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2021 SCMR 624 SUPREME-COURT
PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through Secretary Communication and Works Department, Lahore VS YASIR MAJEED SHEIKH arts. 25 & 199---Right of easement---Question of discrimination---Respondent installed a petrol pump and was given access from the main r…
2021 SCMR 624 SUPREME-COURT
PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through Secretary Communication and Works Department, Lahore VS YASIR MAJEED SHEIKH art. 199---Constitutional jurisdiction of the High Court---Scope---In cases based upon factual propositions, extraordinary writ jurisdict…
2021 SCMR 624 SUPREME-COURT
PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through Secretary Communication and Works Department, Lahore VS YASIR MAJEED SHEIKH art. 199---Constitutional jurisdiction of the High Court---Scope---alternate remedy, availability of---Where the law had provided an adeq…
2021 SCMR 629 SUPREME-COURT
HAIDER 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---Bail, grant of---Further inquiry---Divergent stance of…
2021 SCMR 630 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA VS LIAQUAT ALI Ss. 2(b) & 3---Contract employee---Regularization in service---Appointment contract containing the term that contract employee could not seek regularization in service---Held, that language of…
2021 SCMR 630 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA VS LIAQUAT ALI Ss. 2(b) & 3---Contract employee---Regularization in service---Respondent was employed on contract basis as an Electrician in the Benevolent Fund Cell of Provincial Administration Department,…
2021 SCMR 630 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA VS LIAQUAT ALI Nobody should be allowed to benefit from their own default.
2021 SCMR 637 SUPREME-COURT
PESCO, WAPDA HOUSE VS ISHFAQ KHAN S. 48(4)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Labour Court, jurisdiction of---Scope---Policy, notification or an executive order---Power to strike down a policy, notification or an executive order if it i…
2021 SCMR 637 SUPREME-COURT
PESCO, WAPDA HOUSE VS ISHFAQ KHAN S. 37(1)---Grievance petition---Competency---Promotion policy of an organization/authority---Grievance petition would only be competent if the grievance was with regard to a 'right guaranteed under law, set…
2021 SCMR 637 SUPREME-COURT
PESCO, WAPDA HOUSE VS ISHFAQ KHAN If an order was void, without jurisdiction, ultra vires and passed in disregard of the law, any superstructure raised over it would automatically fall to the ground and it could not be sustained in the eyes…
2021 SCMR 637 SUPREME-COURT
PESCO, WAPDA HOUSE VS ISHFAQ KHAN S. 48(4)---Labour Court, jurisdiction of---Scope--- Promotion policy of Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO)---Respondents, who were working as regular Upper Technical Subordinate (UTS) in PESCO/appella…
2021 SCMR 642 SUPREME-COURT
SADDARUDDIN VS SULTAN KHAN S. 54---Sale of immoveable property---Proof---Mere prolonged possession even coupled with title documents by itself did not establish the claim of ownership unless the sale was established.
2021 SCMR 642 SUPREME-COURT
SADDARUDDIN VS SULTAN KHAN S. 54---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O. VI, R. 1---Oral sale agreement for immoveable property---Pleadings---Scope---In cases where the sale was pleaded through oral agreement, the terms and conditions which…
2021 SCMR 642 SUPREME-COURT
SADDARUDDIN VS SULTAN KHAN S. 42---Suit for declaration---Oral sale agreement for immoveable property---Proof---Plaintiff-appellant had neither detailed the material contents of the sale agreement in the plaint nor the fact that the said or…
2021 SCMR 642 SUPREME-COURT
SADDARUDDIN VS SULTAN KHAN O. VI, R. 1---Pleadings---Scope---Parties were required to lead evidence in consonance with their pleadings---No evidence could be laid or looked into in support of a plea which had not been taken in the pleadings…
2021 SCMR 645 SUPREME-COURT
ABID HUSSAIN VS SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF DEFENCE, GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN Ordinary meaning of a provision---Scope---Any provision of law had to be given its ordinary meanings in ordinary circumstances unless and until it interpreted a differen…
2021 SCMR 645 SUPREME-COURT
ABID HUSSAIN VS SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF DEFENCE, GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN Order which was vague, without jurisdiction or illegal---To challenge such an order litigant must approach the competent court of law within the time prescribed by law--…
2021 SCMR 645 SUPREME-COURT
ABID HUSSAIN VS SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF DEFENCE, GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN O. XXVI, R. 1---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 188---Review jurisdiction of the Supreme Court---Scope---Review jurisdiction vested in the Supreme Court under Art. 188 of…
