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2023 SCMR 838 SUPREME-COURT
MIDDLE EAST CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, KARACHI VS The COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, KARACHI S. 196---Reference to High Court---Scope---Jurisdiction of High Court limited to questions of law---Imported vehicles, nature of---Tribunal was the last forum fo…
2023 SCMR 842 SUPREME-COURT
IJAZ AKBAR VS The DIRECTOR GENERAL (EXT.) L&DD, PUNJAB, LAHORE Period of absence from duty after imposition of penalty---Such period has no bearing on the penalty and it does not undo the penalty imposed.
2023 SCMR 848 SUPREME-COURT
FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, ISLAMABAD VS Dr. SHAHID HANIF R. 12---S.R.O. No. 1138(I)/2014, dated 17.12.2014, published in the Extraordinary Gazette of Pakistan on 23.12.2014, R. 4 & Sched.---Serial 5.2, Estacode, Edition 2015---Seria…
2023 SCMR 857 SUPREME-COURT
GUL MUHAMMAD VS State S. 497(2)--- Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302, 324, 337-A(i), 337-F(i), 337-H(2), 504, 506, 114, 147, 148 & 149---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Murderous assault---Bail, grant of---Further inquiry---Allegati…
2023 SCMR 860 SUPREME-COURT
DIRECTOR MILITARY LANDS AND CANTONMENT QUETTA CANTT. QUETTA VS AZIZ AHMED art. 199---Constitutional jurisdiction of the High Court---Scope---Constitutional jurisdiction under article 199 of the Constitution cannot be exercised to resolve fa…
2023 SCMR 860 SUPREME-COURT
DIRECTOR MILITARY LANDS AND CANTONMENT QUETTA CANTT. QUETTA VS AZIZ AHMED S. 42---Suit for declaration---Decree---Pre-existing right---Through a declaration in civil matters claimed under section 42 of the Specific Relief Act, 1877, a pre-e…
2023 SCMR 860 SUPREME-COURT
DIRECTOR MILITARY LANDS AND CANTONMENT QUETTA CANTT. QUETTA VS AZIZ AHMED art. 199---Constitutional jurisdiction of the High Court---Scope---High Court under the Constitutional jurisdiction vested in it under article 199 of the Constitution…
2023 SCMR 860 SUPREME-COURT
DIRECTOR MILITARY LANDS AND CANTONMENT QUETTA CANTT. QUETTA VS AZIZ AHMED R. 9---Class "C" land---Change in classification of land---Approval of Federal Government---Cantonment Board has no independent and exclusive authority to change the…
2023 SCMR 866 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 SCMR 866 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 SCMR 866 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 SCMR 870 SUPREME-COURT
Mst. HAJIRA BIBI alias SEEMA VS ABDUL QASEEM S. 302---Qatl-i-amd---Benefit of doubt---Scope---Any doubt arising in prosecution case is to be resolved in favour of the accused---For the accused to be afforded the right of the benefit of the…
2023 SCMR 870 SUPREME-COURT
Mst. HAJIRA BIBI alias SEEMA VS ABDUL QASEEM S. 109---abetment---Scope---Essence of crime of abetment is that the abettor should substantially assist the principal culprit towards commission of offence---Concurrence in the criminal acts of…
2023 SCMR 870 SUPREME-COURT
Mst. HAJIRA BIBI alias SEEMA VS ABDUL QASEEM Ss. 302, 34, 109 & 202---Qatl-i-amd, common intention, abetment, intentional omission to give information of offence by person bound to inform---Reappraisal of evidence---No specific date, time a…
2023 SCMR 877 SUPREME-COURT
DIRECTOR GENERAL, INTELLIGENCE BUREAU VS RIAZ-UL-WAHAB Performance Evaluation Report---Countersigning Officer and Reporting Officer---Prior counseling of subordinate officer---Requirement of prior counselling of subordinate officer before r…
2023 SCMR 877 SUPREME-COURT
DIRECTOR GENERAL, INTELLIGENCE BUREAU VS RIAZ-UL-WAHAB Performance Evaluation Report---Scope and significance---Countersigning Officer and Reporting Officer---Significance of Performance Evaluation Report (PER) and the obligations of Counte…
2023 SCMR 877 SUPREME-COURT
DIRECTOR GENERAL, INTELLIGENCE BUREAU VS RIAZ-UL-WAHAB Performance Evaluation Report---Assessment by Countersigning Officer and Reporting Officer---Interference by Service Tribunal or Supreme Court---Grounds---Evaluation of the performance…
2023 SCMR 884 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL REHMAN alias MUHAMMAD ZEESHAN VS State Ss. 497(2) & 498--- Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 337-A(ii), 337-L(2), 147 & 149---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Assault with a knife (churri)---Ad-interim pre-arrest bail, confirmation…
2023 SCMR 884 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL REHMAN alias MUHAMMAD ZEESHAN VS State S. 498---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Pre-arrest bail---Merits of the case---While granting pre-arrest bail, the merits of the case can be touched upon by the Court.
