AGRO CHEMICALS COMPANY Ss. 9, 10 & 22---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O. XVII, R. 3---Suit for recovery of finance---Leave to defend the suit---Dismissal of suit for non-production of evidence---Scope---Appell…
2023 CLD 1167 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
HASSAN NAIMAT ULLAH KHAN VS MUMTAZ CITY through CEO S. 9---Civil Court, jurisdiction of---Scope---Civil Court is Court of plenary jurisdiction vested with authority/jurisdiction to determine jurisdictional fact concerning its own jurisdicti…
2023 CLD 1244 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. SAIMA NAEEM VS HABIB BANK LIMITED S. 58---Mortgage---Mortgage by deposit of title-deeds---Scope---Mortgage is transfer of an interest in specific immovable property for the purposes of securing the payment of money advanced or to be ad…
2023 CLD 1332 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
G.A. TRADERS SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP through Haji Ghazanfar Ali VS ALLIED BANK LIMITED Ss. 19 & 22---Execution of decree---Mark-up, recovery of---Appellant/judgment debtor was aggrieved of including mark-up in decree for beyond contractual peri…
2023 CLD 1342 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SILVER STAR INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED, LAHORE VS KAMAL PIPES INDUSTRIES, LAHORE Ss. 122 & 124---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 114---Insurance appeal---Insurance claim, admitted by the Insurance Company---Scope and effect---Insurance C…
2023 CLD 1354 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
RELIANCE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED VS AHSAN IKRAM TEXTILE (PVT.) LIMITED Ss. 115 & 124 (2)---Marine Insurance Act (V of 2018), Ss. 3, 19, 20, 44, 45, 46 & 47---Marine Insurance Policy--- Knowledge of damage---Voyage, change/deviation of---P…
2023 CLD 1390 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
FAYSAL BANK LIMITED VS Ch. SHEHZAD MUNIR S. 9---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Arts. 76 & 77---Secondary evidence---Non-issuance of notice---Principle---Petitioner/defendant/ Bank was aggrieved of order passed by Trial Court allowing respon…
2023 CLD 1436 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
AL BARAKA BANK (PAKISTAN) LIMITED VS SUI NORTHERN GAS PIPELINES LIMITED art. 72---Documentary evidence---Scope---Documentary evidence always takes preference over oral deposition as a man can tell a lie but a document cannot. Ss. 6 & 13---S…
2023 CLD 1448 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MULTAN BRAIN CENTER VS NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN Ss. 19, 15 & 22---Execution of decree of Banking Court---Auction of mortgaged property---Fair reserve price, determination of---Scope---Banking Court fixed new reserve price of mortgaged prop…
2023 CLD 1452 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SALEEM AKHTAR KIYANI VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB S. 7---Environmental Impact Assessment, approval of---Disclosure of information to the public---Scope---As per S. 7 of the Punjab Environmental Protection Act, 1997 ('the Act 1997'), the Environmen…
2023 CLD 1464 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
HAMID MEHMOOD SHAH KHAGGA VS BANK AL-FALAH LIMITED S. 9---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O. VII, R. 10---Suit for damages against the Bank---Civil Court, jurisdiction of---Relationship between the Bank and customer, question of---Suit fo…
2023 CLD 1468 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ATTA MUHAMMAD VS ZARAI TARAQIATI BANK LTD. Ss. 19 & 22---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), S. 51 & O.XXI, R. 37---Suit for recovery of finance---Execution of decree---Arrest and detention---Principle---Appellant/judgment-debtor was aggrieve…
2023 CLD 1481 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
HABIB BANK LIMITED VS SAJID CLOTH HOUSE Ss. 8 & 9---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O. VII, R. 11---Suit for recovery of written-off finances---Pre-condition---Limitation---Scope---Banking Court dismissed suit filed by the bank under O. V…
2023 CLD 1486 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD FAROOQ VS ZARAI TARAQIATI BANK LIMITED Ss. 9, 10 & 22---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Arts. 48 & 72---Bankers' Books Evidence Act (XVIII of 1891), S. 4---Suit of recovery of finance---Leave to defend suit, grant of---Absence of or…
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