2021 SCMR 645 SUPREME-COURT
ABID HUSSAIN VS SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF DEFENCE, GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN Ss. 4(viii), 4(xi) & 71---Civil offence committed by an 'airman'---Dismissal from service with rigorous imprisonment---Field General Court Martial, jurisdiction of---Exp…
2021 SCMR 655 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD RAMZAN VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Reappraisal of evidence---Perusal of record showed that the deceased, when still alive, was brought to the hospital by individuals other than those mentioned in the crime report---Entire fam…
2021 SCMR 658 SUPREME-COURT
SALMAN ABRO VS GOVERNMENT OF SINDH Ss. 200 & 203---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302, 324, 427, 201 & 149---Anti-Terrorism Act (XXVII of 1997), Ss. 6 & 7---Private complaint, dismissal of---In the first round of litigation, a stranger to th…
2021 SCMR 662 SUPREME-COURT
QAISAR MEHMOOD VS State Evidence---'adequacy', 'reliability' and 'standard of proof'---No empirical parameters existed to characterize reliability of a particular piece of evidence, either as strong or weak, for the purpose of prosecution o…
2021 SCMR 662 SUPREME-COURT
QAISAR MEHMOOD VS State Ss. 364-a & 302(b)---Offence of Zina (Enforcement Of Hudood) Ordinance (VII of 1979), S. 10(4)---Kidnapping, rape and qatl-i-amd of a minor---Reappraisal of evidence---Prosecution has relied upon a chain of circumsta…
2021 SCMR 667 SUPREME-COURT
SABOOR KHAN VS CHAIRMAN WAPDA, WAPDA HOUSE. LAHORE S. 4(1)(a)---Service Appeal filed before the Federal Service Tribunal without waiting for the prescribed 90 days period to expire after filing of departmental appeals---Competency---Such Se…
2021 SCMR 667 SUPREME-COURT
SABOOR KHAN VS CHAIRMAN WAPDA, WAPDA HOUSE. LAHORE Rr. 4(1)(b)(iii), 4(1)(b)(iv) & 6---Security guards (petitioners) deliberately causing injuries to their senior---'Removal from service'---During the departmental proceedings, both the peti…
2021 SCMR 673 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA VS SHAHZAD IQBAL Ss. 2(b) & 3---Project employees seeking regularization in service---Respondents were appointed on contractual basis in Provincial Skill Development Centers by the Technology Up Gradation an…
2021 SCMR 678 SUPREME-COURT
UNIVERSITY OF MALAKAND VS Dr. ALAM ZEB Regln. 27---Service Rules of University of Malakand, R. 89---Contract basis lecturers subsequently regularized in service---Study leave abroad---Entitlement to payment of salary during the period abroa…
2021 SCMR 678 SUPREME-COURT
UNIVERSITY OF MALAKAND VS Dr. ALAM ZEB Statutory obligation/right---Scope---No estoppel existed against a law---Inherent power and doctrine of estoppel could not be applied to defeat the provisions of statute---As a rule of evidence estoppe…
2021 SCMR 684 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD HANIF VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Shariat appeal---Reappraisal of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Deceased-lady was survived by five married sons, who admittedly resided in the same household, therefore, it was surprising that…
2021 SCMR 686 SUPREME-COURT
INAYATULLAH KHAN VS SHABIR AHMAD KHAN S. 52---Transfer of property pending suit relating thereto---Scope---Suit filed by plaintiff seeking specific performance of purported agreement to sell after property already sold by owner to a third p…
2021 SCMR 686 SUPREME-COURT
INAYATULLAH KHAN VS SHABIR AHMAD KHAN S. 27(b)---Parties against whom decree for specific performance may not be issued---Scope---Decree for specific performance may not be issued in respect of transferees for value who paid the sellers in…
2021 SCMR 686 SUPREME-COURT
INAYATULLAH KHAN VS SHABIR AHMAD KHAN S. 12--- Suit for specific performance of agreement to sell immoveable property--- Pre-requisites--- Payment of balance consideration in court--- Scope--- Person seeking the specific performance of a co…
2021 SCMR 686 SUPREME-COURT
INAYATULLAH KHAN VS SHABIR AHMAD KHAN S. 41---Transfer by ostensible owner---Scope---Where the transferor was the ostensible owner, the transfer was made by consent express or implied of the real owner, the transfer was for consideration, t…
2021 SCMR 686 SUPREME-COURT
INAYATULLAH KHAN VS SHABIR AHMAD KHAN S. 29---Transfer of Property Act (IV of 1882), S. 54---Agreement to sell immoveable property---Essential ingredients---Uncertainty and vagueness---Scope---Document in question did not describe the land,…
2021 SCMR 699 SUPREME-COURT
