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2021 PLD 886 SUPREME-COURT
SHAZAIB VS State S. 498-a---Pre-arrest bail petition---accused not present before the Court at the time of hearing of his pre-arrest bail petition---Effect---In case the petitioner-accused was not personally present in Court, the Court was…
2021 PLD 892 SUPREME-COURT
INAM ULLAH VS State S. 498---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Pre-arrest bail---Second pre-arrest bail petition filed after withdrawal of the first pre-arrest bail petition without satisfactory explanation for withdrawing the earlier…
2021 PLD 894 SUPREME-COURT
AZAM SALEEM VS State S. 498-a---Constitution of Pakistan, art. 185(3)---Pre-arrest bail---Maintainability---Second pre-arrest bail petition filed after dismissal of the first pre-arrest bail petition for non-appearance of the accused and la…
2021 PLD 898 SUPREME-COURT
SAJID HUSSAIN alias JOJI VS State Ss. 497, 498 & 161---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Bail---Belated recording of statement of prosecution witness under S. 161, Cr.P.C.---Value---Any such statement lost its sanctity. Citation Name:…
2021 PLD 903 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD IMRAN VS State S.497---Post-arrest bail---Offences not falling within the prohibitory clause of S.497(1), Cr.P.C (Non-prohibitory offences)---Denial of post-arrest bail in non-prohibitory offences---Principles. Citation Name: 2021…
2021 PLD 906 SUPREME-COURT
UNIVERSAL INSURANCE COMPANY VS KARIM GUL S. 2(7)---Goods subject matter of the contract between the parties---Scope---Suit for recovery---Wreckage of an accidental vehicle sold by appellant-insurance company to the respondent as 'total loss…
2021 PLD 362 SUPREME-COURT
ALI HAIDER alias PAPU VS JAMEEL HUSSAIN art. 164---Importance of modern forensic techniques and science under the criminal justice system explained. Citation Name: 2021 PLD 362 SUPREME-COURTBookmark this Case ALI HAIDER alias PAPU VS JAMEEL…
2021 PLD 913 SUPREME-COURT
Mrs. SAMINA MEHR-UN-NISA MAZARI VS PUBLIC AT LARGE S. 7 & Preamble---Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920 (the 1920 Act)---Scope and application---Said Act dealt with the insolvency of an individual, while corporate insolvency was dealt with sep…
2021 CLD 39 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD JAWED VS FIRST WOMEN BANK LTD. O. XXI, Rr. 84, 85, 89, 90, 91 & 92---Mortgaged immoveable property---Court auction proceedings---Highest bidder---Vested right---Judgment debtor depositing entire decretal amount, cost of funds and c…
2021 CLD 157 SUPREME-COURT
SAZCO (PVT.) LTD. VS ASKARI COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED "Bill of lading"---Meaning. Citation Name: 2021 CLD 157 SUPREME-COURTBookmark this Case SAZCO (PVT.) LTD. VS ASKARI COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED arts. 2, 3, 4, 13 & 14(b)---"Letter of credit"--…
2021 CLD 370 SUPREME-COURT
NATIONAL SAVING CENTRAL DIRECTORATE, ISLAMABAD VS MUHAMMAD FAROOQ RAJA Rr. 5 & 8---General Clauses Act (X of 1897), S. 24-A---Locus poenitentiae, principle of---"Bahbood Saving Certificate Scheme" ('the Scheme') introduced by the National S…
2021 CLD 381 SUPREME-COURT
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN VS NADEEM H. SHAIKH S. 282-K [since repealed]---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185--- Appeal pending before the Supreme Court---Appellant (Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan) failin…
2021 CLD 428 SUPREME-COURT
VS Preamble---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 184(3)---Human rights case---Preservation of mountain ecosystems---Applicants sought issuance of directions to the Federal Government to promulgate appropriate legislation at the national level t…
2021 CLD 472 SUPREME-COURT
State VS ALIF REHMAN Ss. 3a, 3aa, 4 & 23---Dealing in foreign exchange without permission of concerned authorities---Reappraisal of evidence---Confiscation of local and foreign currency by the Federal Investigation agency (FIa)/petitioner-d…
2021 CLD 547 SUPREME-COURT
VS arts. 18 & 184(3)---Pakistan Environmental Protection act (XXXIV of 1997), Preamble---Human rights case---Limestone excavation and stone crushing--- Environmental pollution and destruction of landscape---Limestone crushers (applicants),…
2021 CLD 863 SUPREME-COURT
ENGLISH BISCUITS MANUFACTURERS PRIVATE LIMITED (EBM), KORANGI INDUSTRIAL AREAS, KARACHI VS ASSOCIATED BISCUITS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (ABIL) Ss. 86, 92(3) & 290---Dispute regarding valuation of shares---Fiduciary duties of directors---Scope-…
2021 CLD 898 SUPREME-COURT
