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2021 SCMR 1158 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD SHARIF VS MCB BANK LIMITED art. 129(e)---Judicial proceedings---Presumption of correctness---Scope--- Presumption of correctness was attached to judicial proceedings, and strong and unimpeachable evidence was required to rebut such…
2021 SCMR 1158 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD SHARIF VS MCB BANK LIMITED Void order---Limitation against a void order would run from the date of knowledge which had to be explicitly pleaded.
2021 SCMR 1162 SUPREME-COURT
DIRECTOR POSTAL LIFE INSURANCE, LAHORE VS SHAKEEL AHMAD R. 6(a)---Recommendations of the Inquiry Officer---Scope---although the competent authority had the power to disagree with the recommendations of the Inquiry Officer, however, such pow…
2021 SCMR 1162 SUPREME-COURT
DIRECTOR POSTAL LIFE INSURANCE, LAHORE VS SHAKEEL AHMAD R. 4(1)(a)---Negligence in maintaining official record---Penalty of reduction in pay scale by four steps for five years reduced to minor penalty of 'censure'---Inquiry Officer had not…
2021 SCMR 1166 SUPREME-COURT
MAQBOOL AHMED MAHESSAR VS NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU (NAB) S. 9---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Corruption and corrupt practices---Pre-arrest bail---Petitioners, who were arrayed as accused persons in different National Accountab…
2021 SCMR 1166 SUPREME-COURT
MAQBOOL AHMED MAHESSAR VS NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU (NAB) S. 498---Pre-arrest bail, grant of---Scope---Grant of pre-arrest bail in a cognizable/non-bailable offence was a remedy, most extraordinary in the nature of judicial protection,…
2021 PLD 434 SUPREME-COURT
Mst. JAIWANTI BAI VS AMIR CORPORATION S. 37---Immoveable property---Assignment---Scope---Assignment, in cases relating to immoveable property, took place when one party to an existing contract conveyed all the obligations, rights and intere…
2021 PLD 434 SUPREME-COURT
Mst. JAIWANTI BAI VS AMIR CORPORATION S. 12---Contract Act (IX of 1872), S. 51---Transfer of Property Act (IV of 1882), S. 54---Specific performance of agreement to sell immoveable property---Scope---Specific performance could be sought by…
2021 PLD 434 SUPREME-COURT
Mst. JAIWANTI BAI VS AMIR CORPORATION S. 54---Contract Act (IX of 1872), S. 37---Immoveable property---Forward contracts---Forward transferee---Supreme Court observed that it was common usage and custom in real estate, construction and buil…
2021 PLD 434 SUPREME-COURT
Mst. JAIWANTI BAI VS AMIR CORPORATION art. 113---Specific Relief act (I of 1877), S. 12---agreement to sell immoveable property---No time for performance mentioned in agreement---Suit for specific performance of such agreement---Limitation…
2021 PLD 434 SUPREME-COURT
Mst. JAIWANTI BAI VS AMIR CORPORATION S. 50(1), first and second proviso---Transfer of Property Act (IV of 1882), S. 54---Specific Relief Act (I of 1877), S. 12---Unregistered instrument---Prior in time to registered instrument---Rights of…
2021 PLD 434 SUPREME-COURT
Mst. JAIWANTI BAI VS AMIR CORPORATION S. 54---Contract Act (IX of 1872), S. 55---Agreement to sell immoveable property---Time, essence of the contract---Scope---Generally in a sale of immoveable property, time was not the essence of the con…
2021 SCMR 1168 SUPREME-COURT
KHALILULLAH KAKAR VS PROVINCIAL POLICE OFFICER, BALOCHISTAN arts. 199 & 212(3)---Balochistan Service Tribunals act (V of 1974), S. 3(2)---Issue of joint seniority list of Deputy Superintendents of Police ('DSPs')---Matter relating to the te…
2021 SCMR 1168 SUPREME-COURT
KHALILULLAH KAKAR VS PROVINCIAL POLICE OFFICER, BALOCHISTAN art. 199---Constitutional jurisdiction of High Court---Scope---Constitutional jurisdiction (of the High Court) was extraordinary in its scope, it had to be exercised sparingly---Ju…
2021 SCMR 1168 SUPREME-COURT
KHALILULLAH KAKAR VS PROVINCIAL POLICE OFFICER, BALOCHISTAN R. 2(b)--- Balochistan Police Act (X of 2011), S. 3--- Balochistan Police Force--- Separate seniority lists prepared for Deputy Superintendents of Police ('DSPs') belonging to diff…
2021 SCMR 1176 SUPREME-COURT
Ex-PA 43620 Lt. ASIM BASHIR VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN Ss. 302(b) & 496B---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S.549---Pakistan Army Act (XXXIX of 1952), Ss. 94 & 95---Qatl-i-amd, fornication---Reappraisal of evidence---Delivery to military…
2021 SCMR 1176 SUPREME-COURT
Ex-PA 43620 Lt. ASIM BASHIR VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN Ss. 60(b) & 97---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 185(3) & 199---Finding/sentence recorded by Field General Court Martial---Judicial review---Scope---Settled parameters to examine the vir…
