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2023 SCMR 61 SUPREME-COURT
CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, CDA through Chairman, CDA, Islamabad VS AHMED MURTAZA O. XXVIII, R. a(3)---Constitution of Pakistan, arts. 9 & 37(d)---Frivolous litigation---Wasting time of Court---Special costs---Supreme Court can impose co…
2023 SCMR 68 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD AZIM KHAN AFRIDI VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN art. 199---Constitutional jurisdiction of the High Court---Scope---When exercising constitutional jurisdiction the High Court does not sit as a Court of appeal.
2023 SCMR 68 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD AZIM KHAN AFRIDI VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN arts. 175a(8) & 199---additional Judge of (Islamabad) High Court---No vested right to be confirmed as a Permanent Judge of the High Court on the sole ground that the then-Chief Justice…
2023 SCMR 68 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD AZIM KHAN AFRIDI VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN arts. 175a(1), 175a(8) & 199---Judicial Commission of Pakistan ('Commission'), decisions of---Not amendable to judicial review by way of constitutional petitions filed under article 199…
2023 SCMR 68 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD AZIM KHAN AFRIDI VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN art. 199---Writ of certiorari---Scope---Whenever a High Court is exercising its constitutional jurisdiction for the purposes of certiorari, it is directing a Court under its superintend…
2023 SCMR 79 SUPREME-COURT
PAKISTAN WAPDA FOUNDATION VS The COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, SALES TAX, LAHORE Ss. 2(25) & 3---Central excise duty---Term 'manufacture' within the purview of the Central Excises Act, 1994---Principles for adjudging as to what constitutes 'manufac…
2023 SCMR 79 SUPREME-COURT
PAKISTAN WAPDA FOUNDATION VS The COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, SALES TAX, LAHORE Ss. 2(25) & 3---Sales Tax Act (VII of 1990), Ss. 2(16), 2(17), 2(39), 2(41), 3(1) & 3(3)---Central Excises Rules, 1944, R. 7---Reclamation of used transformer oil carr…
2023 SCMR 79 SUPREME-COURT
PAKISTAN WAPDA FOUNDATION VS The COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, SALES TAX, LAHORE Ss. 2(25) & 3---Central excise duty---Term 'manufacturer' within the purview of the Central Excises Act, 1944 explained.
2023 SCMR 102 SUPREME-COURT
Malik TARIQ MAHMOOD VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB S. 23(1)---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O. XXVI, R. 9---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 24---Land acquisition---Compensation, quantum of---Report of Local Commission, reliance upon---Scope---In…
2023 SCMR 102 SUPREME-COURT
Malik TARIQ MAHMOOD VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB S. 23(1)---Land acquisition---Compensation, enhancement of---Commercial nature of acquired land---'Patwari' and 'professional property evaluator', evidence of---Report of Local Commission, reliance…
2023 SCMR 102 SUPREME-COURT
Malik TARIQ MAHMOOD VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB S. 23(1)---Land acquisition---Matters to be considered by Court in determining compensation stated.
2023 SCMR 111 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 SCMR 117 SUPREME-COURT
QASIM SHAHZAD VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Reappraisal of evidence---Occurrence took place at 02.45 p.m. whereas the matter was reported to the police at 04:10 p.m. on the same day while the inter se distance between the place of occur…
2023 SCMR 117 SUPREME-COURT
QASIM SHAHZAD VS State S. 302(b)--- Qatl-i-amd--- Minor discrepancies--- As long as the material aspects of the evidence have a ring of truth, courts should ignore minor discrepancies in the evidence---Test is whether the evidence of a witn…
2023 SCMR 117 SUPREME-COURT
QASIM SHAHZAD VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Conviction---Testimony of single witness---Conviction in a murder case can be based on the testimony of a single witness, if court is satisfied that he is reliable and it is the quality of evi…
2023 SCMR 117 SUPREME-COURT
QASIM SHAHZAD VS State S. 302(b)--- Qatl-i-amd--- Reappraisal of evidence--- Recovery of weapon of offence disbelieved and inconsequential---Sentence of imprisonment justified---Both the courts below had rightly disbelieved the recovery of…
2023 SCMR 117 SUPREME-COURT
QASIM SHAHZAD VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Witnesses of the ocular account related to the deceased---Mere relationship of the prosecution witnesses with the deceased cannot be a ground to discard the testimony of such witnesses.
