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2023 SCMR 1131 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD ALI VS State S. 497(1), third proviso---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 324, 148, 149, 337-L(1), 337-D, 337-F(v), 337-F(iii) & 336---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Murderous assault---Bail, refusal of---Delay in conclusion o…
2023 SCMR 1133 SUPREME-COURT
AKBER-UD-DIN VS HEADMASTER GOVERNMENT HIGH SCHOOL RESHUN O.VII, R.11---Dispute over Character Certificate issued by school---Suit for damages---Rejection of plaint---Abuse and misuse of the process of the court---Costs, imposition of---Appe…
2023 SCMR 1135 SUPREME-COURT
Raja MUHAMMAD SHAHID VS The INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE Rr. 6(2) & 4(1)(b)(ii)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 10-A---Compulsory retirement---No opportunity provided of cross-examining witnesses associated with inquiry proceedings---Effect…
2023 SCMR 1140 SUPREME-COURT
SALMAN ZAHID VS State S. 497---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Bail---Benefit of doubt--- Scope---Benefit of doubt can even be extended at bail stage.
2023 SCMR 1140 SUPREME-COURT
SALMAN ZAHID VS State S. 497---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Bail---Witness statement recorded belatedly---Effect---Any statement of the prosecution witnesses, if recorded at a belated stage, looses its sanctity.
2023 SCMR 1140 SUPREME-COURT
SALMAN ZAHID VS State S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302, 337-J, 109 & 34---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Death caused by means of a poisonous/intoxicating substance---Bail, grant of---Benefit of doubt---Further inquiry---…
2023 SCMR 1140 SUPREME-COURT
SALMAN ZAHID VS State Circumstantial evidence---Prosecution cases dependent upon circumstantial evidence---In such cases in order to justify the inference of guilt of an accused, the incriminating fact must be incompatible with the innocenc…
2023 SCMR 1144 SUPREME-COURT
SAID WAZIR VS State S. 9(c)---Possession of narcotics---Reappraisal of evidence---Safe custody and safe transmission of samples to the Forensic Science Laboratory not established---Benefit of doubt---Recovery was effected on 09-06-2016 wher…
2023 SCMR 1147 SUPREME-COURT
AKHTAR KAMRAN (DECEASED) VS PERVAIZ AHMED S. 8---Fair rent, fixation of---Scope---Rise/increase in cost of construction, repair charges, taxes, labour charges etc. cannot be ignored while determining the fair rent---While determining fair r…
2023 SCMR 1152 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD IMRAN VS State Ss. 497(2) & 498---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S. 379---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Theft of crop---Ad-interim pre-arrest bail, confirmation of---Further inquiry---As per the contents of the crime report, t…
2023 SCMR 1152 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD IMRAN 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 1155 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD MUMTAZ SHAH (DECEASED) VS GHULAM HUSSAIN SHAH (DECEASED) O. XLI, R. 27---Production of additional evidence in Appellate Court---Scope---Order XLI, Rule 27, C.P.C. states that generally, no evidence is to be produced at the Appellat…
2023 SCMR 1155 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD MUMTAZ SHAH (DECEASED) VS GHULAM HUSSAIN SHAH (DECEASED) art. 92---Document, contents of---Genuineness---Presumption attached with written documents---Phrase 'acta probant sese ipsa'---Scope---Once a document has been proved in acc…
2023 SCMR 1166 SUPREME-COURT
ALLIED BANK LIMITED VS The COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, LAHORE Ss. 2(13), 122(5a), 210 & 211---amendment of assessments---Commissioner (Inland Revenue)---Delegation of power under section 122(5a) of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 ('the Ordin…
2023 SCMR 1166 SUPREME-COURT
ALLIED BANK LIMITED VS The COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, LAHORE Fiscal statute---Literal approach of interpretation---Literal approach is to be adopted while interpreting fiscal or taxing statutes, and the Court cannot read into or impute som…
2023 SCMR 1166 SUPREME-COURT
ALLIED BANK LIMITED VS The COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, LAHORE Maxim "delegatus non potest delegare"---Scope and meaning---Delegation of power---It is a general principle of public law that where the legislature vests powers in a person, ind…
2023 SCMR 1171 SUPREME-COURT
ASHIQ MUHAMMAD VS Mst. SUHAGAN Ss. 39 & 42---Limitation Act (IX of 1908), S. 3---Suit for declaration and cancellation of mutation entries--- Limitation---Respondent/plaintiff had challenged mutation entries of the years 1959 and 1966 throu…
2023 SCMR 1171 SUPREME-COURT
ASHIQ MUHAMMAD VS Mst. SUHAGAN Ss. 39 & 42---Suit for declaration and cancellation of mutation entries---Oral lease (mustajri)---Proof---Respondent/plaintiff had set up a case that she had leased out the subject property to the appellant th…
2023 SCMR 1174 SUPREME-COURT
MEHTAB PUBLICATION (PVT.) LTD. VS PAKISTAN ELECTRONIC MEDIA REGULATORY AUTHORITY (PEMRA) O. IV, R. 19 & O. III, R. 9---Mode and manner of informing the Advocates regarding fixation of the cases by the Supreme Court stated.
