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2021 PTD 1732 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
The COLLECTOR CUSTOMS VS ABDUL ZAHIR Once the accused is acquitted of the charge by the Court of competent jurisdiction, double presumption of innocence is attached with such order, which cannot be reversed until and unless it is proved tha…
2021 PTD 1732 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
The COLLECTOR CUSTOMS VS ABDUL ZAHIR S.154---Information in cognizable cases---Scope---Main purpose of lodging FIR is to set criminal law in motion and to bring on record firsthand information about the occurrence of a crime and to provide…
2021 PTD 1764 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MEERAB ENTERPRISES VS The FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Federal Board of Revenue Ss.3a & 25a---SRO No.486(I)/2007, dated: 09-06-2007---Directorate General of Intelligence and Investigation---Power to determine the customs value--…
2021 PTD 1823 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
The COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, through Additional Collector of Customs VS AKHTAR HUSSAIN Ss.2(s), 16, 156(1), 157(2) & 196---Imports and Exports (Control) Act (XXXIX of 1950), S.3(1)---Smuggling---Release of truck---Owner of truck, knowledge of-…
2021 PLD 28 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
Mst. ABIDA KHANUM VS SARFARAZ Marriages---Irregular marriage---When a lady entered into marriage before completion of iddat period, then said marriage would not be a "void marriage" but would be an irregular marriage---Such union, which was…
2021 PLD 28 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
Mst. ABIDA KHANUM VS SARFARAZ Ss. 373 & 372---Succession Certificate---Nature of proceedings under Ss.373 & 372 of Succession Act, 1925---Dispute between legal heirs and intricate questions of facts, determination of---Scope---Procedure pro…
2021 PLD 45 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
AMANULLAH BAZAI VS DIRECTOR GENERAL OF MINES AND MINERAL (DEV.) DEPARTMENT, BALOCHISTAN Rr. 57, 70, 83 & 90---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Constitutional petition---Condemned unheard---Show-cause notice---Necessary ingredients---Pet…
2021 PLD 51 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MUHAMMAD NOOR VS MUHAMMAD USMAN Property---Title was to be decided on the basis of evidence and not on presumptions and conjunctions.
2021 PLD 51 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MUHAMMAD NOOR VS MUHAMMAD USMAN O. XVII, Rr. 2 & 3 & O. IX---Specific Relief act (I of 1877), Ss. 42 & 39---Suit for declaration and cancellation of sale-deed---Dismissal of the suit for non-prosecution and lack of interest---Effect---appel…
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN arts. 14(1), 184(3) & 209(5)(b)---Right to privacy---Scope---Surveillance---Presidential reference against a judge of the Supreme Court ('the petitioner') pending before the Supreme Judicia…
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN arts. 9, 14(1), 184(3) & 209(5)(b)---National Database and Registration authority Ordinance (VIII of 2000), S. 28---Income Tax Ordinance (XLIX of 2001), S. 216---Government Servants (Conduc…
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN Special laws---Scope---When a special law regulated a particular subject area then another law enacted for a different special purpose could not affect the subject matter governed by the fo…
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN Non-publication of notification in Gazette---Effect---In ordinary circumstances, the non-publication of a Notification in the Gazette did not affect its validity except for in limited situa…
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN Husband and wife---Individual ownership of property---Doctrine of proximity---Applicability---Separation of entities of the spouses regarding the holding of separate properties by them indi…
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN arts. 9 & 14(1)---Right to personal liberty and privacy---Scope---Duty of State institutions/authorities with respect to personal information of citizens.
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN arts. 48(1), 48(2), 184(3) & 209(5)---Presidential reference before the Supreme Judicial Council---Information against the judge obtained and disclosed unlawfully---Effect---Information, ob…
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN arts. 48(1) &209(5)---Rules of Business, 1973, Sched. V-B---Presidential reference against a judge of the Superior Court sent to the Supreme Judicial Council---advice of Prime Minister rece…
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN arts. 184(3) & 209(5)(b)---Presidential reference against a judge of the Supreme Court ('the petitioner') pending before the Supreme Judicial Council in relation to properties bought by his…
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN Types of mala fides---'Mala fide in law' and 'malice in fact'---Distinction.
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN arts.184(3) & 209(5)(b)---Income Tax Ordinance (XLIX of 2001), Ss. 111, 114, 116(1)(b), 116a & 120(3)---Presidential reference against a judge of the Supreme Court ('the petitioner') pendin…
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN arts. 48(1), 184(3) & 209(5)(b)---Presidential reference against a judge of the Supreme Court ('the petitioner') pending before the Supreme Judicial Council in relation to properties bought…
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN art. 209(5)---Reference before the Supreme Judicial Council against a judge of the Superior Courts---Information provided to the President or the Supreme Judicial Council by an informant---…
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN art. 184(3)---Original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court under art. 184(3) of the Constitution---Pre-requisites---Matter of public importance---Scope---Independence of judiciary---Independe…
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN arts. 48(1), 48(2), 184(3) & 209(5)---Rules of Business, Sched. V-B, Entry No. 35---Presidential reference against a judge of the Supreme Court ('the petitioner') pending before the Supreme…
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN Courts could not and should not create any right, liability or obligation that was not founded in law.
