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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---Filing of the Reference becoming public news---Such news becoming public would not be en…
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN O. VI, R. 2---Pleadings---Scope---Pleadings were to be confined to a statement of material facts; it shall be presumed that reliance would be placed on such facts and what legal effects eme…
2021 PLD 1 SUPREME-COURT
JUSTICE QAZI FAEZ ISA VS The PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN arts. 209(5)(b) & 209(8)---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), Preamble---Suprem…
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), S. 216(3)(p)---Presidential reference against a judge of the Supreme Court ('the petitioner') pending before the Supreme Judi…
2021 PLD 446 SUPREME-COURT
ACTION AGAINST DISTRIBUTION OF DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO MNAs/MPAs BY PRIME MINISTER VS O. XI---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 184(3)--- Constitutional petition before the Supreme Court regarding distribution of development funds to Members of N…
2021 SCMR 1795 SUPREME-COURT
FAHEEMULLAH VS State S. 9(c)---Possession and transportation of 5080 grams of cannabis---Reappraisal of evidence---Accused was apprehended during a routine patrol and his arrest along with contraband were incorporated in the daily diary, en…
2021 SCMR 1797 SUPREME-COURT
AHMED DIN (DECEASED) VS MUHAMMAD IQBAL (DECEASED) Ss. 41 & 54---Specific Relief act (I of 1877), S. 12---Suit for specific performance of an agreement to sell immoveable property---Subsequent purchaser---Bonda fide purchaser---Scope---Knowl…
2021 SCMR 1802 SUPREME-COURT
GHULAM HYDER VS State S. 497(2)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S. 302(b)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Bail, grant of---Further inquiry---Accused along with four other persons was alleged to have held onto the accused, where after…
2021 SCMR 1804 SUPREME-COURT
GUL MANAN VS State S. 497(2)---Control of Narcotic Substances Act (XXV of 1997), S. 9(c)---Possession and trafficking of narcotics---Bail, grant of---Further inquiry---Conscious knowledge of narcotics---When the vehicle was stopped by the p…
2021 SCMR 1805 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD RAFIQ VS ABDUL AZIZ O. VI, R. 1---Pleadings---Scope---Pleadings could not be considered or equated with the evidence of the parties. Citation Name: 2021 SCMR 1805 SUPREME-COURTBookmark this Case MUHAMMAD RAFIQ VS ABDUL AZIZ art. 13…
2021 SCMR 1815 SUPREME-COURT
FAKHAR ZAMAN VS State Ss. 20, 21 & 24---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S. 109---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Sexual harassment of woman by posting her photographs on social media using a cellular device---Bail, grant of---Investigatin…
2021 SCMR 1817 SUPREME-COURT
JAVED AHMED VS State Ss. 337-E(3)(vi), 427 & 447---Ghayr-¬jaifah-munaqqilah, mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees, criminal trespass ---Reappraisal of evidence---On the common ground of bad blood in the close family, the co…
2021 SCMR 1819 SUPREME-COURT
NISHAT MILLS LIMITED VS The COMMISSIONER OF INCOME/WEALTH TAX, COMPANIES ZONE, FAISALABAD Ss. 7, 62(2) & 66-a--- assessments framed by the Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax ("ITO") under S. 62 of the Income Tax Ordinance, 1979 ('the 1979 Or…
2021 SCMR 1831 SUPREME-COURT
HAYAT MUHAMMAD VS State Ss. 324 & 337-D--- attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, jaifah---Reappraisal of evidence---Occurrence had taken place in a broad daylight and the parties were known to each other, therefore, there was absolutely no chance o…
2021 SCMR 1834 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD SHAFIQUE VS The ADDITIONAL FINANCE SECRETARY (BUDGET) GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN, ISLAMABAD R. 4(3)(b)---Government Servants (Efficiency and Discipline) Rules, 1973, R. 4(1)(b)(i) [since repealed]---Fundamental Rules, F.R. 29---Major p…
2021 SCMR 1844 SUPREME-COURT
ASIM MURTAZA KHAN VS State S. 94---National Accountability Ordinance (XVIII of 1999), S. 9---State owned company ('the company')---Misappropriation, corruption and fraud---Documents produced during trial by an employee (prosecution witness)…
2021 SCMR 1847 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL RAZZAQ VS State art. 185(3)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S. 302(b)---Juvenile Justice System act (XXII of 2018), S. 6---Bail, grant of---Juvenile accused---allegation against the accused was that he borrowed a pistol from the witnesses…
2021 SCMR 1849 SUPREME-COURT
