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2023 PLD 265 SUPREME-COURT
F.I.A. through Director General, FIA VS Syed HAMID ALI SHAH O. XXVIII, R. 3---Vexatious and frivolous petition---Imposition of costs---First Information Report registered and investigation carried out without lawful authority---Present peti…
2023 PLD 265 SUPREME-COURT
F.I.A. through Director General, FIA VS Syed HAMID ALI SHAH Ss. 154 & 156---Investigation into a cognizable offence---Scope---Contents of an FIR have to be seen to ascertain whether a cognizable offence is made out of the allegations contai…
2023 PLD 19 SUPREME-COURT
GHULAM RASOOL VS MUHAMMAD SIDDIQ O. XXVI, R. 6---Review petition, filing of---Change of Advocate without special leave of Court---Legality---Order IV, R. 6 of the Supreme Court Rules, 1980 ('the Rules') provides that it is only an Advocate…
2023 PLD 19 SUPREME-COURT
GHULAM RASOOL VS MUHAMMAD SIDDIQ O. IV, R. 24---advocate-on-Record (aOR)---Withdrawal from a case---Once an aOR has been engaged he cannot, without the leave of the Court, withdraw from the case and can never do so for the reason that his f…
2023 PLD 273 SUPREME-COURT
IRFAN AZAM VS Mst. RABIA RAFIQUE O. XXVI, R. 6---Review petition before the Supreme Court---Substitution of a counsel at review stage---Scope---In the present case, neither were there any compelling circumstances to change the counsel nor t…
2023 PLC(CS) 1 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD TAYYAB BUKHARI VS Dr. ANEES-UR-REHMAN art. 189---Binding precedent of the Supreme Court---Scope---To constitute a binding precedent the Supreme Court should have decided a question of law or it's decision be based upon or enunciate…
2023 PLC(CS) 1 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD TAYYAB BUKHARI VS Dr. ANEES-UR-REHMAN R. 20---Punjab Civil Servants Act (VIII of 1974), S. 23---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 27(1), third proviso---Interpretation of Article 27(1) of the Constitution and the three provisos theret…
2023 PLC(CS) 27 SUPREME-COURT
PAKISTAN INTERNATIONA AIRLINES CORPORATION VS AMNA FRAZ S. 3---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Pakistan International Airlines Corporation ('PIAC')---Constitutional petition filed against 'PIAC" by legal heirs of an employee to avail f…
2023 PLC(CS) 27 SUPREME-COURT
PAKISTAN INTERNATIONA AIRLINES CORPORATION VS AMNA FRAZ S. 3---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Pakistan International Airlines Corporation ('PIAC')---Administrative order issued by PIAC relating to compensation package for legal heirs…
2023 PLC(CS) 69 SUPREME-COURT
TASAWAR HUSSAIN VS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT JELHUM Ss. 10(6) & 13---Inquiry officer, recommendations of---Scope---Competent authority was not under obligation to act according to the recommendations made by the Inquiry Officer, rather i…
2023 PLC(CS) 69 SUPREME-COURT
TASAWAR HUSSAIN VS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT JELHUM Ss. 4(1)(b)(v) & 4(1)(b)(vi)---Willful absence from duty---Penalty of dismissal from service converted to removal from service---Appellant remained absent from duty for a long period of…
2023 PLC(CS) 69 SUPREME-COURT
TASAWAR HUSSAIN VS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT JELHUM Ss. 4(1)(b) & 5(1)(a)---Wilful absence from duty---Major penalty---Regular inquiry---Not required---Where the absence from duty was admitted, there was no need to hold regular inquiry.