2021 SCMR 1176 SUPREME-COURT
Ex-PA 43620 Lt. ASIM BASHIR VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN Ss. 302(b) & 496B---Pakistan Army Act (XXXIX of 1952), S. 93---Qatl-i-amd, fornication---Reappraisal of evidence---Field General Court Martial---Venue---Accused was presented before a Fi…
2021 SCMR 1182 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 SCMR 1192 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD AMEER alias KALI VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Reappraisal of evidence---State of affairs between the families of the complainant and the accused party, as reflected in their cross examination, unmistakably pointed towards a tr…
2021 SCMR 1195 SUPREME-COURT
PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through Secretary, Finance Department, Civil Secretariat, Lahore VS ATTA MUHAMMAD ZAFAR Scope---Locus poenitentiae was the power of receding till a decisive step was taken, but it was not a principle of law that an order…
2021 SCMR 1195 SUPREME-COURT
PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through Secretary, Finance Department, Civil Secretariat, Lahore VS ATTA MUHAMMAD ZAFAR Pension ---Voluntary opting for revised pay and pension package---Estoppel from claiming additional benefits granted to those who had…
2021 SCMR 1204 SUPREME-COURT
GHAYASUDDIN SHAHANI VS AKHTAR HUSSAIN advertisement for a post---Terms of advertisement---Scope---Whatever the terms of the advertisement were, the appointments must follow the criterion as disclosed therein without any departure so that no…
2021 SCMR 1204 SUPREME-COURT
GHAYASUDDIN SHAHANI VS AKHTAR HUSSAIN Posts of vaccinators (BPS-6)-- Appointment process---Selection of candidates on union-wise basis instead of district or provincial level---Legality---Basic purpose of (selecting vaccinators for the) Exp…
2021 SCMR 1204 SUPREME-COURT
GHAYASUDDIN SHAHANI VS AKHTAR HUSSAIN Posts of vaccinators (BPS-6)---Qualifications for candidates---Recruitment process---High Court in the impugned judgment the High Court had addressed all the issues those were brought forth in the recru…
2021 SCMR 1210 SUPREME-COURT
SHAHID SHAFIQ ALAM FARIDI VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN S. 9---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Corruption and corrupt practices--- Bail, grant of---Unconscionable delay in conclusion of trial---Principle of consistency---One of the co-accu…
2021 SCMR 1212 SUPREME-COURT
NOOR KHAN VS State Ss. 9(c) & 51---Possession of 1320 grams of cannabis---Bail, refusal of---Accused was caught red-handed with considerable quantity of contraband, which squarely brought his case within the remit of 'Prohibition, contempla…
2021 SCMR 1213 SUPREME-COURT
ALLIED BANK LIMITED VS ZULFIQAR ALI SHAR S.O. 12(3)---Termination of employment in simpliciter---Scope---Reinstatement in service---Scope---In exercise of powers under S.O. 12(3) of the Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Orders)…
2021 SCMR 1213 SUPREME-COURT
ALLIED BANK LIMITED VS ZULFIQAR ALI SHAR Ordinary meaning and usage of words---Scope---In constructing and interpreting statutes, the Court first had to look at the language of the law and interpret the same in accordance with the ordinary…
2021 SCMR 1213 SUPREME-COURT
ALLIED BANK LIMITED VS ZULFIQAR ALI SHAR S.O. 12(3)---Termination of employment in simpliciter---Scope---Employee convicted and sentenced for a criminal offence subsequently acquitted by the Appellate Court---Employer terminating services o…
2021 SCMR 1213 SUPREME-COURT
ALLIED BANK LIMITED VS ZULFIQAR ALI SHAR S.O. 12(3)---Termination of employment in simpliciter---Scope---Employee convicted and sentenced for a criminal offence subsequently acquitted by the Appellate Court---Employer terminating services o…
2021 SCMR 1225 SUPREME-COURT
NOOR ASLAM VS State S. 497(5)---Bail, recalling of---Scope---Grant of bail was a discretionary relief, however, exercise of discretion must be structured on sound judicial considerations, objectively deducible from the record of the case, p…
2021 SCMR 1225 SUPREME-COURT
NOOR ASLAM VS State S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S. 324---Attempt to commit qatl-i-amd---Bail, refusal of---Complainant's miraculous survival despite massive damage to his epigastrium region, confirmed by medical examination shortly a…
2021 SCMR 1227 SUPREME-COURT
Syeda SUMERA ANDLEEB VS State S. 497---Bail, grant of---Scope---Registration of other cases similar to the one alleged---Effect---Mere registration of (other similar) criminal cases did not deprive a person from grant of bail, if he/she was…
