Pakistani case law library
Pak Law GPT gives lawyers, students and litigants access to reported Pakistani judgments in Urdu and English. Every judgment below is published from our case-law database with its original reported text, so you can read the citation and the judgment content directly.
Browse by branch of law
Reported judgments28,856 records
2023 SCMR 1669 SUPREME-COURT
ZAIN ALI VS State S. 9(c)---Possession of narcotic---Reappraisal of evidence---To prove the recovery, the prosecution mainly relied upon the statements of official witnesses---Both these witnesses had narrated the prosecution story in a nat…
2023 SCMR 1669 SUPREME-COURT
ZAIN ALI VS State When the prosecution is able to prove its case on its salient features then unnecessary technicalities should not be allowed to hamper the very purpose of the law on the subject.
2023 SCMR 1669 SUPREME-COURT
ZAIN ALI VS State S. 9---Possession of narcotic---Testimonies of the police personnel---Such testimonies are required to be treated in the same manner as the testimony of any other witness and there is no principle of law that without corro…
2023 SCMR 1676 SUPREME-COURT
State VS Chaudhry MUHAMMAD USMAN Ss. 94 & 265-C---Summons to produce documents---Powers of Trial Court under section 94, Cr.P.C.--- Scope--- Even before the commencement of the trial, an accused can apply to the Trial Court to exercise its…
2023 SCMR 1683 SUPREME-COURT
MARKET COMMITTEE, MULTAN VS ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER (CONSOLIDATION), MULTAN S. 21(i)---Market Committee---Allotment of shops/plots, cancellation of---Non-payment of outstanding dues---Remand of matter to the Chairman, Market Committee---Hig…
2023 SCMR 1691 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD YASEEN VS SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF INTERIOR AND NARCOTICS CONTROL, NARCOTICS CONTROL DIVISION, ISLAMABAD art. 25(1)---Police official---assistant Sub-Inspector in anti-Narcotics Force (aNF)---allegation of illegally snatching money f…
2023 SCMR 1694 SUPREME-COURT
COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, COMPANIES ZONE, ISLAMABAD VS FAUJI FOUNDATION LIMITED Ss. 22 & 30---Fauji Foundation---Income from interest on Bank deposits---Whether such income is to be considered and taxed as 'income from other sources' or a…
2023 SCMR 1694 SUPREME-COURT
COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, COMPANIES ZONE, ISLAMABAD VS FAUJI FOUNDATION LIMITED Ss. 22 & 30---'Income from other sources' or 'income from business'---Determination---In cases where the dispute relates to determining whether its business i…
2023 SCMR 1698 SUPREME-COURT
ATTA UL MUSTAFA VS State S. 376---Rape---Testimony of a victim in cases of sexual offences---Significance---Such testimony is vital and unless there are compelling reasons which necessitate looking for corroboration of a statement, the cour…
2023 SCMR 1698 SUPREME-COURT
ATTA UL MUSTAFA VS State Heinous offences---Mere heinousness of the offence if not proved to the hilt is not a ground to punish an accused.
2023 SCMR 1698 SUPREME-COURT
ATTA UL MUSTAFA VS State S. 376---Rape---DNA report---Scope---DNA report cannot be treated as primary evidence and can only be relied upon for the purposes of corroboration.
2023 SCMR 1698 SUPREME-COURT
ATTA UL MUSTAFA VS State S. 376---Rape---Reappraisal of evidence---Implausible incident---DNA report inconclusive---Past conduct of victim adversely reflecting on her credibility---In the present case the victim was 49 years of age while th…
2023 SCMR 1698 SUPREME-COURT
ATTA UL MUSTAFA VS State Benefit of doubt---Scope---For the accused to be afforded right of benefit of doubt, it is not necessary that there should be many circumstances creating uncertainty and if there is only one doubt, the benefit of th…
2023 SCMR 1703 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD YASEEN VS PROVINCE OF SINDH through Secretary Education and Literacy Department, Government of Sindh at Karachi art. 10a---Civil service---appointment---Right of civil servant to be heard before declaring his appointment as illegal…
2023 SCMR 1709 SUPREME-COURT
State VS TASNIM JALAL GORAYA (DECEASED) S.37---Dangerous Drugs Act (II of 1930) [since repealed], S.35-C---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 12 & 188---Protection against retrospective punishment---Scope---Conviction and sentence recoded by a…
2023 SCMR 1709 SUPREME-COURT
