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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---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 14(1)---Children of deceased civi…
2021 SCMR 736 SUPREME-COURT
NAJAF ALI SHAH VS State Benefit of doubt---Loopholes in prosecution case---Benefit to the accused---Scope---Once a single loophole was observed in a case presented by the prosecution, such as conflict in the ocular account and medical evide…
2021 SCMR 736 SUPREME-COURT
NAJAF ALI SHAH VS State Benefit of doubt---Scope---For the accused to be afforded the right of benefit of doubt, it was not necessary that there should be many circumstances creating uncertainty---If there was only one doubt, the benefit of…
2021 SCMR 736 SUPREME-COURT
NAJAF ALI SHAH VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Reappraisal of evidence---Admittedly the complainant was the step paternal grandmother of the accused and the step mother of the co-accused---First plea of accused bef…
2021 SCMR 736 SUPREME-COURT
NAJAF ALI SHAH VS State art. 27---First plea of accused---admissible in evidence under art. 27 of the Qanun-e-Shahadat, 1984.
2021 SCMR 743 SUPREME-COURT
Syed AHMAD VS ALI AKBAR Ss. 123 & 129---Registration Act (XVI of 1908), Ss. 17 & 49---Oral gift---Scope---Unregistered gift deed acknowledging the oral gift---Scope---Valid gift could be effected even orally if the formalities prescribed by…
2021 SCMR 747 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA VS Syed SADIQ SHAH art. 199---Judicial review---Scope---Policy matters of Provincial Government---Policy notification of Provincial Government to compensate employees getting disproportionate salary as compa…
2021 SCMR 747 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA VS Syed SADIQ SHAH art. 25---Equality of citizens---Scope---'Reasonable/permissible classification' and intelligible differentia---Scope and meaning.
2021 SCMR 747 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA VS Syed SADIQ SHAH arts. 25 & 38(e)---Dis-proportionality in salary of various classes of employees--- Discrimination--- Scope--- Employees of High Court (BPS 17 to BPS 19) drawing Special Judicial allowance…
2021 SCMR 758 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD ASHRAF VS State Ss. 302(b) & 449---Qatl-i-amd, house-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with death---Reappraisal of evidence---Witnesses who furnished the ocular account were all related to the deceased and were residen…
2021 SCMR 760 SUPREME-COURT
DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOOD FAISALABAD DIVISION, FAISALABAD VS MUHAMMAD TAUQIR SHAH Ss. 2(f), 3, 6(1)(a) & 6(1)(b)---Contract employees regularized in service under the Punjab Regularization of Service Act, 2018 ('the 2018 Act')---Whether regulari…
2021 SCMR 763 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD SHAFIQ ULLAH VS ALLAH BAKHSH (DECEASED) S. 24(b)---Transfer of Property Act (IV of 1882), S. 54---Person for whom contract could not be specifically enforced---Scope---Oral contract for sale of immoveable property---Balance conside…
2021 SCMR 763 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD SHAFIQ ULLAH VS ALLAH BAKHSH (DECEASED) S. 27(b)---Contract Act (IX of 1872), S. 41---Parties against whom decree for specific performance may not be issued---Scope---Oral contract for sale of immoveable property---Land bought in '…
2021 SCMR 763 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD SHAFIQ ULLAH VS ALLAH BAKHSH (DECEASED) S. 54---Oral contract for sale of immoveable property---Proof---Sale consideration/balance consideration--- Oral contract, by its very nature, was difficult to establish---Since the terms of…
2021 SCMR 767 SUPREME-COURT
PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through Secretary Livestock and Dairy Development Department, Government of the Punjab, Lahore VS Dr. JAVED IQBAL S. 3(1)---Contract employee---Regularization in service---Date of regularization of contract employees was…
2021 SCMR 772 SUPREME-COURT
BASHIR AHMAD ANJUM VS MUHAMMAD RAFFIQUE Inheritance---Principles---When a Muslim died, his legal heirs became owners of his estate at the very moment of his death to the extent of their shares as determined by shariah.
