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2023 PLC(CS) 891 SUPREME-COURT
HABIB BANK LIMITED VS MEHBOOB RABBANI S. 73---Breach of contract---General and special damages---Distinction and scope---Concept of awarding damages is, by its very nature, inclusive of awarding both general as well as special damages---How…
2023 PLC(CS) 891 SUPREME-COURT
HABIB BANK LIMITED VS MEHBOOB RABBANI S. 73---Breach of contract---Damages, award of---Purpose and scope---Damages are costs that are imposed not as a deterrent or as a means to punish person(s) or party(s) who has/have breached a contract…
2023 PLC(CS) 928 SUPREME-COURT
FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Chairman Federal Board of Revenue FBR House, Islamabad VS ZAHID MALIK R. 6---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 10A---Inquiry proceedings---Right of accused to cross-examine witnesses deposing against him---Scope-…
2023 PLC(CS) 928 SUPREME-COURT
FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Chairman Federal Board of Revenue FBR House, Islamabad VS ZAHID MALIK Remand of a case to the lower fora---Scope---Such remand cannot be claimed as a vested right, but it is always the province of the Court or…
2023 PLC(CS) 928 SUPREME-COURT
FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Chairman Federal Board of Revenue FBR House, Islamabad VS ZAHID MALIK all judicial, quasi-judicial and administrative authorities should carry out their powers with a judicious and evenhanded approach to ensur…
2023 PLC(CS) 949 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL REHMAN VS SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATION Deputationist---Special allowance of one month's pay admissible to regular employees---Whether deputationists were also entitled to such special allowance---Held, that petitioners were no…
2023 PLC(CS) 972 SUPREME-COURT
ZAFARAN KHAN VS NIZAM ULLAH arts. 9, 18, 27, 38(c) & 185(3)---Government Posts not advertised---appointees, removal of---Leave to appeal was granted to consider whether the appointees had been rightly deprived of the means, whereby they did…
2023 PLC(CS) 972 SUPREME-COURT
ZAFARAN KHAN VS NIZAM ULLAH arts. 9, 18, 27 & 38 (c)---Liberty to work---Government job---Failure to advertise---Effect---Every citizen who applies for a government job is entitled to it, unless government can establish some reasons for den…
2023 PLC(CS) 972 SUPREME-COURT
ZAFARAN KHAN VS NIZAM ULLAH R. 10---Government job---Procedural irregularity---Appointment without advertisement in newspaper---Emergency situation---Appellants were appointed after a selection process held without advertisement in newspape…
2023 PLC(CS) 996 SUPREME-COURT
PROVINCE OF SINDH VS GHULAM SHABBIR Selection process--- Merit--- Nepotism and favoritism---Adverse consequences---Wrongful selection of blue eyed candidates founded on nepotism, favoritism or other extraneous considerations or pressures le…
2023 PLC(CS) 996 SUPREME-COURT
PROVINCE OF SINDH VS GHULAM SHABBIR R. 8-a---Promotion---acting charge basis---acting charge does not amount to an appointment by promotion on regular basis, nor does it confer any vested right for regular promotion to the post or grade hel…
2023 PLC(CS) 996 SUPREME-COURT
PROVINCE OF SINDH VS GHULAM SHABBIR R. 8-a--- Promotion / appointment on acting charge basis---Duration---To stretch or continue acting charge or ad hoc arrangement on own pay scale (OPS) for an extensive period rather than making timely ap…
2023 PLC(CS) 996 SUPREME-COURT
PROVINCE OF SINDH VS GHULAM SHABBIR R. 8-a---Promotion on acting charge basis, regularization of---Effective date of promotion---Scope---Promotion cases of the candidates holding acting charge under the recommendations of the Departmental P…
2023 PLC(CS) 996 SUPREME-COURT
PROVINCE OF SINDH VS GHULAM SHABBIR R. 8-a---Promotion on acting charge basis, regularization of---Effective date of promotion---Scope---Promotion of respondents was made on acting charge basis in the year 2017 but after three years the inc…
2023 PLC(CS) 1019 SUPREME-COURT
PRESIDENT, NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN VS WAQAS AHMED KHAN arts. 184(3) & 199--- Judicial review--- Scope--- administrative/ executive actions---Constitutional courts being guardians of the Constitution have the power to judicially review the…
2023 PLC(CS) 1019 SUPREME-COURT
PRESIDENT, NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN VS WAQAS AHMED KHAN appointment---Bank employee---Practice or policy of appointing authority---Legitimate expectation, doctrine of---Scope---Doctrine of legitimate expectation connotes that a person may…
2023 PLC(CS) 1019 SUPREME-COURT
PRESIDENT, NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN VS WAQAS AHMED KHAN appointment---Son-quota---Concealment of involvement in criminal case---although the respondent was involved in a criminal case of murder of his wife and was acquitted subsequently pu…
2023 PLC(CS) 1030 SUPREME-COURT
ZAKIR MEHMOOD VS SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (D.P), PAKISTAN SECRETARIAT, RAWALPINDI Costs---Frivolous and vexatious cases---Unscrupulous litigants---Purpose and benefits of imposing costs on litigants stated.
