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2023 CLD 1001 SUPREME-COURT
A. RAHIM FOODS (PVT.) LIMITED VS K&N'S FOODS (PVT.) LIMITED S. 10(2)(d)---Deceptive marketing practices---Expression 'fraudulent use'in Section 10(2)(d) of the Competition Act, 2010---Meaning and scope stated.
2023 CLD 1001 SUPREME-COURT
A. RAHIM FOODS (PVT.) LIMITED VS K&N'S FOODS (PVT.) LIMITED Ss. 12 & 43---Competition Commission of Pakistan ('the Commission')---Appeal filed by the Commission before the Supreme Court against an order passed by the Competition Appellate T…
2023 CLD 1001 SUPREME-COURT
A. RAHIM FOODS (PVT.) LIMITED VS K&N'S FOODS (PVT.) LIMITED S. 10(2)(d)---Deceptive marketing practices, action for---Pre-requisites---Registration of trademark (or for that matter, registration of firm name, or product labelling or packagi…
2023 CLD 1001 SUPREME-COURT
A. RAHIM FOODS (PVT.) LIMITED VS K&N'S FOODS (PVT.) LIMITED art. 185---appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court---Scope---Concurrent findings of facts by courts below---Interference with---In the exercise of its appellate jurisdiction in…
2023 CLD 1001 SUPREME-COURT
A. RAHIM FOODS (PVT.) LIMITED VS K&N'S FOODS (PVT.) LIMITED Ss. 31, 37 & 38 & Preamble---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 18---Freedom of trade and business---Scope---Free and fair competition in trade and business is an intrinsic part of the…
2023 CLD 1001 SUPREME-COURT
A. RAHIM FOODS (PVT.) LIMITED VS K&N'S FOODS (PVT.) LIMITED Ss. 10(2)(a) & 10(2)(d)---Deceptive marketing practices---Meaning of distribution of false or misleading information in section 10(2)(a) of the Competition Act, 2010 stated.
2023 CLD 1001 SUPREME-COURT
A. RAHIM FOODS (PVT.) LIMITED VS K&N'S FOODS (PVT.) LIMITED S. 46---Trademark-infringement---Passing-off, tort of---Difference between the objectives of a passing-off action and a trademark-infringement action---Passing-off action essential…
2023 CLD 1148 SUPREME-COURT
TELENOR MICROFINANCE BANK LIMITED VS SHAMIM BANO S. 6(1)---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O. XXXVII, Rr.1 & 2---Negotiable Instruments Act (XXVI of 1881), Ss. 4 & 13---Microfinance institution/bank---Default in payment of loan---Promisso…
2023 CLD 1184 SUPREME-COURT
Qazi HUMAYUN VS Mst. SABIHA QAYUM Notice---Party residing outside Pakistan---Under the law service by publication is good service even in respect of parties living abroad.
2023 CLD 1184 SUPREME-COURT
Qazi HUMAYUN VS Mst. SABIHA QAYUM all objections regarding liability and its discharge come to a close after the lapse of the limitation period.
2023 CLD 1184 SUPREME-COURT
Qazi HUMAYUN VS Mst. SABIHA QAYUM O. XXI, R. 90---Execution of decree in favour of Bank---Auction proceedings---Objection petition regarding fraud in the passing of the decree and the sale carried out there-under---Judgment debtor in questi…
2023 CLD 1298 SUPREME-COURT
COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN VS DALDA FOODS LIMITED, KARACHI Public institutions---Verbal orders---Institutions, and more so, public institutions don't function on the basis of verbal orders---Every opinion formed by the institution m…
2023 CLD 1298 SUPREME-COURT
COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN VS DALDA FOODS LIMITED, KARACHI Ss. 28(1)(b), 33, 36 & 37---Powers of the Commission in relation to a proceeding or enquiry---Power to call for information relating to undertaking---Scope of the Powers of…
2023 CLD 1298 SUPREME-COURT
COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN VS DALDA FOODS LIMITED, KARACHI S. 37---Powers of the Commission to call for information relating to undertaking---Scope---Competition Commission of Pakistan ('CCP'), as a regulator, is not only empowered…
2023 CLD 1298 SUPREME-COURT
COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN VS DALDA FOODS LIMITED, KARACHI Ss. 28(1)(a), 28(1)(b), 28(1)(c), 30, 33, 36 & 37---Distinction between the object and scope of "proceedings," "studies" and "enquiries" conducted by the Commission under Ch…
2023 PLD 648 SUPREME-COURT
Syeda AYESHA SUBHANI VS State S. 497(1), third proviso---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 9, 10A & 14---Second bail application/petition---Maintainability---Fresh grounds---Scope---Delay in trial that occurs after rejection of first bail app…
2023 PLD 648 SUPREME-COURT
Syeda AYESHA SUBHANI VS State Criminal statute---If two interpretations of a provision of a criminal statute are reasonably possible, the one that is favourable to the accused, not the prosecution, should be preferred.