NIAMATULLAH KHAN ADVOCATE VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN art. 184(3)---Matter regarding encroachment over Gujjar Nallah, Orangi Nallah and Mehmoodabad Nallah (rain water drainage streams)---Removal of encroachments in and around the Nallahs on t…
2021 SCMR 1871 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA VS ABDUL MANAN Prospective effect of an Act---Scope---When the law itself provided a date for the application of an Act, the Court cannot, on any ground, amend the said date and extend the application of the…
2021 SCMR 1880 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD USMAN SHAKIR VS State S. 408---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Criminal breach of trust by clerk or servant---Bail, grant of---Rule of consistency---Case of further inquiry---Accused was working as Accounts Assistant in a p…
2021 SCMR 1883 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD IMRAN VS MUHAMMAD SAJAN PANHWAR S. 27(5a)---Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Public Sector Generation Holding Company Limited (GHCL) --- Qualification for appointment---High Court ordered removal of CEO of GHCL ('the petitioner') o…
2021 SCMR 1886 SUPREME-COURT
DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, LAHORE VS SARFRAZ AHMED S. 5---Power of Provincial Service Tribunal to confirm, set aside, vary or modify a punishment imposed by the department/competent authority---Scope---Such power was not to be exer…
2021 SCMR 1890 SUPREME-COURT
RAB NAWAZ KHAN VS JAVED KHAN SWATI Ss. 6, 22 & 118---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O. XXXVII---Summary suit--- Cheque, issuance of---Whether cheque was issued by respondent for consideration or merely as an acknowledgment/receipt for in…
2021 SCMR 1895 SUPREME-COURT
FIDA MUHAMMAD VS GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA 'Upgradation of post' and 'promotion'---Distinction---Promotion involved advancement in rank, grade or a footstep en route for advancement to higher position whereas the facility or benefit…
2021 SCMR 1899 SUPREME-COURT
WAQAS UR REHMAN alias MOON VS State S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 420, 468 & 471---Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property, forgery for purpose of cheating, using as genuine a forged document---Pre-arrest bail, refus…
2021 SCMR 1902 SUPREME-COURT
JABAR ALI VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Reappraisal of evidence---Accused, the deceased and the witnesses, related to one another, were present inside a house during a wedding function; the invitees included a number of females, and it…
2021 SCMR 1904 SUPREME-COURT
PROVINCIAL SELECTION BOARD,GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA VS HIDAYAT ULLAH KHAN GANDAPUR art. 25---Civil service---Wrong benefit/order passed in favour of a civil servant---Such benefit/order could not be used as a foundation (by another…
2021 SCMR 1909 SUPREME-COURT
ZAFAR IQBAL, MAZHAR HUSSAIN AND MUHAMMAD SALEH VS State S. 497(5)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Cancellation/ recalling of bail---Grounds for cancelling/recalling bail enunciated by the Supreme Court stated. Citation Name: 2021…
2021 SCMR 1914 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD RAMZAN VS State Ss. 161 & 172---Examination of witnesses by the police---Statement of witness recorded in case diary (zimni) prepared under S. 172, Cr.P.C. instead of being recorded separately---Whether such statement constituted a…
2021 SCMR 1979 SUPREME-COURT
ATTAULLAH KHAN VS ALI AZAM AFRIDI art. 199(1)(b)(ii)---Writ of quo warranto---Scope---No prohibition existed in law as to who could file a writ of quo warranto, however, the power to issue such writ was discretionary and nobody could claim…
2021 SCMR 1983 SUPREME-COURT
Haji SHAH BEHRAM VS State art. 185(3)---Bail---Further inquiry---Scope---Expression "further inquiry" was a concept far from being confounded in subjectivity or to be founded upon denials or parallel stories by the defence; it required a cl…
2021 SCMR 1986 SUPREME-COURT
KHALID HUSSAIN VS NAZIR AHMAD arts. 117 & 188---Onus of proof---Onus to prove the claim was ordinarily on the person moving the court to seek his relief, as he was the one who was to fail if no evidence at all was given on either side---How…
2021 SCMR 1995 SUPREME-COURT
VICE-CHANCELLOR, BACHA KHAN UNIVERSITY CHARSADDA, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA VS TANVEER AHMAD art. 199---Constitutional jurisdiction of High Court---Scope---Master-servant relationship---Contractual terms of employment---Matters such as how and whe…
2021 SCMR 2002 SUPREME-COURT
MANZOOR AHMED VS State Ss. 376(2), 363, 337-a(ii), 337-L(2), 147, 148 & 149---Gang rape, abduction---Reappraisal of evidence---Five members of the victim's family who were injured during the occurrence unanimously blamed the accused and co-…