STATE LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF PAKISTAN VS ATTA UR REHMAN S. 75---Life insurance policy---Duty of utmost good faith on part of insured---Scope---Insured mentioning in his insurance application that he never had heart disease, when in f…
2021 CLD 925 SUPREME-COURT
PERFORMANCE AUTOMOTIVE (PVT.) LTD. VS AKBAR ADAMJEE Ss. 2(14) & 58---Specific Relief act (I of 1877), S. 12---Specific performance in respect of a "specific or ascertained goods"---Scope---Breach of contract to deliver an imported customize…
2021 CLD 946 SUPREME-COURT
ATIF MEHMOOD KIYANI VS SUKH CHAYN PRIVATE LIMITED, ROYAL PLAZA, BLUE AREA, ISLAMABAD Ss. 10 & 151---Stay of suit---Scope---For attracting the application of the provisions of S. 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure 1980 ("C.P.C."), the matter…
2021 CLD 960 SUPREME-COURT
RANA BASIT RICE MILLS PRIVATE LIMITED VS SHAHEEN INSURANCE COMPANY S. 122---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O. XXIX, R. 1---Insurance petition, filing of---Authorized person---Scope---No Board Resolution presented before the court authori…
2021 CLD 1069 SUPREME-COURT
ORIENT POWER COMPANY (PRIVATE) LIMITED VS SUI NORTHERN GAS PIPELINES LIMITED Inter-connected, inter-dependent, or multiple contracts forming an 'indivisible whole contract'---Scope---Gas Supply Agreement ('GSA') between a power generation f…
2021 CLD 1189 SUPREME-COURT
UNIVERSAL INSURANCE COMPANY VS KARIM GUL S. 2(7)---Goods subject matter of the contract between the parties---Scope---Suit for recovery---Wreckage of an accidental vehicle sold by appellant-insurance company to the respondent as 'total loss…
2021 CLD 1217 SUPREME-COURT
Mrs. SAMINA MEHR-UN-NISA MAZARI VS PUBLIC AT LARGE Ss. 7 & 8---Insolvency petition---Exemption of corporation, etc., from insolvency proceedings---Scope---Appellant-lady filed an insolvency petition under S.7 of the Provincial Insolvency Ac…
2021 CLD 1261 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 PLD 916 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD IQBAL KHAN NOORI VS NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU (NAB) Ss. 9 & 10---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 4, 9, 10A, 14, 185(3) & 199---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 497---Person accused of an offence under the National Accou…
2021 PLD 925 SUPREME-COURT
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Ministry of Education art. 184(3)---Matter regarding reconstruction and restoration of Samadhi (shrine) of a Hindu saint in the Teri village---Costs incurred by the Provi…
2021 PLD 927 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD ARSHAD NADEEM VS State O.XXIII, R. 2, Second proviso.---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Petition for leave to appeal in a criminal matter filed before the Supreme Court---Condonation of delay---Sufficient cause, determinati…
2021 PLD 937 SUPREME-COURT
Mst. KHAIRAN BIBI VS Mst. HASEENA ATTA S. 5---Supreme Court Rules, 1980, O.XII, R.2---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 185(2)(d) & 185(3)---Condonation of delay---Grounds---Petition for leave to appeal filed before the Supreme Court instead…
2021 PLD 940 SUPREME-COURT
COMMISSIONER INLAND REVENUE, MULTAN ZONE, RTO, MULTAN VS FALAH UD DIN QURESHI O. I, R. 2 & O. IV, Rr. 2, 6, 15, 22, 26, 30, 31 & 32---advocate-on-Record ("aOR")---Responsibilities/duties towards the client and the Supreme Court stated.
2021 PLD 373 SUPREME-COURT
Khawaja BASHIR AHMED AND SONS PVT. LTD. VS MARTRADE SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT O.XXIII, R. 1---Withdrawal of suit with permission to file fresh suit, application for---Scope---Where the plaintiff had applied for the withdrawal of his suit or ha…
2021 PTD 11 SUPREME-COURT
The COMMISSIONER INLAND REVENUE VS The SECRETARY REVENUE DIVISION Second Sched. Pt. I, Cl. 126F [since omitted]---Franchisee of mobile company (franchisor) carrying out business in District Nowshera---Payment of commission by franchisor to…
2021 PTD 227 SUPREME-COURT
LIBERTY CAR PARKING (PVT.) LTD. VS COMMISSIONER INLAND REVENUE (EX-COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX/WEALTH TAX), LAHORE S.2(18)---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O.VI, R.14 & O.XXIX, R.1---Wealth Tax Appeals filed by a company without a resolut…
2021 PTD 299 SUPREME-COURT
SHAHID GUL AND PARTNERS VS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, AUDIT-V, RTO, PESHAWAR Ss. 20 & 21---Income from business---Deductible expenses---Burden of proof---Scope---Right has been vested in the taxpayer to claim deductible expenses for…
2021 PTD 379 SUPREME-COURT