2023 SCMR 887 SUPREME-COURT
Mst. GHAZALA VS State S. 497(1), first proviso---Female accused---Offence falling within prohibitory clause of section 497, Cr.P.C.---Bail---Principles of law regulating the discretion of courts, under section 497(1), Cr.P.C., in the matter…
2023 SCMR 887 SUPREME-COURT
Mst. GHAZALA VS State Ss. 497(1) & 497(2)---Bail---Grant of bail under section 497(1) and under section 497(2), Cr.P.C.---Distinction explained.
2023 SCMR 890 SUPREME-COURT
KAUSER PARVEEN VS KASB BANK S. 19---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), S. 12(2) & O.XXI---Decree of Banking Court---Auction of mortgaged property by Bank---Co-owners of mortgaged property claiming fraud and objecting to auction of suit prope…
2023 SCMR 890 SUPREME-COURT
KAUSER PARVEEN VS KASB BANK O. VI, R. 7---Pleadings, departure from---Party is not allowed to improve its case beyond what was originally setup in the pleadings.
2023 SCMR 900 SUPREME-COURT
ALI TAJ VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Minor discrepancies in evidence---Effect---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 eviden…
2023 SCMR 900 SUPREME-COURT
ALI TAJ VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Police witnesses, testimony of---Testimony of police officials is as good as any other private witness unless it is proved that they have animus against the accused---Police officials are as good wi…
2023 SCMR 900 SUPREME-COURT
ALI TAJ VS State Ss. 302(b), 324, 396, 353, 186, 412, 341, 225 & 148---anti-Terrorism act (XXVII of 1997), S. 7---Murderous assault, acts of terrorism---Reappraisal of evidence---Crime report was lodged just after two hours of the occurrenc…
2023 SCMR 900 SUPREME-COURT
ALI TAJ 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 and the same alone is suff…
2023 SCMR 900 SUPREME-COURT
ALI TAJ VS State S. 302(b)--- Qatl-i-amd--- Ocular evidence--- Medical evidence---Minor discrepancies---Such discrepancies, if any, in medical evidence relating to nature of injuries do not negate the direct evidence as witnesses are not su…
2023 SCMR 908 SUPREME-COURT
OIL AND GAS REGULATORY AUTHORITY VS SUI SOUTHERN GAS COMPANY LIMITED Ss. 3, 4, 5(5), 5(6)(a), 6 & 31---Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority Ordinance (XVII of 2002), Ss. 6(2)(i), 6(2)(k) & 11---Complaint Resolution Procedure [for Natural Gas, L…
2023 SCMR 915 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 (Appoint…
2023 SCMR 915 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 SCMR 929 SUPREME-COURT
ANSAR VS State Ss. 391 & 396---Dacoity and dacoity with murder---Expression 'conjointly'---Meaning---Use of word 'conjointly' in sections 391 & 396, P.P.C. indicates that five or more dacoits act with knowledge and consent and in aid of one…
2023 SCMR 929 SUPREME-COURT
ANSAR VS State art. 22--- Test identification parade--- Scope--- Process of identification parade has to be carried out having regard to the exigencies of each case in a fair and non-collusive manner and such exercise is not an unchangeable…
2023 SCMR 929 SUPREME-COURT
ANSAR VS State Ss. 302, 396, 324 & 149---Dacoity with murder, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, unlawful assembly---Reappraisal of evidence---Matter was reported to the police and the formal FIR was registered on the same day---In the crime rep…
2023 SCMR 929 SUPREME-COURT