2023 PLC(CS) 90 SUPREME-COURT
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, PESHAWAR ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY (PEPCO) VS SAJEEDA BEGUM art.199---Constitutional jurisdiction of High Court---Scope---Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO)---Widow of deceased employee of PESCO filed a const…
2023 PLC(CS) 90 SUPREME-COURT
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, PESHAWAR ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY (PEPCO) VS SAJEEDA BEGUM art. 199---Companies Ordinance (XLVII of 1984), S. 7(1) [since repealed]---Territorial jurisdiction of Islamabad High Court---Scope---Peshawar Electric Su…
2023 PLC(CS) 90 SUPREME-COURT
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, PESHAWAR ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY (PEPCO) VS SAJEEDA BEGUM S. 3---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 199 & 212---Constitutional jurisdiction of High Court---Scope---Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA)---Wid…
2023 PLC(CS) 90 SUPREME-COURT
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, PESHAWAR ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY (PEPCO) VS SAJEEDA BEGUM S. 3---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA)---Widow of deceased employee of WAPDA filed a constitutional pet…
2023 PLC(CS) 155 SUPREME-COURT
BILAL HUSSAIN (DECEASED) VS PRESIDENT, NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN (NBP), HEAD OFFICE, I.I. CHUNDRIGARH ROAD, KARACHI Branch Manager of National Bank of Pakistan---Major penalty---Compulsory retirement from service---Order of imposition of pe…
2023 PLC(CS) 155 SUPREME-COURT
BILAL HUSSAIN (DECEASED) VS PRESIDENT, NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN (NBP), HEAD OFFICE, I.I. CHUNDRIGARH ROAD, KARACHI Branch Manager of National Bank of Pakistan---Major penalty---Compulsory retirement from service---Junior officer/co-accused…
2023 PLC(CS) 182 SUPREME-COURT
ATTAULLAH KHAN VS ALI AZAM AFRIDI art. 199(1)(b)(ii)---Writ of quo warranto---Scope and purpose---Writ of quo warranto was issued by the courts to judicially review situations against a person when he assumed an office for which he had no e…
2023 PLC(CS) 182 SUPREME-COURT
ATTAULLAH KHAN VS ALI AZAM AFRIDI When a statute/law described or required a thing to be done in a particular manner, it should be done in that manner or not at all.
2023 PLC(CS) 182 SUPREME-COURT
ATTAULLAH KHAN VS ALI AZAM AFRIDI art. 199(1)(b)(ii)---Writ of quo warranto---Scope---No prohibition existed in law as to who could file a writ of quo warranto, however, the power to issue such writ was discretionary and nobody could claim…
2023 PLC(CS) 182 SUPREME-COURT
ATTAULLAH KHAN VS ALI AZAM AFRIDI Upgradation of post from BPS-20 to BPS-21 against policy of the Provincial Government---Petitioner was thrice upgraded, firstly when the post of LAN Administrator, Provincial Assembly was upgraded from BPS-…
2023 PLC(CS) 198 SUPREME-COURT
FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN VS MUHAMMAD FARHAN Production of evidence before the Court/tribunal---Purpose and scope---Court decisions were to be based on truth founded on evidence which was an indispensable obligation---Purpose of producing all…
2023 PLC(CS) 198 SUPREME-COURT
FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN VS MUHAMMAD FARHAN Misconduct---Major penalty---Court/tribunal, duty of---Scope---Where a matter reached the Tribunal arising out of the case of misconduct in which major penalty had been imposed, the Court or Tribuna…
2023 PLC(CS) 214 SUPREME-COURT
SECRETARY SCHOOLS EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB VS ASGHARI BEGUM S. 4(1)--- appeal before the Service Tribunal, filing of---Prerequisite---Departmental appeal---To avail any remedy before the Service Tribunal, it is necessary that a depar…
2023 PLC(CS) 214 SUPREME-COURT
SECRETARY SCHOOLS EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB VS ASGHARI BEGUM S. 4(1)(b)(vi)--- Government school teacher---Dismissal from service---Procuring bogus transfer orders---Inquiry report confirmed that transfer order of respondent was bogus…
2023 PLC(CS) 214 SUPREME-COURT
SECRETARY SCHOOLS EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB VS ASGHARI BEGUM S. 4(1)(b)(vi)--- Government school teacher---Dismissal from service---Procuring fake transfer orders after withdrawal of appointment order---Appointment order of respondent…
2023 PLC(CS) 214 SUPREME-COURT
SECRETARY SCHOOLS EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB VS ASGHARI BEGUM Scope---Litigant who sleeps on his rights has no right to claim relief.
2023 PLC(CS) 267 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD IQBAL VS REGIONAL POLICE OFFICER, SAHIWAL Police official---Dismissal from service---Involvement in narcotics case---Subsequent acquittal by the High Court---Petitioner (police official) because of being arrested was not in a posit…
2023 PLC(CS) 267 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD IQBAL VS REGIONAL POLICE OFFICER, SAHIWAL Concurrent departmental and criminal proceedings---Outcome of the disciplinary proceedings is not dependent upon the outcome of criminal proceedings.