2023 PLD 653 SUPREME-COURT
IJAZ UL HAQ VS Mrs. MAROOF BEGUM AHMED S. 12---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), First Sched., appendix-a, Form 47, para. 2 & Form 48, para. 2---Suit for specific performance of agreement to sell immoveable property---Readiness and willingn…
2023 PLD 653 SUPREME-COURT
IJAZ UL HAQ VS Mrs. MAROOF BEGUM AHMED S. 12---Suit for specific performance of agreement to sell immoveable property---Capacity of vendee to pay the balance amount by the stipulated time---Proof---In a suit for specific performance, the ve…
2023 PLD 653 SUPREME-COURT
IJAZ UL HAQ VS Mrs. MAROOF BEGUM AHMED Ss. 12 & 27---Contract Act (IX of 1872), S. 230---Suit for specific performance of agreement to sell immoveable property---Suit filed by plaintiff (vendee) against Attorney of owner of the property wit…
2023 PLD 661 SUPREME-COURT
Justice QAZI FAEZ ISA VS PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN art. 188---Review jurisdiction of the Supreme Court---Scope---When a Court sits to review its judgment it does not sit in appeal over its own judgment but proceeds to have a fresh look at it wi…
2023 PLD 661 SUPREME-COURT
Justice QAZI FAEZ ISA VS PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN arts. 184, 185 & 188---Short order signed by a Judge of the Supreme Court before his retirement---Detailed reasons for the order released after date of retirement of the Judge---Principles rela…
2023 PLD 661 SUPREME-COURT
Justice QAZI FAEZ ISA VS PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN arts. 184(3) & 188---Original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court under article 184(3) of the Constitution - Scope---Said jurisdiction cannot be exercised as a parallel review jurisdiction, and a…
2023 PLD 661 SUPREME-COURT
Justice QAZI FAEZ ISA VS PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN art. 19a---Right to information---Progressive and dynamic interpretation---approach of the Supreme Court to the interpretation of the fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution has been…
2023 PLD 661 SUPREME-COURT
Justice QAZI FAEZ ISA VS PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN art. 188---Supreme Court Rules, 1980, O.XXVI, R. 1---Review jurisdiction of the Supreme Court---Scope---In review jurisdiction the Court can only determine whether a material irregularity has b…
2023 PLD 661 SUPREME-COURT
Justice QAZI FAEZ ISA VS PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN Same expression used in different parts of the statute---ordinarily the same meaning is attached to an expression used in different parts of a statute unless the context in which the expression…
2023 PLD 661 SUPREME-COURT
Justice QAZI FAEZ ISA VS PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN art. 19a---Right to information---Scope---article 19a of the Constitution creates a positive obligation on all State organs, authorities and institutions, including the Judiciary, to take the n…
2023 PLD 661 SUPREME-COURT
Justice QAZI FAEZ ISA VS PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN arts. 184, 185 & 188---Precedential effect and value of the opinion of some Members of a Bench of the Supreme Court---Whether the dissenting Members of a Bench could adjudicate upon the precede…
2023 PLD 661 SUPREME-COURT
Justice QAZI FAEZ ISA VS PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN Dispensation of justice---Fundamental rule---Justice must not only be done, it should be seen to be done.
2023 PLD 661 SUPREME-COURT
Justice QAZI FAEZ ISA VS PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN Part II, Chapt. I & Preamble---Doctrines, principles, rules and precedents from foreign jurisdictions---Persuasive value---Scope---Any transplant of a rule from a foreign jurisdiction to ours s…
2023 PLD 661 SUPREME-COURT
Justice QAZI FAEZ ISA VS PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN art. 19a---Right to information---Scope---Matter of public importance---Provisions of article 19a of the Constitution do not contain an abstract guiding principle, rather confer a justiciable r…
2023 PLD 661 SUPREME-COURT
Justice QAZI FAEZ ISA VS PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN Part II, Chap. I---Fundamental rights---Positive and negative rights---Distinction stated.
2023 PLD 661 SUPREME-COURT
Justice QAZI FAEZ ISA VS PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN Procedural laws---Such laws have to be complied with; otherwise, the judicial system will enter chaos.