2021 SCMR 2005 SUPREME-COURT
SHAFA ULLAH KHAN VS State R. 6---Control of Narcotic Substances Act (XXV of 1997), S. 9(c) ---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 510, proviso---Possession of narcotics--- Report of Government Analyst---Protocols/procedure used---Non-me…
2021 SCMR 2009 SUPREME-COURT
ASFANDIYAR VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Reappraisal of evidence---Father of deceased furnished ocular account about the incident, a daylight affair within a thick locality, reported promptly to the police within one hour---Fact that a…
2021 SCMR 2011 SUPREME-COURT
RESHAM KHAN VS State S. 173--- Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)--- Bail--- Police opinion---Scope---Opinion expressed by Investigation agency was neither binding on court nor could be taken as gospel truth but it depended on the circum…
2021 SCMR 2017 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD KHAN VS IQBAL KHAN art. 185(3)---Bail---abscondment---Though absconsion by itself was not proof of guilt nor insurmountably stood in impediment to release of an offender if otherwise a case for grant of bail was made out, nonethele…
2021 SCMR 2082 SUPREME-COURT
SHAHID ABBAS VS State Ss. 452, 337-a(ii), 337-a(i), 337-F(i), 448, 511, 148 & 149---Constitution of Pakistan, art. 185(3)---House trespass, causing injuries to inmate of house---ad interim pre-arrest bail, confirmation of---First Informatio…
2021 SCMR 2084 SUPREME-COURT
ZAKIR JAFFER VS State Ss. 109, 201, 511, 176 & 118--- Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 497(1), first proviso---Abetment, causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false informatio…
2021 SCMR 2086 SUPREME-COURT
KAZIM ALI VS State Ss. 337- F(v), 337-F(i), 337-F(ii), 337-a(i), 337-H(2), 354, 452, 427, 148 & 149---Constitution of Pakistan, art. 185(3)---House trespass, causing injuries to inmates of house, beating womenfolk and children, setting pers…
2021 SCMR 2090 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD IRFAN SHABBIR VS State S. 489-F---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Dishonestly issuing a cheque---Bail, grant of---Statutory delay in conclusion of trial---Accused was behind bars for about one year and four months and his c…
2021 SCMR 2092 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD NASIR SHAFIQUE VS State S. 489-F---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Dishonestly issuing a cheque---Bail, grant of---During the course of proceedings, the complainant categorically stated that the amount paid to the accused w…
2021 SCMR 2094 SUPREME-COURT
GENERAL MANAGER, SNGPL, PESHAWAR VS QAMAR ZAMAN Ss. 6(2)(q), 11, 12 & 43---Complaint against Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) for contravention of provisions of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority Ordinance, 2002---Suit filed aga…
2021 SCMR 2100 SUPREME-COURT
CHIEF EXECUTIVE, PESCO DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PESHAWAR VS AFNAN KHAN S. 5---High Court (Lahore) Rules and Orders, Vol. V, Chapt. 1, Pt. A, R. 9-A---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), S. 115---Civil revision before the…
2021 PLD 480 SUPREME-COURT
VS arts. 186, 218(3), 220, 222 & 226 & Fourth Sched., Pt. I, Entry 41---Elections act (XXXIII of 2017), S. 122---Reference by the President under art. 186 of the Constitution---Senate elections---Voting procedure---Secrecy of ballot---Quest…
2021 PLD 488 SUPREME-COURT
Mst. SAFIA BANO VS HOME DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB Ss. 84, 302(b), 324 & 449---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 45---Prisons Rules, 1978, Rr. 101, 104 & 107---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, house trespass in order to commit of…
2021 PLD 538 SUPREME-COURT
Sheikh MUHAMMAD MUNEER VS Mst. FEEZAN S. 54---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 79---Agreement to sell immoveable property---Proof---Attesting witnesses---Scope---One of the attesting witnesses to the agreement was the purported seller's…
2021 PLD 550 SUPREME-COURT
ATIF ZAREEF VS State S. 376---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 4(2)(a) & 14(1)---Rape---Sexual history/character of rape victim---Relevancy---"Two-finger test" (TFT) or "virginity test"---Constitutionality and legality---In rape cases sexual…
2021 PLD 564 SUPREME-COURT
MUNAWAR AHMED, CHIEF EDITOR DAILY SAMA VS MUHAMMAD ASHRAF S. 9---General damages, award of---Scope---Mental torture---Burden of proof---General damages normally pertained to mental torture and agony sustained through derogatory/defamatory s…
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