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2021 SCMR 352 SUPREME-COURT
MOZAMMAL ABBAS VS State S. 498---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302, 109 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, abetment, common intention--- Pre-arrest bail petition, dismissal of---Accused, who was denied pre-arrest bail by the High Court, did not appear befo…
2021 SCMR 354 SUPREME-COURT
GHAFFAR ALI VS State Ss.302(b) & 324---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S.382-B---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd---Reappraisal of evidence---Sentence, reduction in---Death sentence reduced to imprisonment for life---Mitigating…
2021 SCMR 359 SUPREME-COURT
AFZUL-UR-REHMAN VS State S. 7---Explosive Substances Act (VI of 1908), Ss. 5 & 5-A---Act of terrorism, possession of explosives, detonators and hand grenade---Reappraisal of evidence--- Sentence, reduction in--- Mitigating circumstances---R…
2021 SCMR 363 SUPREME-COURT
QAISER KHAN VS State S. 9(c)---Control of Narcotic Substances (Government Analysts) Rules, 2001, Rr. 4, 5 & 6---Possession of narcotics---Report of Government analyst---Safe custody and transmission of samples of the narcotic from the polic…
2021 SCMR 366 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD MEHBOOB VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Reappraisal of evidence---Default in payment of the money, appeared to have ignited a situation on the fateful day with no previous hostility---During the brawl, comprising of two episodes,…
2021 SCMR 369 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA VS MUHAMMAD KHURSHID S. 4 & Preamble---Land acquisition for construction of a police station---Acquiring authority, powers of---Scope---Property owned by respondents was acquired vide a notification but only…
2021 SCMR 373 SUPREME-COURT
SHAH NAWAZ KHAN VS State S. 9(c)--- Possession and transportation of 12070 grams of cannabis---Reappraisal of evidence---Even if accused's confession purportedly recorded by his own choice when he was already remitted into judicial custody,…
2021 SCMR 375 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 resoluti…
2021 SCMR 380 SUPREME-COURT
GULZAR VS State S. 9(c)---Possession of cannabis---Reappraisal of evidence---Failure to establish safe transmission of samples to the office of the Chemical Examiner---Recovery of narcotic substance was denied by the accused throughout---Pr…
2021 SCMR 381 SUPREME-COURT
GUL MUHAMMAD VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Reappraisal of evidence---Extra-judicial confession before police---Admissibility---Trial Court had relied upon the extra judicial confession of accused persons which wa…
2021 SCMR 387 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD EJAZ VS State art. 10-a---Criminal trial---Due process---Scope---accused was certainly entitled to "due process of law" and a meaningful opportunity to contest the indictment with a view to vindicate his position; the prosecution a…
2021 SCMR 391 SUPREME-COURT
SARDAR MUHAMMAD VS IMAM BAKHSH (DECEASED) S. 172(2)(xvi)--- Proceedings before Revenue Officers/Revenue Courts---Nature---Deputy District Officer (Revenue) cancelling a sale mutation carried out in jalsa-e-aam in the presence of witnesses o…
2021 SCMR 395 SUPREME-COURT
SHABAN AKHTAR VS State Ss. 365-a & 302(b)---anti-Terrorism act (XXVII of 1997), S. 7(e)---Kidnapping for ransom, qatl-i-amd---Reappraisal of evidence---One of the witnesses who had allegedly last seen the deceased-child in the company of ac…
2021 SCMR 400 SUPREME-COURT
DIVISIONAL SUPERINTENDENT, POSTAL SERVICES, FAISALABAD VS MUHAMMAD ZAFARULLAH S. 5--- Federal Service Tribunal ('the Tribunal'), powers of---Scope---Penalty of dismissal from service imposed upon civil servant (respondent) by the department…
2021 SCMR 404 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD YASEEN VS State S. 7(a)--- Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302(b) & 148---Kidnapping, qatl-i-amd, rioting armed with deadly weapons---Reappraisal of evidence---Condition of corpse casting doubts over its identification---Recovered de…
2021 SCMR 408 SUPREME-COURT
UTILITY STORE CORPORATION OF PAKISTAN VS State 'Burden of proof' and 'standard of proof'---Scope---Prosecution was never absolved from proving the charge beyond reasonable doubt and the burden shifted to the accused only when the prosecutio…
2021 SCMR 415 SUPREME-COURT