2023 PLC(CS) 1030 SUPREME-COURT
ZAKIR MEHMOOD VS SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (D.P), PAKISTAN SECRETARIAT, RAWALPINDI S. 5(2)---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), Ss. 12(2), 35, 35a, 141, 151 & O. XLI, R. 35(3)---application under section 12(2), C.P.C. filed before the F…
2023 PLC(CS) 1030 SUPREME-COURT
ZAKIR MEHMOOD VS SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (D.P), PAKISTAN SECRETARIAT, RAWALPINDI S. 5(2)---appeals filed before the Service Tribunal---Principles governing first appeals under the C.P.C. apply to appeals before the Tribunal, and the…
2023 PLC(CS) 1030 SUPREME-COURT
ZAKIR MEHMOOD VS SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (D.P), PAKISTAN SECRETARIAT, RAWALPINDI S. 5(2)---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), Ss. 35, 151 & O. XLI, R. 35(3)---appeal filed before the Federal Service Tribunal ("Tribunal")---'actual cos…
2023 PLC(CS) 1030 SUPREME-COURT
ZAKIR MEHMOOD VS SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (D.P), PAKISTAN SECRETARIAT, RAWALPINDI S. 5(2)---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), Ss. 12(2), 35B, 141, 151 & O. XLI, R. 35(3)---Costs of Litigation Act (XVII of 2017), Preamble---Appeal/appl…
2023 PLC(CS) 1049 SUPREME-COURT
MUBARIK ALI BABAR VS PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION S. 10---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 14 & 36---Persons With Disabilities (PWDs)---Minorities---Seats reserved for PWDs and minorities in the Combined Competitive Examination conducted…
2023 PLC(CS) 1049 SUPREME-COURT
MUBARIK ALI BABAR VS PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION S. 10---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 14---Persons With Disabilities (PWDs)---Combined Competitive Examination conducted by the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC)---Use of the word…
2023 PLC(CS) 1049 SUPREME-COURT
MUBARIK ALI BABAR VS PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION arts. 9, 14, 18, 20, 22, 26, 27, 36, 37(a), 38(b), 38(d) & Preamble---Constitutional protections for minorities and persons with disabilities (PWDs) stated.
2023 PLC(CS) 1077 SUPREME-COURT
FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Establishment Division, Islamabad VS MISRI LADHANI R. 7---Promotion---Pro forma promotion---No vested right---It is the dominance and ascendancy of competent authority to prescribe benchmarks for awa…
2023 PLC(CS) 1077 SUPREME-COURT
FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Establishment Division, Islamabad VS MISRI LADHANI R. 7---Promotion---Recommendation of Central Selection Board and Departmental Promotion Committee---According to Rule 7 of the Civil Servants (Appoi…
2023 PLC(CS) 1119 SUPREME-COURT
DIVISIONAL SUPERINTENDENT, POSTAL SERVICES, D.G. KHAN VS NADEEM RAZA Penalty, quantum of---Test of proportionality---Reasonableness for the purposes of assessing the quantum or nature of a penalty imposed by the department is to be gauged b…
2023 PLC(CS) 1119 SUPREME-COURT
DIVISIONAL SUPERINTENDENT, POSTAL SERVICES, D.G. KHAN VS NADEEM RAZA Misappropriation--- Removal from service--- Duration of misappropriation and amount misappropriated nor relevant---Embezzlement or misappropriation constitutes misconduct…
2023 PLC(CS) 1119 SUPREME-COURT
DIVISIONAL SUPERINTENDENT, POSTAL SERVICES, D.G. KHAN VS NADEEM RAZA S. 5---Service Tribunal, powers of---Moral turpitude---Punishment, quantum of---Test of proportionality for interfering in quantum of penalty/punishment imposed by departm…
2023 PLC(CS) 1119 SUPREME-COURT
DIVISIONAL SUPERINTENDENT, POSTAL SERVICES, D.G. KHAN VS NADEEM RAZA S. 5---Service Tribunal, powers of---Limited power of the Service Tribunal to reduce penalty imposed by the department on a civil servant---Scope---Test of proportionality…
2023 PLC(CS) 1119 SUPREME-COURT
DIVISIONAL SUPERINTENDENT, POSTAL SERVICES, D.G. KHAN VS NADEEM RAZA S. 5---Service Tribunal, powers of---Scope---Under Section 5 of the Service Tribunals Act, 1973 ("Act") the Tribunal is empowered to confirm, set aside, vary or modify the…
2023 PLC(CS) 1119 SUPREME-COURT
DIVISIONAL SUPERINTENDENT, POSTAL SERVICES, D.G. KHAN VS NADEEM RAZA Misappropriation or embezzlement of public funds---Moral turpitude---Scope---Misappropriation or embezzlement of public funds while in Government service would be consider…
2023 PLC(CS) 1119 SUPREME-COURT
DIVISIONAL SUPERINTENDENT, POSTAL SERVICES, D.G. KHAN VS NADEEM RAZA S. 5---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 212(3)---Factual questions---Service Tribunal, jurisdiction of---Scope---Tribunal is the final forum for the purpose of determination…
2023 PLC(CS) 1148 SUPREME-COURT
