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2023 SCMR 330 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD UMAR WAQAS BARKAT ALI VS State Ss. 497(2)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Bail---Case of cross-versions---Further inquiry---Where there is a case of two versions narrated before the Court, it squarely falls within the amb…
2023 SCMR 334 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL QUDOOS VS COMMANDANT FRONTIER CONSTABULARY, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PESHAWAR S. 4(1)---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 199---Constitutional power of High Court to remit a case to the Service Tribunal---Scope---High Court in its writ juris…
2023 SCMR 334 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL QUDOOS VS COMMANDANT FRONTIER CONSTABULARY, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PESHAWAR S. 4(1)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Constitution petition filed by employee of Frontier Constabulary (F.C.) remitted to the Service Tribunal after con…
2023 SCMR 334 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL QUDOOS VS COMMANDANT FRONTIER CONSTABULARY, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PESHAWAR S. 4(1)---appeal filed by employee of Frontier Constabulary (F.C.)---Service Tribunal, jurisdiction of---Scope---F.C. employees are civil servants and, in a matt…
2023 SCMR 334 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL QUDOOS VS COMMANDANT FRONTIER CONSTABULARY, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PESHAWAR Fault/mistake of Court---No person should suffer because of a delay in procedure or the fault of the Court---Act of the Court shall prejudice no one---Court is u…
2023 SCMR 334 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL QUDOOS VS COMMANDANT FRONTIER CONSTABULARY, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PESHAWAR Scope---Mistake/error of court---Power of court to rectify its mistake---Doctrine of ex debito justitiae, refers to the remedies to which a person is entitled as…
2023 SCMR 344 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD GHAFFAR (DECEASED) VS ARIF MUHAMMAD S. 12---Suit for specific performance of an agreement to sell immoveable property---Discretionary relief---For the grant of a decree for specific performance on the basis of an agreement to sell…
2023 SCMR 344 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD GHAFFAR (DECEASED) VS ARIF MUHAMMAD Ss. 12 & 21---Suit for specific performance of an agreement to sell immoveable property---Agreement to sell---Property mentioned in agreement not specific---Effect---When the property is not spec…
2023 SCMR 344 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD GHAFFAR (DECEASED) VS ARIF MUHAMMAD O. VI, R. 1---Pleadings---Scope---Secundum allegata et probate, rule of---Case pleaded by a party in the pleadings binds the party to accept that pleading up to the Supreme Court---Party can only…
2023 SCMR 344 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD GHAFFAR (DECEASED) VS ARIF MUHAMMAD S. 12---Suit for specific performance of an agreement to sell immoveable property---Agreement to sell---Proof---For the grant of a decree (of specific performance) plaintiff has to not only prove…
2023 SCMR 354 SUPREME-COURT
DIVISIONAL SUPERINTENDENT POSTAL SERVICES FAISALABAD VS KHALID MAHMOOD Back benefits, grant of--- Employer-department making a commitment before the Tribunal to pay back benefits---Approbate and reprobate, doctrine of---Applicability---Befo…
2023 SCMR 354 SUPREME-COURT
DIVISIONAL SUPERINTENDENT POSTAL SERVICES FAISALABAD VS KHALID MAHMOOD O. XII, R. 6---Discretionary power of the court to pass a decree based on the admission made by the parties without determining any questions raised by the parties---Pur…
2023 SCMR 360 SUPREME-COURT
ICC (PVT.) LIMITED VS MINISTRY OF ENERGY (POWER DIVISION) through Secretary Civil Secretariat, Islamabad Rr. 26(3), 26(4) & 39---Contract, award of---Failure by company (petitioner) to furnish performance guarantee in terms of 'Instructions…
2023 SCMR 364 SUPREME-COURT
FAHAD HUSSAIN VS State S. 497(2)--- Bail--- Further inquiry--- Scope--- Perception and discernment of the expression "further inquiry" is a question which must have some nexus with the result of the case and it also pre-supposes the tentati…
2023 SCMR 364 SUPREME-COURT
FAHAD HUSSAIN VS State Ss. 497& 498--- Bail--- Proof beyond reasonable doubt--- Basic philosophy of criminal jurisprudence is that the prosecution has to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt and this principle applies at all stages includ…
2023 SCMR 364 SUPREME-COURT
FAHAD HUSSAIN VS State S. 497(1)---Bail---"Reasonable grounds" for believing that accused has been guilty of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life or imprisonment for ten years---Scope---Reasonable grounds are those whic…
2023 SCMR 364 SUPREME-COURT
FAHAD HUSSAIN VS State Ss. 497 & 498---Bail---Benefit of doubt---Benefit of doubt can be extended to the accused even at the bail stage.