SAJJAD AHMAD KHAN VS MUHAMMAD SALEEM ALVI art. 79---Proof of execution of document required by law to be attested---Requirement of two attesting witnesses---Scope---Provisions of art. 79 of the Qanun-e-Shahadat, 1984 were applicable only in…
2021 SCMR 420 SUPREME-COURT
The DISTRICT POLICE OFFICER, MIANWALI VS AMIR ABDUL MAJID Concurrent disciplinary and criminal proceedings against a civil servant---Acquittal in criminal proceedings---Whether such acquittal could be a ground for reinstatement in service--…
2021 SCMR 425 SUPREME-COURT
Syed IQBAL HUSSAIN SHAH GILLANI VS PAKISTAN BAR COUNCIL through Secretary, Supreme Court Bar Building, Islamabad art. 199 & Pt. II, Chapt. 1---Constitutional jurisdiction of the High Court---Enforcement of Fundamental Rights under the Const…
2021 SCMR 431 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD RIAZ HUSSAIN VS ZAHOOR UL HASSAN S. 12---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), S. 96(3)---Specific performance of agreement to sell immoveable property---Time period for payment of balance consideration---Vendee challenging consent dec…
2021 SCMR 431 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD RIAZ HUSSAIN VS ZAHOOR UL HASSAN S. 96(3) & O.XLIII, R. (1)(m)-- Decree passed by court with consent of parties---Such decree was not appealable on merits, however, where a party either disputed the very fact that an order was pass…
2021 SCMR 437 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 SCMR 440 SUPREME-COURT
The COMMISSIONER INLAND REVENUE, PESHAWAR VS TARIQ MEHMOOD Right of appeal---Scope---Such right was a substantive right, which had to be conferred by statute.
2021 SCMR 440 SUPREME-COURT
The COMMISSIONER INLAND REVENUE, PESHAWAR VS TARIQ MEHMOOD Ss. 122C [since omitted] & 127(1) [as amended by the Finance Act (XVII of 2012) and before its amendment by the Finance Act (XXVII of 2017)]---Finance Act (XVII of 2012), S. 15(25)-…
2021 SCMR 440 SUPREME-COURT
The COMMISSIONER INLAND REVENUE, PESHAWAR VS TARIQ MEHMOOD Ss. 121, 122C [since omitted] & 127 [as amended by the Finance Act (XXVII of 2017), the Finance Act (XVII of 2012), Finance Act (XVI of 2011) and Finance Act (XVI of 2010)]---Best j…
2021 SCMR 440 SUPREME-COURT
The COMMISSIONER INLAND REVENUE, PESHAWAR VS TARIQ MEHMOOD art. 25---Discrimination---Reasonable classification---Scope---article 25 of the Constitution allowed for reasonable classification, which was one that was based on intelligible dif…
2021 SCMR 440 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 SCMR 449 SUPREME-COURT
KAMRAN ATTAULLAH VS State S. 498---anticipatory bail, grant of---Scope and grounds---accused in a criminal case could not be granted anticipatory bail to subvert or undermine investigative procedure/process that essentially included arrest…
2021 SCMR 449 SUPREME-COURT
KAMRAN ATTAULLAH VS State S. 498---Prevention of Corruption act (II of 1947), S. 5(2)---anticipatory bail, refusal of---Financial scam---During the inquiry, incriminatory statements of various witnesses were forensically confirmed from the…
2021 SCMR 451 SUPREME-COURT
Mst. SAKINA RAMZAN VS State S. 9(c)---Possession and transportation of 45 kilograms of charas---Reappraisal of evidence---Safe custody and transmission of samples of the narcotic from the warehouse to the chemical examiner not established--…
2021 SCMR 451 SUPREME-COURT
Mst. SAKINA RAMZAN VS State Rr. 4, 5 & 6---Control of Narcotic Substances Act (XXV of 1997), S. 9(c)---Possession of narcotics---Report of Chemical Examiner---Safe custody and transmission of samples of the narcotic from the police to the c…
2021 SCMR 455 SUPREME-COURT
LIAQAT ALI VS State S. 302(b)---anti-Terrorism act (XXVII of 1997), S. 7---Statements of prosecution witnesses, reliance upon---Scope---Witnesses found to be false in some material aspect were not to be relied upon to the extent of the othe…
2021 SCMR 455 SUPREME-COURT
LIAQAT ALI VS State Ss. 7(a), 7(c) & 21-I---Act of terrorism---Reappraisal of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Same set of evidence/witness statements forming basis of acquittal of co-accused persons used to convict accused persons without any…
2021 SCMR 460 SUPREME-COURT
BILAL KHAN VS State Ss. 9(c) & 51---Possession and transportation of 1200 grams of amphetamine---Bail, refusal of---Accused was arrested red-handed with a considerable quantity of lethal contraband, which was confirmed by a positive forensi…
2021 SCMR 461 SUPREME-COURT