2023 PLC(CS) 283 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA through Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar VS NARGIS JAMAL, EX-DEO (FEMALE) KARAK Misconduct--- Recommendations of the Inquiry Committee---Competent authority, duty of---Scope---No hard and fast ru…
2023 PLC(CS) 283 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA through Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar VS NARGIS JAMAL, EX-DEO (FEMALE) KARAK Relief, award of---Scope---No Court has any jurisdiction to grant arbitrary relief without the support of any power…
2023 PLC(CS) 283 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA through Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar VS NARGIS JAMAL, EX-DEO (FEMALE) KARAK Compulsory retirement, penalty of---Absence from duty---Foreign travel outside Pakistan without prior approval from…
2023 PLC(CS) 283 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA through Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar VS NARGIS JAMAL, EX-DEO (FEMALE) KARAK S. 5(1)--- Punishment awarded by the competent/departmental authority---Service Tribunal, power of---Scope---Award…
2023 PLC(CS) 292 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD SAJJAD VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN 'Transfer' and 'posting'---Scope---Transfer of an employee/public servant fell within the ambit of "terms and conditions" of service, which included transfer and posting---Transfer and posting was p…
2023 PLC(CS) 292 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD SAJJAD VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN R. 5(1)---Transfer to another station---Legality---In the appointment letter of the petitioner-employee, it was clearly mentioned that the service of the petitioner was transferable, and it was made…
2023 PLC(CS) 310 SUPREME-COURT
SAQIB ALI VS GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB appointment---Criteria for appointment---Every department has the right to make rules and induct people according to its own standards and requirements.
2023 PLC(CS) 310 SUPREME-COURT
SAQIB ALI VS GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB Condonation of delay---For condonation of delay, each day's delay has to be explained with proper justification.
2023 PLC(CS) 310 SUPREME-COURT
SAQIB ALI VS GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB Post of Hardware and Network Technician in police force---Provisional appointment letter, withdrawal of---Appointee booked in a murder case before joining duty---Appointee subsequently acquitted from the ca…
2023 PLC(CS) 336 SUPREME-COURT
FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of National Health Services VS JAHANZEB F.R. 17---Proforma promotion---Scope---If a person is not considered due to any administrative slip-up, error or delay when the right to be considere…
2023 PLC(CS) 336 SUPREME-COURT
FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of National Health Services VS JAHANZEB Move-over policy---Scope---Move-over cannot be construed as promotion to the post of higher Basic Pay Scale, but the higher pay scale is treated to b…
2023 PLC(CS) 367 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND WORKS VS Malik SAFEER AHMED R. 29---Civil Servants Act (LXXI of 1973), Ss. 23B & 25(1)---Allotment of official accommodation/residence---Allotment cancelled by the Estate Officer---Civil suit f…
2023 PLC(CS) 367 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND WORKS VS Malik SAFEER AHMED allotment of official accommodation/residence--- Terms and conditions of service---Matter of allotment or cancellation of an official residence is connected with the…
2023 PLC(CS) 367 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND WORKS VS Malik SAFEER AHMED art. 199--- allotment of official accommodation/residence, issue of---Constitutional jurisdiction of the High Court---Scope---any order made or proceedings taken in…
2023 PLC(CS) 392 SUPREME-COURT
DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICER (FEMALE), CHARSADDA VS SONIA BEGUM S. 17---Pakistan Citizenship Rules, 1952, R. 23---Domicile, acquisition of---'Domicile' and 'residence'---Distinction---Principles regarding acquisition of a domicile and the dis…
2023 PLC(CS) 392 SUPREME-COURT
DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICER (FEMALE), CHARSADDA VS SONIA BEGUM S. 17---Pakistan Citizenship Rules, 1952, R. 23---Civil service---Domicile specific posts---Domicile certificate to be given preference over address on Computerised National Iden…
2023 PLC(CS) 392 SUPREME-COURT
DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICER (FEMALE), CHARSADDA VS SONIA BEGUM "Domicile' and 'residence'---Definition and distinction.
2023 PLC(CS) 392 SUPREME-COURT
DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICER (FEMALE), CHARSADDA VS SONIA BEGUM S. 3---Posts of Primary School Teachers, appointment of---Legitimate expectation, doctrine of---Scope and applicability---Respondents (candidates) were allowed to compete in the…
2023 PLC(CS) 422 SUPREME-COURT
FAYYAZ HUSSAIN VS EXECUTIVE DISTRICT OFFICER (EDUCATION), CITY DISTRICT GOVERNMENT RAWALPINDI S.4(1)(b)(v)---Willful absence from duty---Removal from service---Petitioner remained absent from duty for a period of eight long years without ob…
2023 PLC(CS) 422 SUPREME-COURT
FAYYAZ HUSSAIN VS EXECUTIVE DISTRICT OFFICER (EDUCATION), CITY DISTRICT GOVERNMENT RAWALPINDI Ss. 4(1)(b) & 5(1)(a)---Willful absence from duty---Major penalty---Regular inquiry---Not required---Where the absence from duty was admitted, the…
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