2021 SCMR 1227 SUPREME-COURT
Syeda SUMERA ANDLEEB VS State S. 497--- Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S. 489-F---Dishonestly issuing a cheque---Bail, grant of---Female accused---Maintaining joint account with the main accused---Admittedly the accused lady was maintaining a jo…
2021 SCMR 1230 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL HAMEED VS WATER AND POWER DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY S. 4---Limitation Act (IX of 1908), Ss. 3 & 5---Service appeal involving a financial claim from an employee---Limitation---Condonation of delay---Scope---Principle that where a claim inv…
2021 SCMR 1230 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL HAMEED VS WATER AND POWER DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Special WAPDA allowance---Category of employees entitled to the allowance and date from which such allowance took effect---Policy matter---Non-interference by superior Courts---Scope---W…
2021 SCMR 1230 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL HAMEED VS WATER AND POWER DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY arts. 199 & 185(3)---Policy decisions of a competent authority---Non-interference by superior Courts---Scope---Court's role was not to interfere in policy decisions, unless it was manife…
2021 SCMR 1230 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL HAMEED VS WATER AND POWER DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY arts. 184 & 185---Judgments/orders of the Supreme Court---Scope---When there was a categorical pronouncement of the Supreme Court, which was specific in nature, the same could not be exp…
2021 SCMR 1241 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD YOUSAF VS ALLAH DITTA S. 41---Specific Relief act (I of 1877), S. 27(b)---Bona fide purchaser for valuable consideration without notice---Scope---agreement to sell immoveable property---Vendee failing to pay balance consideration w…
2021 SCMR 1241 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD YOUSAF VS ALLAH DITTA S. 2(h)---Contract---Terms---Courts cannot rewrite the terms of a contract.
2021 SCMR 1241 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD YOUSAF VS ALLAH DITTA S. 12---Transfer of Property Act (IV of 1882), S. 54---Suit seeking specific performance of contract for the sale of immoveable property---Such suit was a simple suit wherein to succeed the plaintiff was requi…
2021 SCMR 1241 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD YOUSAF VS ALLAH DITTA S. 12---Transfer of Property Act (IV of 1882), S. 54---Agreement to sell immoveable property---Failure to pay balance consideration within stipulated time---Effect---Only obligation on the plaintiff/buyer was…
2021 SCMR 1246 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Establishment Division, Islamabad VS MUHAMMAD ISMAIL Statutes/notifications/executive and administrative orders---Operated prospectively unless retrospective operation was expressly provided for ther…
2021 SCMR 1246 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Establishment Division, Islamabad VS MUHAMMAD ISMAIL Policy providing quota for employing children of Government employees, who died in service---Prospective effect---Respondent's father died in the…
2021 SCMR 1249 SUPREME-COURT
FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through General Manager/ Operations Pakistan Railways, Headquarters Office, Lahore VS SHAH MOHAMMAD Civil servant charged for a criminal offence---Concurrent departmental and criminal proceedings---Permissibility---In…
2021 SCMR 1249 SUPREME-COURT
FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through General Manager/ Operations Pakistan Railways, Headquarters Office, Lahore VS SHAH MOHAMMAD Pension, right of---Scope---Government servant, who retired from service qualifying for retirement benefits, includin…
2021 SCMR 1249 SUPREME-COURT
FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through General Manager/ Operations Pakistan Railways, Headquarters Office, Lahore VS SHAH MOHAMMAD Pension, stoppage of---Conviction in a criminal case---Right to hold or withdraw pension---Scope---Respondent was emp…
2021 SCMR 1257 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 SCMR 1263 SUPREME-COURT
HUSSAIN AHMED VS State S. 497(2) --- Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Bail, grant of----Further inquiry---Manipulation/ tampering of police diaries---Rule of consistency---No specific role had been asc…
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