2021 SCMR 772 SUPREME-COURT
BASHIR AHMAD ANJUM VS MUHAMMAD RAFFIQUE Proof---Purported gift mutation to deny siblings of inheritance---Subject land was not directly gifted to the petitioner by his deceased father, but was stated to have been gifted to him by a person,…
2021 SCMR 775 SUPREME-COURT
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, MULTAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY LTD, KHANEWAL ROAD, MULTAN VS MUHAMMAD ILYAS art. 199---Judicial review---Scope---Judicial review was the power of the court to examine the actions of the legislative, executive, and ad…
2021 SCMR 775 SUPREME-COURT
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, MULTAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY LTD, KHANEWAL ROAD, MULTAN VS MUHAMMAD ILYAS appointment against vacancy---Directions for appointment issued by the High Court not complied with by the petitioner-company---Whether cont…
2021 SCMR 775 SUPREME-COURT
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, MULTAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY LTD, KHANEWAL ROAD, MULTAN VS MUHAMMAD ILYAS art. 199---Judicial overreach---Scope---When judiciary encroached upon the domain of the Executive, it was said to commit judicial overreach…
2021 SCMR 775 SUPREME-COURT
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, MULTAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY LTD, KHANEWAL ROAD, MULTAN VS MUHAMMAD ILYAS Judge must always stay within the four corners of the law and must not be swayed by emotions or his own understanding of justice, because in…
2021 SCMR 780 SUPREME-COURT
LIAQAT ALI VS State Ss. 302(b), 34 & 459---Qatl-i-amd, common intention, hurt caused, whilst committing lurking house-trespass or house-breaking---Reappraisal of evidence---Complainant and a witness claimed to have taken the deceased to the…
2021 SCMR 785 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD NAEEM KHAN VS PRESIDENT, NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN Promotion---Expiry of penalty period---After the period of penalty of an official had expired, the same did not operate as an impediment in his future prospects of promotion if oth…
2021 SCMR 785 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD NAEEM KHAN VS PRESIDENT, NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN Branch manager of (National) Bank---Negligence and dereliction of duty---Penalty of demotion to one lower grade for a period of three years---Appellant being Branch Manager was res…
2021 SCMR 785 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD NAEEM KHAN VS PRESIDENT, NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN Rr. 3(d), 38 & 39 & appendix-I, Sr. No. 12---Branch manager of a bank---Negligence and dereliction of duty --- Charge sheet, issuance of---authorized officer---Perusal of the appen…
2021 SCMR 795 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD SOHAIL alias SOHAILA VS State Ss. 302, 393 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit robbery, common intention---Reappraisal of evidence---Formal FIR was registered on the same night of the occurrence and as such there was no delay in r…
2021 SCMR 799 SUPREME-COURT
ZAINAB VS State S. 497--- Control of Narcotic Substances Act (XXV of 1997), S. 9(c)---Possession of 6.250 kg of charas---Petition for post-arrest bail---DNA test of suckling baby---Accused lady contended that she was arrested with a two yea…
2021 SCMR 800 SUPREME-COURT
CONTROLLER GENERAL OF ACCOUNTS VS FAZIL AHMAD, DAO EC (C&W DIVISION HANGU) Prospective effect---Scope---Notification which was duly published in the official gazette took effect from the date on which it was published except otherwise provi…
2021 SCMR 800 SUPREME-COURT
CONTROLLER GENERAL OF ACCOUNTS VS FAZIL AHMAD, DAO EC (C&W DIVISION HANGU) R. 3(2)---Controller General of Accounts (Appointment, Functions and Powers) Ordinance (XXIV of 2001), S. 12---Two part departmental examination for promotion to Div…
2021 SCMR 800 SUPREME-COURT
CONTROLLER GENERAL OF ACCOUNTS VS FAZIL AHMAD, DAO EC (C&W DIVISION HANGU) art. 90---Power conferred on the Federal Government in a provision of a statute/Rules---Connotation---Wherever such a power was conferred on the Federal Government,…
2021 SCMR 806 SUPREME-COURT
AKHTAR ALI VS Mst. TAJ MAHAL O. III, Rr. 9 & 10(b)---Chief Justice and Registrar of the Supreme Court---Power to fix cases for hearing---Scope---Power(s) to be exercised by the Chief Justice (of the Supreme Court) or the Registrar (in the m…
2021 SCMR 810 SUPREME-COURT
KHALID MEHMOOD VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Reappraisal of evidence---Presence of alleged eye-witnesses at place of occurrence doubtful---Complainant had not mentioned in her application for registration of FIR that she was also accomp…
2021 SCMR 816 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA VS ZAHOOR AHMED KHALIL Ejusdem generis, rule of---Scope---Provisions of a statute and Rules had tobe read in their context and unless otherwise provided or there were compelling and lawful reasons to do othe…