DINSHAW HOSHANG ANKLESARIA VS NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU (NAB) S. 497---National Accountability Ordinance (XVIII of 1999), S. 9---Illegal allotment of State land in connivance with government officials---Bail, grant of---Delay in conclu…
2021 SCMR 702 SUPREME-COURT
REGIONAL OPERATION CHIEF, NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN, HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT, REGIONAL OFFICE, SARGODHA VS Mst. NUSRAT PERVEEN S. 4---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 4, 10, 14, 23 & 24---Appeal filed by a civil servant in the Federal Serv…
2021 SCMR 702 SUPREME-COURT
REGIONAL OPERATION CHIEF, NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN, HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT, REGIONAL OFFICE, SARGODHA VS Mst. NUSRAT PERVEEN Pt. II, Chapt. 1---Fundamental Rights under the Constitution---Scope---Such rights did not only protect and saf…
2021 SCMR 702 SUPREME-COURT
REGIONAL OPERATION CHIEF, NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN, HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT, REGIONAL OFFICE, SARGODHA VS Mst. NUSRAT PERVEEN S. 5---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), Preamble---Proceedings before the Service Tribunal---Civil Procedure C…
2021 SCMR 710 SUPREME-COURT
DIRECTOR GENERAL, DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF TRAINING AND RESEARCH (INLAND REVENUE), LAHORE VS IJAZ YOUNAS S.5---Federal Service Tribunal ('the Tribunal'), powers of---Scope---Unauthorized continuous absence from duty---Penalty of dismissal fro…
2021 SCMR 714 SUPREME-COURT
ADMINISTRATOR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, PESHAWAR VS TAIMUR HUSSAIN AMIN S. 3---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 128 & 140A---Punjab Local Government (Amendment) Ordinance (III of 2021), Preamble---Local Government elections---Whether mala fide…
2021 SCMR 714 SUPREME-COURT
ADMINISTRATOR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, PESHAWAR VS TAIMUR HUSSAIN AMIN arts. 140a & 153---Local Government elections---Council of Common Interest ("CCI")---Delay in conducting Local Government elections---Supreme Court observed that matters o…
2021 SCMR 714 SUPREME-COURT
ADMINISTRATOR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, PESHAWAR VS TAIMUR HUSSAIN AMIN S. 3---Constitutional petition before the Supreme Court challenging dissolution of subsisting local governments in the Province of Punjab before completion of their mandat…
2021 SCMR 714 SUPREME-COURT
ADMINISTRATOR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, PESHAWAR VS TAIMUR HUSSAIN AMIN arts. 140a, 219(d) & 220---Local Government elections---Election Commission, powers of---Scope---Supreme Court observed that the matter of holding local government electio…
2021 SCMR 714 SUPREME-COURT
ADMINISTRATOR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, PESHAWAR VS TAIMUR HUSSAIN AMIN art. 5---Government servant---Obedience and loyalty to the Constitution---Scope---Supreme Court observed that a Government servant's loyalty must always be to the Constitu…
2021 SCMR 726 SUPREME-COURT
ALI ASJAD MALHI VS Ms. Syeda NOSHEEN IFTIKHAR S. 9---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 218(3)---Power of the Election Commission to declare a poll void---Scope---Election Commission was empowered under Art. 218(3) of the Constitution read with…
2021 SCMR 726 SUPREME-COURT
ALI ASJAD MALHI VS Ms. Syeda NOSHEEN IFTIKHAR S. 9---Power of the Election Commission to declare a poll void---Scope---Death of two persons at a polling station---Forty polling stations affected by aerial firing---Presiding Officers of twen…
2021 SCMR 729 SUPREME-COURT
SAMI ULLAH VS State S. 497(2)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 489-B & 489-C---Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit currency-notes---Bail, grant of---Further inquiry---As per contents of FIR, allegation against the accused was that at the…
2021 SCMR 730 SUPREME-COURT
The PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through Secretary, Finance Department, Government of the Punjab, Lahore VS KANWAL RASHID S.18---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 9---Pension, right of---Scope---Right to pension had a constitutional significance; it dre…
2021 SCMR 730 SUPREME-COURT
The PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through Secretary, Finance Department, Government of the Punjab, Lahore VS KANWAL RASHID S. 18(2)---Punjab Civil Services Pension Rules, 1963, R. 4.10---Family pension, entitlement to---Unmarried daughter of deceased…
2021 SCMR 730 SUPREME-COURT
The PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through Secretary, Finance Department, Government of the Punjab, Lahore VS KANWAL RASHID S. 18(2)---Punjab Civil Services Pension Rules, 1963, R. 4.10---Family pension, entitlement to---Unmarried daughter of deceased…
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