2023 SCMR 364 SUPREME-COURT
FAHAD HUSSAIN VS State Ss. 498 & 497(2)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302 & 34---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Ad interim pre-arrest bail, confirmation of---Further inquiry---According to the FIR,…
2023 SCMR 370 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD FAISAL VAWDA VS ELECTION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN arts. 63(1)(c) & 62(1)(f)--- Pre-election qualification and disqualification of a returned candidate---Election Commission, powers of---Scope---Filing a false affidavit as to citizens…
2023 SCMR 370 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD FAISAL VAWDA VS ELECTION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN Ss. 8(c) & 9(1)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 218(3)---Pre-election qualification and disqualification of a returned candidate---Election Commission, powers of---Scope---Election C…
2023 SCMR 374 SUPREME-COURT
SUMMIT BANK LIMITED, LAHORE VS M. M. BROTHERS, PROPRIETORSHIP CONCERN O. XXI, Rr. 64, 65, 66, 67 & 90---Proclamation of sales by public auction---Mode of making proclamation---Guiding principle in the scheme of Order XXI, C.P.C is to ensure…
2023 SCMR 374 SUPREME-COURT
SUMMIT BANK LIMITED, LAHORE VS M. M. BROTHERS, PROPRIETORSHIP CONCERN O. XXI, Rr. 66 & 67(2)---Proclamation of sales by public auction---Competitive bidding---Pre-requisites---At least two bidders---Publication of proclamation---According t…
2023 SCMR 383 SUPREME-COURT
Mst. ASIYA VS State Ss. 497(1), first proviso & 497(2)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302, 34, 297, 201 & 203---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Wife accused of abetting/instigating murder of her husband---Bail, grant of---Female ac…
2023 SCMR 383 SUPREME-COURT
Mst. ASIYA VS State Call Data Record (CDR)---Evidentiary value---In absence of any concrete material the Call Data Record is not a conclusive piece of evidence to ascertain the guilt or otherwise of an accused.
2023 SCMR 387 SUPREME-COURT
The COMMISSIONER INLAND REVENUE VS HABIB INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. S. 26(a) & Fourth Sched., R. 5---Insurance Act (IV of 1938), S. 40-C---Insurance company---Deduction of expenses spent on the management---Limit---Whether the Controller of Ins…
2023 SCMR 394 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 SCMR 397 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD ASLAM VS State S. 497(2)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 376 & 292---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Rape, sharing explicit videos and pictures of a rape victim---Bail, grant of---Further inquiry---Allegedly the accused com…
2023 SCMR 397 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD ASLAM VS State S. 376---Rape---Solitary statement of victim---In rape cases the statement of the victim itself in isolation is sufficient for proving the charge against the accused but the strict condition for this is that the same…
2023 SCMR 401 SUPREME-COURT
JAVED IQBAL VS State Ss. 497 & 499---Prevention of Electronic Crimes act (XL of 2016), Ss. 13 & 14---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 420, 468, 471 & 109---Constitution of Pakistan, art. 185(3)---Electronic forgery and fraud---Bail, grant of--…
2023 SCMR 401 SUPREME-COURT
JAVED IQBAL VS State S. 499---Bail, grant of---Conditions imposed on accused for grant of bail---Principles.
2023 SCMR 401 SUPREME-COURT
JAVED IQBAL VS State Ss. 499 & 514---Bail, grant of---Conditions imposed on accused for grant of bail---Principles---In order to ensure future attendance, the accused is required to submit bail bond under section 499 of the Code of Criminal…
2023 SCMR 407 SUPREME-COURT
IJAZ BADSHAH VS SECRETARY, ESTABLISHMENT DIVISION, GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN, CABINET BLOCK, CONSTITUTION AVENUE, ISLAMABAD Gross misconduct---Punishment, award of---Scope and purpose---Rationale of deterrent punishment in the case of gross mi…
2023 SCMR 407 SUPREME-COURT
IJAZ BADSHAH VS SECRETARY, ESTABLISHMENT DIVISION, GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN, CABINET BLOCK, CONSTITUTION AVENUE, ISLAMABAD S. 6---Civil service---Dismissal from service---Unauthorized leave---Civil servant in possession of five different pass…
2023 SCMR 407 SUPREME-COURT
IJAZ BADSHAH VS SECRETARY, ESTABLISHMENT DIVISION, GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN, CABINET BLOCK, CONSTITUTION AVENUE, ISLAMABAD Penalty imposed by the competent authority---Proportionality and reasonableness---Judicial review of penalty by the Sup…
