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2021 SCMR 503 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 SCMR 510 SUPREME-COURT
MEHMOOD QAISAR VS State S. 489-F---Dishonestly issuing a cheque---Reappraisal of evidence---Besides the witnesses, prosecution adduced documentary evidence comprising of photocopies of the impugned cheque and Bank slip, duly verified by the…
2021 SCMR 512 SUPREME-COURT
HUMAN RIGHTS CASE NO. 318 OF 1993 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--…
2021 SCMR 512 SUPREME-COURT
HUMAN RIGHTS CASE NO. 318 OF 1993 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 l…
2021 SCMR 518 SUPREME-COURT
ABID HUSSAIN VS TASSAWAR HUSSAIN Ss. 498 & 497---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 4 & 9---"Pre-arrest" and "post-arrest" bail--- Distinction--- Right to liberty---Scope---Constitution pledged freedom to law abiding citizens; an offender, all…
2021 SCMR 518 SUPREME-COURT
ABID HUSSAIN VS TASSAWAR HUSSAIN S. 498---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302(b) & 337-D---Qatl-i-amd, jaifah---Pre-arrest bail, cancellation of---Accused had been avoiding process of law ever since registration of the case as was evident fro…
2021 SCMR 522 SUPREME-COURT
Mian KHALID PERVIZ VS State S. 9(c)---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Arts. 46-A, 78-A & 164---Electronic Transactions Ordinance (LI of 2002), Preamble---Possession and transportation of narcotics--- Reappraisal of evidence---Documentary evi…
2021 SCMR 522 SUPREME-COURT
Mian KHALID PERVIZ VS State S. 9(c)---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 164---Possession and transportation of narcotics---Reappraisal of evidence---Call Detail Record (CDR) data---Evidentiary value and admissibility---Mere production of…
2021 SCMR 522 SUPREME-COURT
Mian KHALID PERVIZ VS State S. 9(c)---Possession and transportation of 12 kilograms of charas---Reappraisal of evidence---Accused in his defence contended that a day before the FIR was lodged against him, Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) official…
2021 SCMR 529 SUPREME-COURT
GUL NAWAZ VS RASHID AHMED S. 23---Specific Relief act (I of 1877), S. 12---Constitution of Pakistan, art. 5 & Preamble---Suit for specific performance---agreement to sell immoveable property---Proof---Decision issued by the 'Taliban' (a fun…
2021 PLD 391 SUPREME-COURT
GUL TAIZ KHAN MARWAT VS The REGISTRAR, PESHAWAR HIGH COURT, PESHAWAR arts. 176, 192(1), 199 & 208---Constitutional jurisdiction of the High Court---"But for" test---Scope---Executive, administrative or consultative actions of the Chief Just…
2021 PLD 391 SUPREME-COURT
GUL TAIZ KHAN MARWAT VS The REGISTRAR, PESHAWAR HIGH COURT, PESHAWAR Scope---Said principle, albeit informal and discretionary, was essentially the respect and deference that one Court (or a Judge thereof) showed to another---Purpose of sai…
2021 PLD 391 SUPREME-COURT
GUL TAIZ KHAN MARWAT VS The REGISTRAR, PESHAWAR HIGH COURT, PESHAWAR Right of appeal---Scope---Such right was a creature of the statute and it was not to be assumed that there was a right of appeal in every matter brought before a Court for…
2021 PLD 391 SUPREME-COURT
GUL TAIZ KHAN MARWAT VS The REGISTRAR, PESHAWAR HIGH COURT, PESHAWAR arts. 199 & 203-C---Constitutional jurisdiction of the High Court---Scope---administrative acts or orders of the Judges of the Federal Shariat Court---Such acts or orders…
2021 PLD 391 SUPREME-COURT
GUL TAIZ KHAN MARWAT VS The REGISTRAR, PESHAWAR HIGH COURT, PESHAWAR Constitutional provisions---Casus omissus, doctrine of---Applicability---Doctrine of casus omissus did not apply to Constitutional provisions and nothing could be "reading…
2021 SCMR 531 SUPREME-COURT