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN art. 209(5)---Presidential reference against a judge of the Superior Court sent to the Supreme Judicial Council ('the Council')---Report submitted by the Council to the President---Discreti…
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN S. 116(1)(b)---Wealth statement---Assets in name of non-dependent spouse and children acquired by them through their own resources, disclosure of---Filer/taxpayer was certainly not required…
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN arts. 184(3), 199(b)(ii), 209(5)(b) & 260---Rules of Business, 1973, R. 4(6) & Sched. V-a, Sr. No. 1a ---Presidential reference against a judge of the Supreme Court ('the petitioner') pendi…
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN arts. 14(1), 90, 91, 184(3) & 209(5)(b)---Rules of Business, 1973, R. 20(6)---Income Tax Ordinance (XLIX of 2001), Ss. 116(1)(b), 198 & 216---National Database and Registration authority Or…
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN arts. 9, 14(1) & 25---Right to privacy---Scope---Illegal surveillance by State agencies, impact of---Privacy affirmed the agency and autonomy of the individual and the right of every person…
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN Public servant, office of---Main ingredients.
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN arts. 209(5) & 209(6) & Preamble---'Independence of judiciary' and 'accountability of judges', concepts of---Complementary concepts---Independence of the judiciary was not primarily for the…
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN arts. 184(3) & 209(5)(b)---Rules of Business, 1973, R. 14 ---Presidential reference against a judge of the Supreme Court ('the petitioner') pending before the Supreme Judicial Council in re…
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN arts. 184(3) & 209(5)(b)---Presidential reference against a judge of the Supreme Court ('the petitioner') pending before the Supreme Judicial Council in relation to properties bought by his…
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN Notifications---Beneficial notifications, executive orders and instructions had retrospective effect.
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN art. 209(5) ---Supreme Judicial Council ('the Council')---Complaint against judge of the Superior Courts---Council was the only constitutional forum available to inquire into the conduct or…
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN Types of mala fides---'Mala fide of law' and 'mala fide of fact'---Distinction.
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN arts. 14(1), 184(3) & 209(5)(b)---Right to privacy---Scope---Surveillance---Presidential reference against a judge of the Supreme Court pending before the Supreme Judicial Council in relati…
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN arts. 48(1), 48(2), 184(3) & 209(5)---Presidential reference before the Supreme Judicial Council---Scope---Discretion and independent opinion of the President---Scope---Presidential referen…
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN arts. 184(3), 209(5) & 211---Presidential reference against a judge of the Superior Court sent to the Supreme Judicial Council ('the Council')---Bar of jurisdiction under art. 211 of the Co…
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN arts. 178, 184(3), 209(5)(b) & Third Sched.---Code of Conduct for Judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts (framed by the Supreme Judicial Council under art. 209 (8) of the Constitution)…
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN arts. 82(2), 84, 99(3), 184(3), 209(5)(b) & 240(a)---Rules of Business, 1973, Rr. 2(1)(ii), 4(4), 4(5), 16(1)(m) & Sched. III---Presidential reference against a judge of the Supreme Court (…
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN arts. 184(3) & 209(5)(b)---Income Tax Ordinance (XLIX of 2001), Ss. 198, 199 & 216(3)(p)---Presidential reference against a judge of the Supreme Court pending before the Supreme Judicial Co…
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN 'Malice in fact'---Scope and standard of proof.
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN arts. 4, 9, 10-a, 184(3) & 209(5)(b)---Presidential reference against a judge of the Supreme Court ('the petitioner') pending before the Supreme Judicial Council in relation to properties b…
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN arts. 184(3), 204(2)(b)& 209(5)(b)---Supreme Judicial Council Procedure of Enquiry 2005, R. 13---Contempt of Court Ordinance (V of 2003), Ss. 3 & 4---Presidential reference against a judge…
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN art.129(e)---Presumption of correctness attached to an official act---Scope---Public functionary, mala fide of---Proof.
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN art. 209(5)---Reference sent by the President to the Supreme Judicial Council against a Judge of the Superior Court---Standard of proof and care required for a Presidential reference stated…
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN arts. 4, 10a, 184(3) & 209(5)(b)---Income Tax Ordinance (XLIX of 2001), Ss. 116(1)(b) & 116(2)---Foreign Exchange Regulation act (VII of 1947) S. 5---anti-Money Laundering act (VII of 2010)…
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN art. 248---Constitutional office holders---Illegal acts---Immunity from prosecution----Scope---No protection was extended to holders of constitutional office from prosecution for their ille…
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