2023 SCMR 1176 SUPREME-COURT
KASHMALI KHAN VS Mst. MALALA S. 13(3)---Suit for possession through pre-emption---Talb-i-Ishhad, making of---Scope---Mere signing and sending a notice to the vendee without confirming the intention to exercise the right of pre-emption is no…
2023 SCMR 1176 SUPREME-COURT
KASHMALI KHAN VS Mst. MALALA S. 13(3)---Suit for possession through pre-emption---Talb-i-Ishhad, making of---Proof---It is mandatory for the plaintiff/pre-emptor to state the names of the witnesses for Talb-i-Ishhad in his plaint and then p…
2023 SCMR 1176 SUPREME-COURT
KASHMALI KHAN VS Mst. MALALA S. 13(3)---Suit for possession through pre-emption---Talb-i-Ishhad, making of---Omissions in notice of Talb-i-Ishhad, which creates doubt as to its making--- Benefit of such omissions must go to the vendee.
2023 SCMR 1176 SUPREME-COURT
KASHMALI KHAN VS Mst. MALALA Ss. 13(3) & 14---Suit for possession through pre-emption---Talb-i-Ishhad made through an agent/lawyer---General rule and exceptions---Scope---In the present case the notice of Talb-i-Ishhad did not bear the sign…
2023 SCMR 1176 SUPREME-COURT
KASHMALI KHAN VS Mst. MALALA Ss. 5 & 13---Suit for possession through pre-emption---Right of pre-emption---Scope---Such right is strictissimi juris (strict rule of law) and the slightest deviation from the formalities required by law will p…
2023 SCMR 1182 SUPREME-COURT
HILAL KHATTAK VS State S. 497(1)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302, 311, 324, 452, 365, 337-A(ii), 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, house-trespass, kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person, rioting armed with d…
2023 SCMR 1182 SUPREME-COURT
HILAL KHATTAK VS State S. 497(1)---Bail---Offences that do not fall within the prohibitory clause of section 497(1), Cr.P.C.---Exceptions to grant of bail in such offences---It is true that in such offences, bail is to be granted as a rule,…
2023 SCMR 1182 SUPREME-COURT
HILAL KHATTAK VS State S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 445, 446, 452 & 458---Lurking house-trespass or housebreaking by night after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint---Bail, refusal of---Facts alleged in the FIR pri…
2023 SCMR 1182 SUPREME-COURT
HILAL KHATTAK VS State Ss. 455 & 458---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 14---Sanctity and privacy of home---Scope---Offences of house-breaking committed after having made preparation for causing hurt or fear of hurt---Categorization as grave…
2023 SCMR 1182 SUPREME-COURT
HILAL KHATTAK VS State S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302, 311, 324, 452, 365, 337-A(ii), 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, house-trespass, kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person, rioting armed with dead…
2023 SCMR 1182 SUPREME-COURT
HILAL KHATTAK VS State S. 497---Bail---Vicarious liability, question of---Although the question of vicarious liability of an accused can also be looked into at the bail stage and it is not an absolute rule that it must always be left to be…
2023 SCMR 1189 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 SCMR 1189 SUPREME-COURT
HABIB BANK LIMITED VS MEHBOOB RABBANI First Sched. & art. 22---Bank employee---Wrongful dismissal---Suit for damages---Limitation---Respondent-employee was dismissed from service on 3.10.1991 and his review petition dated 19.4.1992 was reje…
2023 SCMR 1189 SUPREME-COURT
HABIB BANK LIMITED VS MEHBOOB RABBANI R. 39---Contract Act (IX of 1872), S. 73---Bank employee---Wrongful dismissal---Suit for damages---Breach of employment contract by employer---Employee denied the right of an opportunity to defend himse…
2023 SCMR 1189 SUPREME-COURT
HABIB BANK LIMITED VS MEHBOOB RABBANI Preamble---Whenever a Court is adjudicating a civil suit, it is regulated by the requisite laws and civil procedure applicable to it at the time the suit is filed and adjudicated upon.