ZULFIQAR alias ZULFA VS State Ss. 2(t) & 9(c)---Possession of 15 kilograms of poast/opium---Reappraisal of evidence--- Sentence, reduction in--- Mitigating circumstances---Opium as a narcotic---Definition and nature---As per definition of o…
2021 SCMR 531 SUPREME-COURT
ZULFIQAR alias ZULFA VS State S. 9(c)---Possession of narcotics---Police witnesses---Scope---Police officials were also competent witnesses and their testimony could not be discarded merely for the reasons that they are employees of police…
2021 SCMR 536 SUPREME-COURT
The COMMISSIONER INLAND REVENUE, ZONE-II, LARGER TAXPAYERS UNIT, LAHORE VS KOHINOOR SUGAR MILLS LIMITED Fiscal/taxing statute---Charging provision, interpretation of---Scope---Charing provisions of a fiscal/taxing statute were to be constru…
2021 SCMR 536 SUPREME-COURT
The COMMISSIONER INLAND REVENUE, ZONE-II, LARGER TAXPAYERS UNIT, LAHORE VS KOHINOOR SUGAR MILLS LIMITED S. 12(18)---Deemed income of assessee---Scope---Payment received in 'advance' by assessee for the sale and supply of goods---Whether suc…
2021 SCMR 540 SUPREME-COURT
ABU BAKAR SIDDIQUE alias MUHAMMAD ABU BAKR VS State S. 497(2)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302, 324, 109, 148, 149, 337-F(i), 337-F(iii) & 337-F(iv)---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, abetment, rioting armed with deadly weapons,…
2021 SCMR 542 SUPREME-COURT
GHULAM MUSTAFA VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Reappraisal of evidence---Incident occurred in a residential neighbourhood, located at a distance of 2-1/2 k.m. from the police station, witnessed amongst others, by a witness who claimed to…
2021 SCMR 545 SUPREME-COURT
ASIF ALI VS The INSPECTOR GENERAL, PAKISTAN RAILWAY POLICE, LAHORE Dismissal from service---Accused persons were found guilty of commission of rape and were resultantly dismissed from service after departmental inquiry---Plea of accused per…
2021 SCMR 548 SUPREME-COURT
JAMES CONSTRUCTION COMPANY (PVT.) LTD., LAHORE VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through Secretary Communication and Works, Government of Punjab, Lahore Ss. 20(a) & 20(c)---Territorial jurisdiction of civil courts---Scope---Place of accrual of cause of…
2021 SCMR 552 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD EJAZ VS ABID HUSSAIN S. 497(5)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S. 462-B---Theft of oil by tampering with main petroleum pipeline---Pre-arrest bail, recalling of---Allegation against the accused was that of theft of huge quantity of die…
2021 SCMR 554 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD ZAHID ASLAM VS State S. 498---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S. 420---Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property---Ad-interim bail, confirmation of---Agreement to sell, executed between the complainant and a minor son of acc…
2021 SCMR 554 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD ZAHID ASLAM VS State S. 498---Pre-arrest bail, grant of---Scope and purpose---Grant of pre-arrest bail in a cognizable criminal case was an extraordinary remedy, cautiously granted to protect dignity and honour of a citizen, manife…
2021 SCMR 557 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD DANIYAL FARRUKH ANSARI VS State S. 497---Prevention of Electronic Crimes act (XL of 2016), Ss. 11, 20, 21 & 22---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 34 & 109---Hate speech, offences against dignity and modesty of a natural person and min…
2021 SCMR 558 SUPREME-COURT
SAZCO (PVT.) LTD. VS ASKARI COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED art. 2---Letter of credit---Meaning and scope.
2021 SCMR 558 SUPREME-COURT
SAZCO (PVT.) LTD. VS ASKARI COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED arts. 2, 3, 4, 13 & 14(b)---"Letter of credit"---Salient features---"Independence-autonomy principle" and "strict performance principle"---Meaning and scope.