State VS TASNIM JALAL GORAYA (DECEASED) O. XVII, R. 12 & O. XXVIII, R. 3---Counsel misleading the Court---Misrepresentation---Costs, imposition of---Counsel for the review petitioner tried to mislead the Court not once but twice by claiming…
2023 SCMR 1712 SUPREME-COURT
Ch. SAEED AHMED KHALIL 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 1712 SUPREME-COURT
Ch. SAEED AHMED KHALIL VS State Ss. 497 & 498---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Bail---Registration of other cases of similar nature---Inconsequential---Mere registration of other criminal case against an accused does not disentitle…
2023 SCMR 1712 SUPREME-COURT
Ch. SAEED AHMED KHALIL VS State Ss. 497(2) & 498---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 420, 468 & 471---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Cheating, fraud and forgery--- Ad-interim pre-arrest bail, confirmation of---Further inquiry---Complai…
2023 SCMR 1716 SUPREME-COURT
COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, CUSTOMS HOUSE, LAHORE VS WASIM RADIO TRADERS, LAHORE Ss. 25a, 25D & 81---Customs Rules, 2001, R. 125---Imported consignments---Valuation Ruling ('the Ruling') issued by Customs department under section 25a of the Custo…
2023 SCMR 1716 SUPREME-COURT
COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, CUSTOMS HOUSE, LAHORE VS WASIM RADIO TRADERS, LAHORE S. 5---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Multiple connected Civil Petitions for Leave to Appeal filed before the Supreme Court on the same question of law---On…
2023 SCMR 1724 SUPREME-COURT
ALLAH DEWAYO SHAHANI VS State S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302, 324, 114, 147, 148 & 149---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Murderous assault---Bail, refusal of---In the ocular account a specific role had been ascribed to t…
2023 SCMR 1729 SUPREME-COURT
MUNAWAR BIBI 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 1729 SUPREME-COURT
MUNAWAR BIBI VS State Ss. 497 & 498---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Offences not falling within the prohibitory clause of section 497, Cr.P.C.---Grant of bail in offences not falling within the prohibitory clause is a rule and ref…
2023 SCMR 1729 SUPREME-COURT
MUNAWAR BIBI VS State Ss. 497(2) & 498---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S. 379---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)--- Theft--- Ad-interim pre-arrest bail, confirmation of---Further inquiry---Female accused---FIR was lodged after an inordinat…
2023 SCMR 1732 SUPREME-COURT
JAWWAD S. KHAWAJA VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN Ss. 2, 3 & 5---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 184(3)---Pakistan Army Act (XXXIX of 1952), S. 2(1)(d)---Code of Conduct for Judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts (framed by the Supreme Judici…
2023 SCMR 1773 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD AZIZ alias MANA 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 1773 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD AZIZ alias MANA VS State S. 497---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Bail---Offences not falling within the prohibitory clause of section 497, Cr.P.C.---For such offences grant of bail is the rule and refusal thereof an except…
2023 SCMR 1773 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD AZIZ alias MANA VS State S. 498---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 381 & 411---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master, dishonestly receiving stolen property---Pre-arrest b…
2023 SCMR 1776 SUPREME-COURT
SINDH REVENUE BOARD through Secretary Government of Sindh, Karachi VS QUICK FOOD INDUSTRIES (PVT.) LIMITED Rules framed under a statute---Scope---If a rule goes beyond what the parent statute contemplates, it must yield to the statute.
2023 SCMR 1776 SUPREME-COURT
SINDH REVENUE BOARD through Secretary Government of Sindh, Karachi VS QUICK FOOD INDUSTRIES (PVT.) LIMITED Ss. 2(55a), 2(78), 3(1), 4(1)(a), 4(3)(a), 5(1)(a) & 8(1)---Sindh Sales Tax on Services Rules, 2011, Rr. 42D & 42E---Sales tax on ser…
2023 SCMR 1776 SUPREME-COURT
SINDH REVENUE BOARD through Secretary Government of Sindh, Karachi VS QUICK FOOD INDUSTRIES (PVT.) LIMITED Delegated legislation is intended to enforce the law and advance the purpose of the underlying legislature, without overriding it and…
2023 SCMR 1791 SUPREME-COURT
BARKHURDAR VS State Benefit of doubt---Scope---For the accused to be afforded the right of benefit of doubt, it is not necessary that there should be many circumstances creating uncertainty and if there is only one doubt, the benefit of the…