2023 SCMR 407 SUPREME-COURT
IJAZ BADSHAH VS SECRETARY, ESTABLISHMENT DIVISION, GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN, CABINET BLOCK, CONSTITUTION AVENUE, ISLAMABAD 'Departmental inquiry' and 'award of punishment'---Scope---Primary objective of carrying out a departmental inquiry is…
2023 SCMR 413 SUPREME-COURT
ARIF FAREED VS BIBI SARA S. 5 & Sched.---Family suit involving child---Minor daughter of the parties not arrayed as a plaintiff in the suit---Whether Family court is competent to grant a decree in favour of such minor---Held, that in the pr…
2023 SCMR 413 SUPREME-COURT
ARIF FAREED VS BIBI SARA S. 5 & Sched.---Family suits involving children---Technicalities and trappings of normal practice and procedure not suitable for such suits---Family litigation directly or indirectly causes long term effects on the…
2023 SCMR 413 SUPREME-COURT
ARIF FAREED VS BIBI SARA Ss. 5, Sched. & 14---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Family suits---Practice of High Courts to entertain constitutional petitions in family cases---Supreme Court observed that the Family Courts Act, 1964 does n…
2023 SCMR 418 SUPREME-COURT
AMANULLAH KHAN VS HOSPITAL DIRECTOR, KTH (MTI), PESHAWAR Upgradation of a post---Scope---Upgradation of a post is not a vested right but it stems from a policy decision for its implementation for the particular set of employees as per schem…
2023 SCMR 418 SUPREME-COURT
AMANULLAH KHAN VS HOSPITAL DIRECTOR, KTH (MTI), PESHAWAR 'Upgradation of post' and 'promotion'---Distinction---Promotion involves advancement in rank, grade or a footstep en route to a higher position, whereas the facility or benefit of upg…
2023 SCMR 418 SUPREME-COURT
AMANULLAH KHAN VS HOSPITAL DIRECTOR, KTH (MTI), PESHAWAR Upgradation of a post---Scope---In order to justify the upgradation, the Government is required to establish that the department needs restructuring, reform or to meet the exigency of…
2023 SCMR 421 SUPREME-COURT
SHAHBAZ AKMAL VS State S. 497--- Second/subsequent bail application, filing of---Maintainability---Another bail application on the same ground cannot be repeated before the same court; and, if a bail application is withdrawn during the subs…
2023 SCMR 421 SUPREME-COURT
SHAHBAZ AKMAL VS State R. 166---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 4(1), 4(2)(a) & 10A---Criminal trial---Strikes by lawyers causing delay in conclusion of trial---Breach of Fundamental rights of accused---Accused person like any other has the…
2023 SCMR 459 SUPREME-COURT
PROVINCE OF SINDH VS SARTAJ HYDER Ss. 6(2)(g), 10(3)(a) & 17(3)(b)---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 9 & 14---Climate change adaptation plan --- Observations and directions recorded by the Supreme Court regarding importance of a climate cha…
2023 SCMR 459 SUPREME-COURT
PROVINCE OF SINDH VS SARTAJ HYDER Ss. 3(2)(p), 6, 8, 13 & 18---Flood management in Province of Sindh---Citizens Committee in every Taluka of flood affected Division---Said Committees were constituted on orders of the High Court with the dir…
2023 SCMR 459 SUPREME-COURT
PROVINCE OF SINDH VS SARTAJ HYDER Ss. 6, 8 & Chapts. III, IV---National Policy Guideline on Vulnerable Groups in Disasters 2014 (Policy Guidelines)---Flood management in Province of Sindh---Inclusion of women in disaster management, importa…
2023 SCMR 459 SUPREME-COURT
PROVINCE OF SINDH VS SARTAJ HYDER Ss. 3(2)(p), 6, 8, 13 & 18---Flood management in Province of Sindh---Citizens Committee in every Taluka of flood affected Division constituted on orders of the High Court---Participation of public and civil…
2023 SCMR 459 SUPREME-COURT
PROVINCE OF SINDH VS SARTAJ HYDER art. 185(3)---Interim orders passed by High Court impugned before the Supreme Court---Supreme Court normally does not interfere with the interim orders of the High Court except in exceptional circumstances.
2023 SCMR 476 SUPREME-COURT
COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, MCC (E&C) CUSTOMS HOUSE, PESHAWAR VS ZAIN UL ABIDIN Condonation of delay---Scope---If decisions are assailed they should be done within the prescribed period, and it should not be assumed that delay would be condoned w…
2023 SCMR 478 SUPREME-COURT
NASIR AHMED VS State S. 302(b)--- Qatl-i-amd---Death sentence---Recovery of weapon inconsequential due to no crime empties being recovered from crime scene---When ocular account is believed to be inspiring confidence and trustworthy, mere t…
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