2023 PLD 661 SUPREME-COURT
Justice QAZI FAEZ ISA VS PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN art. 19a---Expression "matters of public importance" used in article 19a of the Constitution---Meaning---Said expression means the matters that pertain to and affect the public at large, a whol…
2023 PLD 661 SUPREME-COURT
Justice QAZI FAEZ ISA VS PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN Use of technology for enhancing transparency and openness of judicial proceedings---Technological developments should be monitored and appreciated, to ensure that access to justice for litigant…
2023 PLD 661 SUPREME-COURT
Justice QAZI FAEZ ISA VS PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN arts. 19a, 184(3) & 188---Cases heard by the Supreme Court in its original jurisdiction under article 184(3) of the Constitution including review petitions and other matters arising therein---S…
2023 PLD 661 SUPREME-COURT
Justice QAZI FAEZ ISA VS PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN arts. 19, 19-a, 25, 178, 184(3), 188, 191 & 209(5)(b)---Supreme Court Rules, 1980, O.XXXIII, R. 6---Broadcasting or live streaming of court proceedings---Constitutionality and permissibility---…
2023 PLD 720 SUPREME-COURT
ISLAMABAD HIGH COURT, BAR ASSOCIATION, ISLAMABAD VS ELECTION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN through Chief Election Commissioner, Islamabad arts. 105(3), 58(2), 107, 112(1), 112(2), 224(1), 224(2) & 184(3)---Elections act (XXXIII of 2017), S. 57(1)-…
2023 PLD 720 SUPREME-COURT
ISLAMABAD HIGH COURT, BAR ASSOCIATION, ISLAMABAD VS ELECTION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN through Chief Election Commissioner, Islamabad arts. 105(3)(a), 112(1), 112(2), 184(3), 199 & 224(2)---Elections act (XXXIII of 2017), S. 57(1)---Constituti…
2023 PLD 720 SUPREME-COURT
ISLAMABAD HIGH COURT, BAR ASSOCIATION, ISLAMABAD VS ELECTION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN through Chief Election Commissioner, Islamabad arts. 105(3)(a), 107, 112(1), 112(2), 175(2), 184(3), 199(5), 224(1) & 224(2)---Elections act (XXXIII of 2017…
2023 PLD 720 SUPREME-COURT
ISLAMABAD HIGH COURT, BAR ASSOCIATION, ISLAMABAD VS ELECTION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN through Chief Election Commissioner, Islamabad O.XI & O.XXV---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 184(3) & 191---Supreme Court---Suo motu cases---Constitution o…
2023 PLD 720 SUPREME-COURT
ISLAMABAD HIGH COURT, BAR ASSOCIATION, ISLAMABAD VS ELECTION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN through Chief Election Commissioner, Islamabad arts. 184(3) & 199---Scope of jurisdiction of the Supreme Court under article 184(3) during pendency of the s…
2023 PLD 720 SUPREME-COURT
ISLAMABAD HIGH COURT, BAR ASSOCIATION, ISLAMABAD VS ELECTION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN through Chief Election Commissioner, Islamabad Fourth Sched.---Legislative Lists---Legislative entries, interpretation of---Scope----Legislative entries are…
2023 PLD 720 SUPREME-COURT
ISLAMABAD HIGH COURT, BAR ASSOCIATION, ISLAMABAD VS ELECTION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN through Chief Election Commissioner, Islamabad O.XI & O.XXV---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 184(3) & 191---Supreme Court---Suo motu cases---Constitution o…
2023 PLD 720 SUPREME-COURT
ISLAMABAD HIGH COURT, BAR ASSOCIATION, ISLAMABAD VS ELECTION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN through Chief Election Commissioner, Islamabad arts. 105(3), 107, 112(1), 112(2), 224(1), 224(2) & 184(3)---Elections act (XXXIII of 2017), S. 57(1)---Const…
2023 PLD 720 SUPREME-COURT
ISLAMABAD HIGH COURT, BAR ASSOCIATION, ISLAMABAD VS ELECTION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN through Chief Election Commissioner, Islamabad art. 184(3)---Original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court under article 184(3) of the Constitution---Scope---O…
2023 PLD 720 SUPREME-COURT
ISLAMABAD HIGH COURT, BAR ASSOCIATION, ISLAMABAD VS ELECTION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN through Chief Election Commissioner, Islamabad O.XI & O.XXV---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 184(3)---Constitutional petitions and suo motu proceedings rega…
2023 PLD 720 SUPREME-COURT
ISLAMABAD HIGH COURT, BAR ASSOCIATION, ISLAMABAD VS ELECTION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN through Chief Election Commissioner, Islamabad Jurisdiction of a court is determined by the Constitution and laws, not by caprice or convenience of the judg…
2023 PLD 720 SUPREME-COURT
ISLAMABAD HIGH COURT, BAR ASSOCIATION, ISLAMABAD VS ELECTION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN through Chief Election Commissioner, Islamabad arts. 184(3), 185 & 199---Original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court---Scope---Interference in judgments of t…
2023 PLD 720 SUPREME-COURT
ISLAMABAD HIGH COURT, BAR ASSOCIATION, ISLAMABAD VS ELECTION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN through Chief Election Commissioner, Islamabad O. XI & O. XXV---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 184(3)---Constitutional petitions and suo motu proceedings re…
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