2023 SCMR 117 SUPREME-COURT
QASIM SHAHZAD VS State S. 302(b)--- Qatl-i-amd--- Ocular evidence---Medical evidence---Preference--- Where ocular evidence is found trustworthy and confidence inspiring, the same is given preference over medical evidence.
2023 SCMR 124 SUPREME-COURT
SALAH-UD-DIN VS GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB through District Officer (Revenue), Jhang Ss. 3, 7 & 8---Limitation Act (IX of 1908), First Sched., Art. 148---Application for redemption of mortgage under section 3 of the Punjab Redemption and Restitut…
2023 SCMR 129 SUPREME-COURT
FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Communications, Islamabad VS SHUJA SHARIF Scope of judicial review stated.
2023 SCMR 129 SUPREME-COURT
FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Communications, Islamabad VS SHUJA SHARIF S. 45---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 9---Ban on plying motorcycles on motorways imposed by the National Highways and Motorway Police ('NH & MP'…
2023 SCMR 129 SUPREME-COURT
FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Communications, Islamabad VS SHUJA SHARIF art. 25--- Equality of citizens--- Reasonable classification---Scope and pre-requisites.
2023 SCMR 129 SUPREME-COURT
FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Communications, Islamabad VS SHUJA SHARIF Maxim "Ut Res Magis Valeat Quam Pereat"---Meaning and scope.
2023 SCMR 139 SUPREME-COURT
JAVED IQBAL VS State S. 9(c)---Possession of narcotic---Reappraisal of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Safe custody and transmission of sample parcels to the office of Chemical Examiner not established---Recovery was effected on 18.12.2013 an…
2023 SCMR 139 SUPREME-COURT
JAVED IQBAL VS State S. 9(c)--- Possession of narcotic --- Safe custody and transmission of sample parcels to the office of Chemical Examiner not established---In cases under section 9(c) of the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997, it…
2023 SCMR 139 SUPREME-COURT
JAVED IQBAL VS State S. 164--- Judicial confession--- Principles relating to judicial confession stated.
2023 SCMR 139 SUPREME-COURT
JAVED IQBAL VS State Ss. 161 & 164---Judicial and extra-judicial confession---Scope---Any confession made by an accused, whether judicial or extra-judicial, should be taken into consideration in toto and could not be split into pieces, nor…
2023 SCMR 149 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD TAHIR VS COMMISSIONER INLAND REVENUE, ZONE-II, REGIONAL TAX OFFICE, ABBOTTABAD S. 170---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 247(6) [since omitted]---Resident of a Provincially Administered Tribal Area adjoining Mansehra District (the 's…
2023 SCMR 153 SUPREME-COURT
SAJID MEHMOOD VS Mst. SHAZIA AZAD Ss. 5, Sched. & 17---Oaths Act (X of 1873), S. 11---Recovery of dower and dowry articles---Wife taking special oath in regard to dower and dowry articles upon offer made by husband---Evidence conclusive aga…
2023 SCMR 153 SUPREME-COURT
SAJID MEHMOOD VS Mst. SHAZIA AZAD Ss. 8, 9 & 11--- Evidence conclusive as against person offering to be bound by oath---Party offering to have a cause decided on oath and undertaking to abide by the special oath of a person (party or not a…
2023 SCMR 159 SUPREME-COURT
MUKHTIAR HUSSAIN VS Mst. SHAFIA BIBI O. IX, R. 13---Ex-parte decree and judgment---Application for setting aside ex-parte decree and judgment, dismissal of---At the stage of recording the evidence, the petitioner-defendant stopped appearing…
2023 SCMR 162 SUPREME-COURT
JAWAD AHMAD MIR VS Prof. Dr. IMTIAZ ALI KHAN, VICE CHANCELLOR, UNIVERSITY OF SWABI, DISTRICT SWABI, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA Stopgap appointment---Scope and principles relating to a filling a post by way of stopgap arrangement explained.