2023 SCMR 1791 SUPREME-COURT
BARKHURDAR VS State Ss. 2(t) & 9(c)---Possession and transportation of 10 kilograms of poppy plants---Reappraisal of evidence---Poppy plant, characteristics of---Poppy seeds---There is nothing in evidence as to what actually was recovered f…
2023 SCMR 1797 SUPREME-COURT
COMMISSIONER INLAND REVENUE ZONE-IV, LARGE TAXPAYER UNIT, KARACHI VS AL-ABID SILK MILLS LTD., A-39, MANGHOPIR ROAD, SITE, KARACHI art. 10a---Right to fair trial---Reverse onus on accused---Scope---Concept of reverse onus i.e. placing the bu…
2023 SCMR 1797 SUPREME-COURT
COMMISSIONER INLAND REVENUE ZONE-IV, LARGE TAXPAYER UNIT, KARACHI VS AL-ABID SILK MILLS LTD., A-39, MANGHOPIR ROAD, SITE, KARACHI Fiscal statute---While interpreting fiscal statutes, the court looks to what is clearly said and there is no r…
2023 SCMR 1797 SUPREME-COURT
COMMISSIONER INLAND REVENUE ZONE-IV, LARGE TAXPAYER UNIT, KARACHI VS AL-ABID SILK MILLS LTD., A-39, MANGHOPIR ROAD, SITE, KARACHI Ss. 25 & 8(1)(c)(a)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 10A---Allegation of issuing fake/flying invoices and clai…
2023 SCMR 1803 SUPREME-COURT
The COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX VS INTER QUEST INFORMATICS SERVICES Ss. 107 & 133(1)---Income Tax Ordinance (XXXI of 1979) [since repealed], Ss. 163 & 136(1)---Convention Between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Islamic Republic of Pak…
2023 SCMR 1843 SUPREME-COURT
KHALID MEHMOOD VS CHAKLALA CANTONMENT BOARD Foreign jurisdictions---any transplant of a rule from a foreign jurisdiction in ours can only be made after considering closely and thoroughly the difference in the constitutional texts and contex…
2023 SCMR 1843 SUPREME-COURT
KHALID MEHMOOD VS CHAKLALA CANTONMENT BOARD O. XXVI, R. 9 & O. X, R.2---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 188---Second review petition/curative review---Not maintainable---Article 188 of the Constitution and the Supreme Court Rules, 1980 envis…
2023 SCMR 1843 SUPREME-COURT
KHALID MEHMOOD VS CHAKLALA CANTONMENT BOARD arts. 187(1) & 175(2)---Power of the Supreme Court to issue such directions, orders or decrees as may be necessary for doing complete justice in any case or matter pending before it---Scope---Bare…
2023 SCMR 1853 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Interior VS ZIA ULLAH KHAN Sched. II, Sr. No. 84---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 97 & 137---Proceedings initiated and actions taken by the Prime Minister's Performance, Delivery Unit ('Unit') and P…
2023 SCMR 1856 SUPREME-COURT
COMMISSIONER INLAND REVENUE VS RYK MILLS Fresh/supplementary show cause notice, issuance of---Circumstances in which issuance of a fresh/supplementary show cause notice becomes necessary highlighted.
2023 SCMR 1856 SUPREME-COURT
COMMISSIONER INLAND REVENUE VS RYK MILLS Factual issues---Highest authority for factual determination in tax matters is the Tribunal.
2023 SCMR 1856 SUPREME-COURT
COMMISSIONER INLAND REVENUE VS RYK MILLS arts. 4 & 10a---Show cause notice---Significance and purpose of a show cause notice stated.
2023 SCMR 1856 SUPREME-COURT
COMMISSIONER INLAND REVENUE VS RYK MILLS arts. 4 & 10a---Fresh/supplementary show cause notice, issuance of---Circumstances in which issuance of a fresh/supplementary show cause notice becomes necessary highlighted.
2023 SCMR 1856 SUPREME-COURT
COMMISSIONER INLAND REVENUE VS RYK MILLS Show cause notice---Contents---Scope and purpose of a show cause notice stated.
2023 SCMR 1867 SUPREME-COURT
Raja AZMAT ALI VS ABU MALIK NASEEM arts. 9, 10a, 14, 25 & 37(d)--- Incarcerated prisoners---Fundamental rights---Release of inmates from the prisons on the basis of 'probation'---Duty of care owed by the State and its functionaries towards…
2023 SCMR 1871 SUPREME-COURT
FEDERAL BOARD OF REVENUE VS DEWAN SALMAN FIBER LTD. Ss. 3(1) & 3(2)---Protection of Economic Reforms act (XII of 1992), S. 6---SRO 515(I)/95 dated 14.06.1995 ('SRO 515/95')---Manufacturer of polyester staple fiber (PSF) in North-West Fronti…
2023 SCMR 1871 SUPREME-COURT
FEDERAL BOARD OF REVENUE VS DEWAN SALMAN FIBER LTD. S. 13(1)---Protection of Economic Reforms act (XII of 1992), Ss. 3 & 6---SRO 580(I)/91 dated 27.06.1991 ('SRO 580/91')---SRO 561(I)/94 dated 09.06.1994 ('SRO 561/94')---SRO 612(I)/94 dated…
Looking for a specific point of law? Search the case-law database in Urdu or English.