CONTROLLER GENERAL OF ACCOUNTS, GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN, ISLAMABAD VS ABDUL WAHEED Promotion---amendment in promotion Rules---amended Rules not to be applied retrospectively unless specifically mentioned---Where a statute affects a substanti…
2023 PLC(CS) 1162 SUPREME-COURT
WAQAS ASLAM VS LAHORE ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY LIMITED appointment---Eligibility criteria---Judicial review by Courts---Overqualified candidates---autonomy, agency and free choice of the employing institution must be respected and be allowed…
2023 PLC(CS) 1180 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD YASIN VS The DIRECTOR GENERAL, PAKISTAN POST OFFICE, ISLAMABAD arts. 4, 5 & 25---Civil service---Right to equality---Scope---appointment---Eligibility criteria---any unlawful act cannot be made a standard for enforcing the right to…
2023 PLC(CS) 1201 SUPREME-COURT
Prof. Dr. MANZOOR HUSSAIN VS ZUBAIDA CHAUDHRY S. 14(4)---Federal Ombudsmen Institutional Reforms (Processing of Representations) Rules, 2014, Rr. 2(1)(b) & 8(3)---Officer nominated by the President under section 14(4) of the Federal Ombudsm…
2023 PLC(CS) 1225 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD RAQEEB VS GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA through Chief Secretary, Peshawar S. 11---Res-judicata, doctrine of---Scope---Said doctrine lays down the principle that the controversy flanked by the parties should come to an end and th…
2023 PLC(CS) 1225 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD RAQEEB VS GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA through Chief Secretary, Peshawar Ss.2(b) & 3---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 114---Pension---Project employee---No right to pension---On one hand, the appellant was pleading that he…
2023 PLC(CS) 1257 SUPREME-COURT
Dr. SAYYID A. S. PIRZADA VS The CHIEF SECRETARY, SERVICES AND ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT Ss. 4(1)(a) & 5(1)---Appeal filed before the Service Tribunal after departmental authority fails to decide representation within 90 days---Service Tribu…
2023 PLC(CS) 1286 SUPREME-COURT
KIRAMAT KHAN VS IG, FRONTIER CORPS S. 14---Exclusion of time of proceeding bona fide in Court without jurisdiction---Scope---In order to avail the benefit of section 14 of the Limitation Act, 1908 it is imperative that a litigant seeking be…
2023 PLC(CS) 1286 SUPREME-COURT
KIRAMAT KHAN VS IG, FRONTIER CORPS Preamble---Service Tribunals Act (LXX of 1973), S. 4---Service Tribunal, jurisdiction of---Employees of the Frontier Corps---Such employees shall be governed under the provisions of Frontier Corps Ordinanc…
2023 PLC(CS) 1286 SUPREME-COURT
KIRAMAT KHAN VS IG, FRONTIER CORPS Void order---Limitation would run even against a void order and an aggrieved party must approach the competent forum for redressal of his grievance within the period of limitation provided by law.
2023 PLC(CS) 1304 SUPREME-COURT
ALLAH DITTA VS DEPUTY POSTMASTER GENERAL (ADMN.), OFFICE OF THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, NORTHERN PUNJAB CIRCLE, RAWALPINDI Fraud and misappropriation of public money---Long term of service is no ground for conversion of punishment of dismissal…
2023 PLC(CS) 1304 SUPREME-COURT
ALLAH DITTA VS DEPUTY POSTMASTER GENERAL (ADMN.), OFFICE OF THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, NORTHERN PUNJAB CIRCLE, RAWALPINDI Fraud and misappropriation of public money---Accused refunding the misappropriated amount---Not a mitigating factor to re…
2023 PLC(CS) 1304 SUPREME-COURT
ALLAH DITTA VS DEPUTY POSTMASTER GENERAL (ADMN.), OFFICE OF THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, NORTHERN PUNJAB CIRCLE, RAWALPINDI Fraud and misappropriation of public money---In a case of proven fraud and misappropriation of public money, the delinque…
2023 PLC(CS) 1319 SUPREME-COURT
ALLIED BANK LIMITED VS HABIB-UR-REHMAN art. 189---Decisions of Supreme Court binding on other Courts---Scope---Where the Supreme Court deliberately and with the intention of settling the law, pronounces upon a question, such pronouncement i…
2023 PLC(CS) 1319 SUPREME-COURT
ALLIED BANK LIMITED VS HABIB-UR-REHMAN Binding precedent, doctrine of---Scope---Doctrine of binding precedent promotes certainty and consistency in judicial decisions, and ensures an organic and systematic development of the law.
2023 PLC(CS) 1319 SUPREME-COURT
ALLIED BANK LIMITED VS HABIB-UR-REHMAN Ss. 42 & 54---Suit for declaration, permanent injunction and recovery of benevolent funds---Employee of private bank---Pensionary benefits changed through a revised scheme---Through a Circular the appe…
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