2023 SCMR 162 SUPREME-COURT
JAWAD AHMAD MIR VS Prof. Dr. IMTIAZ ALI KHAN, VICE CHANCELLOR, UNIVERSITY OF SWABI, DISTRICT SWABI, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA art. 199(1)(b)(ii)---Writ of quo warranto---Scope, principles and pre-requisites relating to a writ of quo warranto state…
2023 SCMR 162 SUPREME-COURT
JAWAD AHMAD MIR VS Prof. Dr. IMTIAZ ALI KHAN, VICE CHANCELLOR, UNIVERSITY OF SWABI, DISTRICT SWABI, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA S. 12---Vice Chancellor---No vested right to extension in tenure---Vice Chancellor who has completed his tenure cannot cl…
2023 SCMR 172 SUPREME-COURT
HIDAYAT KHAN VS State S. 497---Offence of Zina (Enforcement of Hudood) Ordinance (VII of 1979), S. 8---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Zina liable to Hadd, kidnapping, abducting or inducting woman to compel for marriage etc.---Bail,…
2023 SCMR 172 SUPREME-COURT
HIDAYAT KHAN VS State S. 497--- Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)--- Bail--- Long abscondence---Mere abscondence by itself is not sufficient to withhold the concession of bail when the accused otherwise becomes entitled for the grant of…
2023 SCMR 174 SUPREME-COURT
MUSHTAQUE AHMED MEMON VS ARSHAD HUSSAIN BHUTTO S. 3---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 25(1), 27(1) & 240(2)---Seniority---Discrimination in service of Pakistan---Scope and applicability of the Sindh Civil Servants (Regularization of Ad hoc…
2023 SCMR 179 SUPREME-COURT
NASEER AHMED VS RETURNING OFFICER U/C 31 KHUDA DAD, MIRPUR KHAS Incorrect statutory provision relied upon by a Court---Even if the correct statutory provision is not mentioned by the authority making the order under challenge, if the releva…
2023 SCMR 179 SUPREME-COURT
NASEER AHMED VS RETURNING OFFICER U/C 31 KHUDA DAD, MIRPUR KHAS S. 9(1)---Local Government elections---Ballot papers---Erroneous printing of symbols on ballot papers---Power of the Election Commission to declare the election as void and ord…
2023 SCMR 184 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD NADIM VS State S. 497(2)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Bail---Case of further inquiry---Scope---Further inquiry is a question which must have some nexus with the result of the case for which a tentative assessment of th…
2023 SCMR 184 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD NADIM VS State S. 497---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)--- Bail--- Rule of consistency---Doctrine of parity in bail matters---Scope---Said doctrine encapsulates that where the role ascribed to the accused is one and the same…
2023 SCMR 184 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD NADIM VS State S. 497(2)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 365 & 337-L(2)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Abduction for ransom---Bail, grant of---Rule of consistency---Further inquiry---No specific role was assigned to the…
2023 SCMR 190 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD BASHIR VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Minor discrepancies and contradictions in statements of eye-witnesses---As long as the material aspects of the evidence have a ring of truth, courts should ignore minor discrepancies in the…
2023 SCMR 190 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD BASHIR VS State S. 302(b)--- Qatl-i-amd--- Reappraisal of evidence--- Sentence, reduction in--- Motive not proved--- Recovery of weapon inconsequential---Specific motive had been attributed towards the accused that he wanted to mar…
2023 SCMR 190 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD BASHIR VS State S. 302(b)--- Qatl-i-amd--- Petition for leave to appeal challenging acquittal of accused---Reappraisal of evidence---Name of the accused was not mentioned in the crime report, and his name was brought in through a p…
2023 SCMR 190 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD BASHIR VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Witnesses of ocular account related to the deceased---Mere relationship of the prosecution witnesses with the deceased cannot be a ground to discard the testimony of such witnesses.
2023 SCMR 190 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD BASHIR VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Discrepancy between ocular account and medical evidence---Where ocular evidence is found trustworthy and confidence inspiring, the same is given preference over medical evidence---Casual dis…
2023 SCMR 190 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD BASHIR VS State S. 302(b)--- Qatl-i-amd--- Reappraisal of evidence---Matter was reported to police without any inordinate delay---Occurrence took place at 05.00 a.m. in the morning whereas the matter was reported to the police at 0…
2023 SCMR 198 SUPREME-COURT
AINA HAYA VS PRINCIPAL PESHAWAR MODEL GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL-I, PESHAWAR Policy, disciplinary and administrative matters of an educational institution---Interference by Courts---Courts must sparingly interfere in the affairs of academic institut…
2023 SCMR 198 SUPREME-COURT
AINA HAYA VS PRINCIPAL PESHAWAR MODEL GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL-I, PESHAWAR Compassion and hardship cases---Judges are to decide disputes before them in accordance with the Constitution and the law and not on the basis of their whims, likes and dis…
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