MANZOOR ELAHI VS PRESIDENT UBL S. 5(1)---Service Tribunal, judgment of---Non-implementation of judgment by the employer---Abatement of judgments of the Tribunal in view of the case reported as Muhammad Mubeen-us-Salam v. Federation of Pakis…
2021 SCMR 468 SUPREME-COURT
JAMAL KHAN VS SECRETARY HOME DEPARTMENT Ss. 22-a & 22-B---Thumb impression on an arbitration agreement---Petitioner claiming that the said thumb marks were not his; the arbitration instrument was fake and forged, therefore, directions shoul…
2021 SCMR 470 SUPREME-COURT
AHMAD ALI VS State S. 497(2)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302, 324, 148, 149 & 201---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, rioting armed with deadly weapons, unlawful assembly, causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving…
2021 SCMR 471 SUPREME-COURT
TARIQ MEHMOOD VS State Ss. 302(b) & 324---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd---Reappraisal of evidence---Prosecution's failure on motive, given the number and diverse background of the assailants, could not be viewed as entirely witho…
2021 SCMR 471 SUPREME-COURT
TARIQ MEHMOOD VS State Ss. 302(b) & 324---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd---Reappraisal of evidence---Witness statements/evidence disbelieved with respect to majority of the co-accused persons, relied upon by the High Court and Tri…
2021 SCMR 474 SUPREME-COURT
SHAKEEL AHMAD ZAIDI VS SECRETARY, HIGHER EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB, LAHORE applicability and exception---Benefit/allowance paid under a mistake, recovery of---Only where lawful orders had been passed by an authority having the power t…
2021 SCMR 474 SUPREME-COURT
SHAKEEL AHMAD ZAIDI VS SECRETARY, HIGHER EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB, LAHORE Locus poenitentiae, principle of---Applicability and exception---Special Allowance paid to employees through an unlawful order, when they were not entitled for…
2021 SCMR 479 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD KAMRAN VS State S. 365-a---anti-Terrorism act (XXVII of 1997), S. 7(a)---Kidnapping or abduction for ransom---Reappraisal of evidence---accused was nominated for the offence after more than two years of the incident through a suppl…
2021 SCMR 483 SUPREME-COURT
CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY VS Rana MUNAWAR KHAN Ss. 42 & 54---Suit for declaration and permanent injunction---Allotment letter, interpretation of---Allotment of plot on installments---Installments delayed by purchaser due to non-removal…
2021 SCMR 488 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD FARHAN alias IRFAN VS State Ss. 302(b), 324, 392, 411 & 34---anti-Terrorism act (XXVII of 1997), S. 7(a)---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, robbery, dishonestly receiving stolen property, common intention---Reappraisal of…
2021 SCMR 492 SUPREME-COURT
ZUBAIR KHAN VS State S. 9(c)---Possession and transportation of 80 kilograms of charas---Reappraisal of evidence---Safe custody and transmission of samples of the narcotic from the police to the chemical examiner not established---Duplicate…
2021 SCMR 492 SUPREME-COURT
ZUBAIR KHAN VS State R. 6---Possession of narcotics---Duplicate forensic report/Report of Government analyst---Such duplicate forensic report was inadmissible in evidence.
2021 SCMR 494 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA VS SHER ALI S. 3---Contract employees---Reinstatement and regularization in service---Respondents were contract employees of a Shrine ("the Shrine") and a Library ("the Library")---Both the Shrine and the Li…
2021 SCMR 500 SUPREME-COURT
SHAHEEN IJAZ alias BABU VS State S. 302(b)--- Qatl-i-amd--- Reappraisal of evidence---Plea that an accidental fire shot by the deceased himself during the brawl took his life---Validity---Accused had admitted his presence at the place of in…
2021 SCMR 500 SUPREME-COURT
SHAHEEN IJAZ alias BABU VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Reappraisal of evidence---Incident allegedly took place in the backdrop of complaints by the deceased over discharge of filthy water from the accused's shop---Such motive appeared to…
2021 SCMR 503 SUPREME-COURT
State VS ALIF REHMAN art. 187(1)---Power of the Supreme Court to issue such directions, orders or decrees as may be necessary for doing complete justice---Scope---Framers of the Constitution while inserting art. 187 of the Constitution had…
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