ANSAR VS State Evidence---'Discrepancies' and 'contradictions'---Distinction---Discrepancies have to be distinguished from contradictions---Contradiction in the statement of a witness may be fatal for the prosecution case but minor discrepa…
2023 SCMR 939 SUPREME-COURT
The COLLECTOR OF SALES TAX AND CENTRAL EXCISE, LAHORE VS QADBROS ENGINEERING (PVT.) LTD., LAHORE S. 2(68)---Companies Ordinance (XLVII of 1984), Ss. 2(38) & 3 [since repealed]--- 'Subsidiary' and 'wholly-owned subsidiary'---Definition provi…
2023 SCMR 939 SUPREME-COURT
The COLLECTOR OF SALES TAX AND CENTRAL EXCISE, LAHORE VS QADBROS ENGINEERING (PVT.) LTD., LAHORE S. 2(68)---Companies Ordinance (XLVII of 1984), Ss. 2(38) & 3 [since repealed]---'Sister concern'---Meaning and definition---No definition of "…
2023 SCMR 939 SUPREME-COURT
The COLLECTOR OF SALES TAX AND CENTRAL EXCISE, LAHORE VS QADBROS ENGINEERING (PVT.) LTD., LAHORE S. 7---Input tax ---Presumptive tax regime---Scope---Presumptive tax regime denotes that the tax so deducted or paid is treated as a final disc…
2023 SCMR 939 SUPREME-COURT
The COLLECTOR OF SALES TAX AND CENTRAL EXCISE, LAHORE VS QADBROS ENGINEERING (PVT.) LTD., LAHORE S. 7---Input tax---Company securing input adjustment of sales taxon purchases made from its alleged subsidiary/sister concern---Subsidiary/sist…
2023 SCMR 939 SUPREME-COURT
The COLLECTOR OF SALES TAX AND CENTRAL EXCISE, LAHORE VS QADBROS ENGINEERING (PVT.) LTD., LAHORE S. 47---Reference to the High Court---Powers of High Court under section 47 of the Sales Tax Act, 1990---Scope---Jurisdiction of High Court und…
2023 SCMR 950 SUPREME-COURT
Nawabzada ABDUL QADIR KHAN VS LAND ACQUISITION COLLECTOR MARDAN S. 23---Matters to be considered in determining compensation---Compensation based on a one-year average of the land acquired---Propriety---Intention of the legislature behind s…
2023 SCMR 950 SUPREME-COURT
Nawabzada ABDUL QADIR KHAN VS LAND ACQUISITION COLLECTOR MARDAN S. 34---Payment of interest---Riba---Whether payment of interest under section 34 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 is equivalent of riba---Held, that whilst riba/usury may be…
2023 SCMR 950 SUPREME-COURT
Nawabzada ABDUL QADIR KHAN VS LAND ACQUISITION COLLECTOR MARDAN S. 23---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 24---Matters to be considered in determining compensation---Loss caused to landowner because of being deprived of his proprietary rights-…
2023 SCMR 960 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 SCMR 960 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 SCMR 960 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 SCMR 960 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 SCMR 960 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 SCMR 967 SUPREME-COURT
ADEEL MANZOOR VS State S. 498---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 380 & 452---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Stealing household articles---Pre-arrest bail, confirmation of---Mala fide of complainant---Complainant was husband of the sis…
2023 SCMR 969 SUPREME-COURT
PUBLIC INTEREST LAW ASSOCIATION OF PAKISTAN VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through Chief Secretary, Civil Secretariat, Lower Mall, Lahore S. 12--- Punjab Environmental Protection (Review of Initial Environmental Examination and Environmental Impact…
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