2021 SCMR 816 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA VS ZAHOOR AHMED KHALIL Sched. I---Examination for Provincial Management Service (PMS) posts---Reserved quota for in-service candidates---Caretakers (BS-11) working in the Chief Minister's Secretariat---Wheth…
2021 SCMR 822 SUPREME-COURT
Sheikh ABDUL RAHEEM VS State S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S. 489-F---Dishonestly issuing a cheque---Bail, grant of---Offence alleged against the accused fell outside the prohibitory clause of S. 497, Cr.P.C., maximum punishment whereo…
2021 SCMR 824 SUPREME-COURT
SHAHZAD SHAHMIR VS GOVERNMENT OF SINDH through Chief Secretary, Karachi art. 242---Civil service---Project posts of BPS-17---Recruitment of Headmaster/Headmistress (BPS-17) initiated by the Provincial Government for an education reform proj…
2021 SCMR 824 SUPREME-COURT
SHAHZAD SHAHMIR VS GOVERNMENT OF SINDH through Chief Secretary, Karachi Project posts---Recruitment of Headmaster/Headmistress (BPS-17) initiated by the Provincial Government for an education reform project---Legality---Petitioners seem to…
2021 SCMR 827 SUPREME-COURT
SHAHID SULTAN DURRANI VS State S. 498---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S. 489-F---Dishonestly issuing a cheque---Pre-arrest bail, grant of---Bail conditional upon payment of disputed amount within a stipulated time---Accused while present in cou…
2021 SCMR 829 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA VS LATIF ULLAH KHAN S. 115---Revisional jurisdiction of the High Court---Scope---Under S. 115 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, the supervisory jurisdiction of the High Court in a civil revision petition…
2021 SCMR 829 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA VS LATIF ULLAH KHAN Posts of Primary School Teachers---Recruitment process---Proposed policy of five extra marks for field experience---Contention of respondent-candidate that he should be appointed against…
2021 SCMR 829 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA VS LATIF ULLAH KHAN Posts of Primary School Teachers---Eligibility criteria---Preference of one diploma over the other---Under the recruitment policy, a Regular Institute of Technical Education (R.I.T.E) dip…
2021 SCMR 834 SUPREME-COURT
D. G. KHAN CEMENT COMPANY LTD. VS GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB through Chief Secretary,Lahore S. 3---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 9 & 14(1)---Restrictions on establishment of industrial undertakings---Zoning of area as 'negative' area---Precauti…
2021 SCMR 834 SUPREME-COURT
D. G. KHAN CEMENT COMPANY LTD. VS GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB through Chief Secretary,Lahore S. 3---Punjab Local Government Act (XVIII of 2013), Ss. 4, 72(2)(a), 77(n), 81(1)(d) & 87(1)(g)---Restrictions on establishment of industrial undertakings…
2021 SCMR 834 SUPREME-COURT
D. G. KHAN CEMENT COMPANY LTD. VS GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB through Chief Secretary,Lahore S. 3---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 18 & 25---Restrictions on establishment of industrial undertakings---Zoning of area as 'negative' area---Whether di…
2021 SCMR 834 SUPREME-COURT
D. G. KHAN CEMENT COMPANY LTD. VS GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB through Chief Secretary,Lahore S. 3(b)---Restrictions on establishment of industrial undertakings---Sustainable development---Scope---Terms 'prejudicial to national interest', 'injuriou…
2021 SCMR 834 SUPREME-COURT
D. G. KHAN CEMENT COMPANY LTD. VS GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB through Chief Secretary,Lahore Preamble---Environmental legal personhood---Concept and scope---Approach of personifying the environment in order to protect and preserve nature and its o…
2021 SCMR 834 SUPREME-COURT
D. G. KHAN CEMENT COMPANY LTD. VS GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB through Chief Secretary,Lahore Preamble---Water justice---Precautionary principle---Scope---In Dubio Pro Natura, principle of---Scope---Approach to be adopted by courts when adjudicatin…
2021 SCMR 834 SUPREME-COURT
D. G. KHAN CEMENT COMPANY LTD. VS GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB through Chief Secretary,Lahore Preamble---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 9 & Preamble---Climate change---'Climate democracy' and 'intergenerational justice'---Concept and scope---Import…
2021 SCMR 834 SUPREME-COURT
D. G. KHAN CEMENT COMPANY LTD. VS GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB through Chief Secretary,Lahore S. 3---Restrictions on establishment of industrial undertakings---Zoning of area as 'positive' or 'negative' area---Scope---Zoning of areas for the purpos…
2021 SCMR 834 SUPREME-COURT
D. G. KHAN CEMENT COMPANY LTD. VS GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB through Chief Secretary,Lahore arts. 184(3) & 199---Scientific and technical data presented to court by Government functionaries---Judicial review---Scope---Courts while reviewing scien…
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