2021 SCMR 558 SUPREME-COURT
SAZCO (PVT.) LTD. VS ASKARI COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED arts. 2, 3, 4, 13 & 14(b)---Contract act (IX of 1872), S. 182---International sale transaction---"Letter of credit"---Principal-agent relationship between Bank issuing credit (issuing Bank…
2021 SCMR 558 SUPREME-COURT
SAZCO (PVT.) LTD. VS ASKARI COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED arts. 2, 3, 4, 13 & 14(b)---"Letter of credit"---Principles---Scope of 'independence-autonomy principle', 'strict performance principle' and other general principles in relation to documen…
2021 SCMR 558 SUPREME-COURT
SAZCO (PVT.) LTD. VS ASKARI COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED Proof and scope---Fraud vitiated the most solemn of transactions, but proving fraud required strict proof---Onus to prove fraud remained on the asserter---Moreover, not only was the frauds…
2021 SCMR 558 SUPREME-COURT
SAZCO (PVT.) LTD. VS ASKARI COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED arts. 2, 3, 4, 13 & 14(b)---"Letter of credit"---Bills of Lading---allegation of forgery---Dispute between appellant-company and respondent-Bank over irrevocable Letters of Credit ("L.Cs."…
2021 SCMR 584 SUPREME-COURT
DEPUTY POSTMASTER GENERAL, CENTRAL PUNJAB, LAHORE VS HABIB AHMED S. 5(1)---Federal Service Tribunal, powers of---Structured exercise of jurisdiction---Scope---Although the Tribunal had the discretion to interfere in questions of quantum of…
2021 SCMR 584 SUPREME-COURT
DEPUTY POSTMASTER GENERAL, CENTRAL PUNJAB, LAHORE VS HABIB AHMED R. 4(1)(b)(iv)---Service Tribunals Act (LXX of 1973), S. 5 (1)---Misappropriation of public money, breach of trust, inefficiency and misconduct--- Dismissal from service--- Le…
2021 SCMR 590 SUPREME-COURT
PROVINCE OF PUNJAB VS BLOOM PHARMACEUTICALS (PVT.) LIMITED Ss. 22(4) & 22(5)---Reports of Government analysts---Provincial Quality Control Board --- Discretion to allow or reject a request for re-testing---Scope---Question as to whether the…
2021 SCMR 595 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD KHALIQ MANDOKHAIL VS GOVERNMENT OF BALOCHISTAN through Chief Secretary, Civil Secretariat Quetta R. 11---alteration/correction of date of birth in service record---Scope---Civil servant could not seek alteration in his date of birt…
2021 SCMR 595 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD KHALIQ MANDOKHAIL VS GOVERNMENT OF BALOCHISTAN through Chief Secretary, Civil Secretariat Quetta R. 11---alteration/correction of date of birth in service record---Rule 11 of Balochistan Civil Servants (appointment, Promotion and T…
2021 SCMR 595 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD KHALIQ MANDOKHAIL VS GOVERNMENT OF BALOCHISTAN through Chief Secretary, Civil Secretariat Quetta R. 11---alteration/correction of date of birth in service record---Pre-requisites--- While seeking such an alteration/correction, a de…
2021 SCMR 595 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD KHALIQ MANDOKHAIL VS GOVERNMENT OF BALOCHISTAN through Chief Secretary, Civil Secretariat Quetta R. 11---alteration of date of birth in service record---Disallowed---Malafide of Education Board in changing date of birth---academic…
2021 SCMR 600 SUPREME-COURT
PAK GULF CONSTRUCTION (PVT.) LIMITED, THE CENTAURUS MALL, ISLAMABAD VS CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY through Chairman, Islamabad S. 15 & Preamble---Matter regarding different issues plaguing city of Islamabad---Service roads and parking lot…
2021 SCMR 605 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD RIAZ VS Mst. BADSHAH BEGUM O. XVIII, R. 3---Evidence where several issues-- Evidence in rebuttal---Scope---Primary evidence in support of a claim could not be categorized as evidence in rebuttal.
2021 SCMR 605 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD RIAZ VS Mst. BADSHAH BEGUM S. 54---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O. VI, Rr. 2, 3 & appendix a---Contract act (IX of 1872), S. 29---Specific Relief act (I of 1877), Ss. 12 & 21(c)---Oral sale agreement for immoveable property---…
2021 SCMR 609 SUPREME-COURT
SUI SOUTHERN GAS COMPANY LTD. VS ZEESHAN USMANI Contract employees---Such employees had no vested right to claim regularization.
2021 SCMR 609 SUPREME-COURT
SUI SOUTHERN GAS COMPANY LTD. VS ZEESHAN USMANI Contract employees of Sui Southern Gas Company Ltd.---Plea for regularization in service, dismissal of---Admittedly, the respondents were contract employees and their relationship was governed…
2021 SCMR 612 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD IDREES VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Reappraisal of evidence---Statement of doctor, who was an independent witness, regarding shifting of deceased from one hospital to another, which was also confirmed by the post-mortem report…
2021 SCMR 612 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD IDREES VS State Ss. 172(1) & 172(2)---Police diary, contents of---Purpose and admissibility.
2021 SCMR 612 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD IDREES VS State Ss. 4(1)(l), 169, 170, 173(3), 204(1) & Chapt. XIV---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 59---Investigating Officer, opinion of---Admissibility in evidence.
2021 SCMR 621 SUPREME-COURT
FAREED VS State Ss. 316 & 302(b)---Qatl Shibh-i-amd---Reappraisal of evidence---Novus actus interveniens, doctrine of---Not applicable---Though the injuries suffered by the deceased were apparently trivial, but because of fragility of old a…
2021 SCMR 624 SUPREME-COURT
PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through Secretary Communication and Works Department, Lahore VS YASIR MAJEED SHEIKH arts. 18 & 199---Right of easement---Freedom of trade and business---Scope---Questions of fact raised in a Constitutional petition before…
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