LIBERTY CAR PARKING (PVT.) LTD. VS COMMISSIONER INLAND REVENUE (EX-COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX/WEALTH TAX), LAHORE O.VI, R.14 & O. XXIX, R. 1---Wealth Tax Act (XV of 1963), S. 2(18)---Wealth Tax Appeals filed by a company without a resolutio…
2021 PTD 578 SUPREME-COURT
The COMMISSIONER INLAND REVENUE, PESHAWAR VS TARIQ MEHMOOD art.25---Fiscal statute---Discrimination---Reasonable classification--Scope---In the context of article 25 of the Constitution, the courts gave a relatively greater latitude to the…
2021 PTD 639 SUPREME-COURT
COMMISSIONER INLAND REVENUE MULTAN VS Sh. MUHAMMAD AMIN ARSHAD Ss. 39, 122(5) & 182(2)---Income on account of supplies made to a company---Amendment of assessment by Commissioner---"Definite information"---Scope---Respondent-tax payer, who…
2021 PTD 1182 SUPREME-COURT
COMMISSIONER INLAND REVENUE ZONE BAHAWALPUR, REGIONAL TAX OFFICE, BAHAWALPUR VS BASHIR AHMED (DECEASED) Ss. 111(1)(b), 122(1), 122(5) & 122(9)---amendment of deemed assessment order on basis of 'definite information'---Scope---Finding under…
2021 PTD 1315 SUPREME-COURT
The COMMISSIONER IR (LEGAL), RTO, PESHAWAR VS AGE INDUSTRIES (PVT.) LTD., 97-A INDUSTRIAL ESTATE JAMRUD ROAD, PESHAWAR S. 80C & Second Sched., Pt IV, Cl. 9 [as amended by the Finance Act, 1996]---Presumptive tax regime---Finance Act, 1996 a…
2021 PTD 1355 SUPREME-COURT
COMMISSIONER INLAND REVENUE, MULTAN VS ACRO SPINNING AND WEAVING MILLS LTD., MULTAN Ss. 3(1), 3(1a) & 4 [as they existed before the Finance act, 2017]---SRO No. 1125(I)/2011 dated 31-12-2011 (as amended vide SRO No. 491(I)/2016 dated 30-06-…
2021 PTD 1367 SUPREME-COURT
COMMISSIONER INLAND REVENUE ZONE-I, LTU VS MCB BANK LIMITED S. 161---Failure to pay tax collected or deducted---Show cause notice---General and vague Show-Cause Notices issued by tax authorities under S. 161 of Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 by…
2021 PTD 1392 SUPREME-COURT
FATEH YARN (PVT). LTD. FAISALABAD VS COMMISSIONER INLAND REVENUE, FAISALABAD Factual controversy---Superior courts, jurisdiction of---Scope---Superior courts could not engage in factual controversies, however an exception had been carved ou…
2021 PTD 1582 SUPREME-COURT
SUI NORTHERN GAS PIPELINES LIMITED VS COMMISSIONER INLAND REVENUE, LEGAL DIVISION, LARGE TAXPAYERS UNIT Ss. 170 & 171---additional payment for delayed refunds---Scope---Compensation payable to a taxpayer under S. 171 of the Income Tax Ordin…
2021 PTD 1986 SUPREME-COURT
NISHAT MILLS LIMITED VS The COMMISSIONER OF INCOME/ WEALTH TAX, COMPANIES ZONE, FAISALABAD S. 213---Income Tax Ordinance (XXXI of 1979), S. 7 [since repealed]---Guidance to Deputy Commissioner---Scope and meaning of S. 213 of the Income Tax…
2021 PLD 379 SUPREME-COURT
Malik MUNSIF AWAN, ADVOCATE, CHAIRMAN, PAKISTAN JUSTICE PARTY, LAHORE VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Law and Justice, Islamabad arts. 184(3) & 185(3)---Rules of Business, 1973, Sched. Va---appointments made by the Prime Minist…
2021 SCMR 1 SUPREME-COURT
INSPECTOR GENERAL OF PRISON, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PESHAWAR VS HABIB ULLAH Ss. 6(b) & 21-F--- Offence of Zina (Enforcement Of Hudood) Ordinance (VII of 1979), S. 10(3)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 45---Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Prison Rules, 201…
2021 SCMR 5 SUPREME-COURT
ABU BAKAR SIDDIQUE VS State S. 498---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302, 324, 109, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, abetment, rioting armed with deadly weapons, unlawful assembly---Pre-arrest/anticipatory bail, refusal o…
2021 SCMR 7 SUPREME-COURT
Mst. SAMINA RIFFAT VS ROHAIL ASGHAR S. 55---Transfer of Property Act (IV of 1882), S. 54---Agreement to sell immoveable property---Time essence of the contract---Scope---Generally, in respect of sale of immovable property, time was not cons…
2021 SCMR 16 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD ADNAN VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Reappraisal of evidence---Autopsy on the dead body of deceased was conducted with a delay of more than nine hours, for which there was no explanation on record---Complainant in his cross-exam…
2021 SCMR 19 SUPREME-COURT
GHULAM MUHAMMAD VS ZOHRAN BIBI Inheritance---Parda-nasheen and illiterate women---Beneficiary of any transaction involving parda-nasheen and illiterate women had to prove that it was executed with free consent and will of the lady; she was…
2021 SCMR 23 SUPREME-COURT
GHULAM ABBAS VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Reappraisal of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Police station was situated at a distance of just six kilometers from the place of occurrence but the matter was reported wi…
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