2023 SCMR 1189 SUPREME-COURT
HABIB BANK LIMITED VS MEHBOOB RABBANI S. 73---Habib Bank Limited (Staff) Service Rules, 1981, R. 39---Bank employee---Wrongful dismissal---Suit for damages---Breach of employment contract by employer---Employee denied the right of an opport…
2023 SCMR 1189 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 SCMR 1189 SUPREME-COURT
HABIB BANK LIMITED VS MEHBOOB RABBANI S. 73---Breach of contract---Damages, award of---Burden of proof---Onus would lie on a plaintiff or claimant to prove that there had been a contract entered into between the parties; that there had been…
2023 SCMR 1208 SUPREME-COURT
Dr. MOHAMMAD ASLAM KHAKI VS Khawaja KHALID FAROOQ KHAN Ss. 24, 56 & 55---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 9, 14(1) & 24---National Police Foundation Housing Scheme ("the Housing Scheme")---Illegal allotment of second plot to Managing Directo…
2023 SCMR 1208 SUPREME-COURT
Dr. MOHAMMAD ASLAM KHAKI VS Khawaja KHALID FAROOQ KHAN S. 3(2)--- Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 185(3) & 199---Constitutional petition filed before the High Court dismissed by Single Judge of the High Court---Against such dismissal Petiti…
2023 SCMR 1208 SUPREME-COURT
Dr. MOHAMMAD ASLAM KHAKI VS Khawaja KHALID FAROOQ KHAN arts. 184, 185 & 199---Jurisdiction conferred upon Superior Courts by the Constitution--- Jurisdiction conferred by law--- Scope---Jurisdiction conferred by the Constitution ranks highe…
2023 SCMR 1208 SUPREME-COURT
Dr. MOHAMMAD ASLAM KHAKI VS Khawaja KHALID FAROOQ KHAN Scope---Generally, when a court fails to exercise jurisdiction vested in it and/or does not exercise jurisdiction for an incorrect reason, the case is remanded to that court for a decis…
2023 SCMR 1208 SUPREME-COURT
Dr. MOHAMMAD ASLAM KHAKI VS Khawaja KHALID FAROOQ KHAN S. 3(2)--- Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 9, 14(1), 24, 185(3) & 199---National Police Foundation Housing Scheme ("the Housing Scheme")---Illegal allotment of second plot to Managing D…
2023 SCMR 1232 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 SCMR 1232 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…
2023 SCMR 1232 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 SCMR 1243 SUPREME-COURT
JAMALUDDIN VS State Ss. 497(2) & 498---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 324, 148 & 149---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Murderous assault with firearms--- Ad-interim pre-arrest bail, confirmation of---Bail, grant of---Further inquiry-…
2023 SCMR 1247 SUPREME-COURT
Mian AZAM WAHEED VS The COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS through Additional Collector of Customs, Karachi Principles---No interlocutory order survives after the original proceeding comes to an end---Interim orders are made in the aid of the final order…
2023 SCMR 1247 SUPREME-COURT
Mian AZAM WAHEED VS The COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS through Additional Collector of Customs, Karachi Ss. 25, 25a & 25D---Constitution of Pakistan, art. 199---Valuation Ruling ('the Ruling') issued by Customs department---Constitutional petition be…
2023 SCMR 1247 SUPREME-COURT
Mian AZAM WAHEED VS The COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS through Additional Collector of Customs, Karachi art. 199---Constitutional jurisdiction of the High Court---Scope---Exhaustion of remedies, doctrine of---Scope---Writ jurisdiction of the High Cou…
2023 SCMR 1258 SUPREME-COURT
ALLIED BANK LIMITED VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Collectorate of Customs, Peshawar S. 126---Customs act (IV of 1969), S. 202---Bank guarantee, encashment of---Scope---Expiry of bank guarantee---Recovery of Government dues by the Custom…
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