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2021 SCMR 1376 SUPREME-COURT
GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA VS SAEED-UL-HASSAN art. 199---Constitutional jurisdiction of the High Court---Scope---Discretionary jurisdiction under art. 199 of the Constitution could not be exercised in a vacuum; it must be grounded on…
2021 SCMR 1387 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD YAQOOB VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Night time occurrence---Identification of accused---Scope---Darkness by itself did not provide immunity to an offender if the witnesses otherwise succeed to capture/ascertain his identity th…
2021 SCMR 1387 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD YAQOOB VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Murderous assault by a group of assailants sharing common intention---Death sentence, award of---Propriety---Community of intention was a valid concept to entail corporeal consequences, if in the c…
2021 SCMR 1387 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD YAQOOB VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Offences against Property (Enforcement of Hadood) Ordinance (VI of 1979), S. 17---Qatl-i-amd, common intention, haraabah---Murderous assault on police contingent guarding worshippers at a mosque---…
2021 SCMR 1390 SUPREME-COURT
CHIEF SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB, LAHORE VS Ms. SHAMIM USMAN arts. 212 & 199---Punjab Service Tribunals act (IX of 1974), S. 4(1)(b)---Service matters---Terms and conditions of service of a civil servant---Bar of jurisdiction of the Hi…
2021 SCMR 1395 SUPREME-COURT
SUI NORTHERN GAS PIPELINES LTD. VS SAIF TEXTILE MILLS LTD. Ss. 2(c) & 2(j)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Petition for leave to appeal---Textile unit (respondent) powered by natural gas supplied by petitioner-Gas company---Shortf…
2021 SCMR 1398 SUPREME-COURT
DIVISIONAL SUPERINTENDENT POSTAL SERVICES JHANG VS SIDDIQUE AHMED Misappropriation of money orders by forging signatures of payees----Corruption, misconduct and inefficiency---Admission of guilt---Dismissal from service---Service Tribunal c…
2021 SCMR 1398 SUPREME-COURT
DIVISIONAL SUPERINTENDENT POSTAL SERVICES JHANG VS SIDDIQUE AHMED Misappropriation of public money---Dismissal from service---Scope---Misappropriation of amount either meager or huge resulted in breach of trust which was reposed in a govern…
2021 SCMR 1401 SUPREME-COURT
YAR MUHAMMAD KHAN VS SAJJAD ABBAS S. 6---Contract Act (IX of 1872), S. 11---Persons competent to contract---Minors---General power of attorney purportedly executed by persons who were minors at the time of its execution---Property belonging…
2021 SCMR 1401 SUPREME-COURT
YAR MUHAMMAD KHAN VS SAJJAD ABBAS S. 11---Majority Act (XI of 1875), S. 3---Persons competent to contract---Minors---To protect minors and their interests a minor cannot enter into an agreement nor grant a power of attorney to another to do…
2021 SCMR 1409 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD SIDDIQUE VS State Ss. 396 & 34---Offences against Property (Enforcement of Hadood) Ordinance (VI of 1979), S. 17---Dacoity with murder, haraabah---Reappraisal of evidence---Non-voluntary confessional statement subsequently retracte…
2021 SCMR 1413 SUPREME-COURT
RANA BASIT RICE MILLS PRIVATE LIMITED VS SHAHEEN INSURANCE COMPANY S. 122---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O. XXIX, R. 1---Insurance petition, filing of---Authorized person---Scope---No Board Resolution presented before the court authori…
2021 SCMR 1419 SUPREME-COURT
PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through Special Secretary, Specialized Healthcare and Medical Education Department, Lahore VS KHADIM HUSSAIN ABBASI Concurrent departmental proceedings and criminal prosecution---Scope---Acquittal in criminal case---Effec…
2021 SCMR 1419 SUPREME-COURT
PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through Special Secretary, Specialized Healthcare and Medical Education Department, Lahore VS KHADIM HUSSAIN ABBASI S. 5(1)---Quantum of punishment---Provincial Service Tribunal, discretion of---Scope---Although the Servi…
2021 SCMR 1419 SUPREME-COURT
PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through Special Secretary, Specialized Healthcare and Medical Education Department, Lahore VS KHADIM HUSSAIN ABBASI Ss. 4(1)(b)(iv) & 4(1)(b)(iii)---Punjab Service Tribunals Act (IX of 1974), S. 5(1)---Misconduct, absence…
2021 SCMR 1428 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL LATIF VS NOOR ZAMAN S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Reappraisal of evidence---Petition for leave to appeal challenging acquittal---Complainant and witnesses named in FIR not appearing before the court---Conviction based on substituted witnes…
2021 SCMR 1428 SUPREME-COURT
ABDUL LATIF VS NOOR ZAMAN S. 302(b)---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 154---Qatl-i-amd---Witnesses named in FIR substituted with other witnesses not named therein---Effect---First Information Report was not an encyclopedia of prosec…
2021 SCMR 1430 SUPREME-COURT
Haji MUHAMMAD LATIF VS MUHAMMAD SHARIF art. 199---Constitutional jurisdiction of the High Court---Scope---Interim order---In cases where a statute specifically barred the remedy of appeal against an interim order then such statutory command…
2021 SCMR 1430 SUPREME-COURT
Haji MUHAMMAD LATIF VS MUHAMMAD SHARIF S. 22(6)---Leave to contest, refusal of---Rent Tribunal refusing leave to contest filed by tenants but fixing ejectment petitions for production of supporting evidence of the landlord and awarding the…
2021 SCMR 1433 SUPREME-COURT
SECRETARY LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ELECTION RURAL DEVELOPMENT, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA VS MUHAMMAD TARIQ KHAN Contract/project employees---Expiry of tenure of project---Such employees had no vested right of regularization in service.
2021 SCMR 1433 SUPREME-COURT
SECRETARY LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ELECTION RURAL DEVELOPMENT, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA VS MUHAMMAD TARIQ KHAN S. 11---Res-judicata, doctrine of ---Principles relating to doctrine of res-judicata stated.
2021 SCMR 1443 SUPREME-COURT
State VS KHURSHID KHAN S. 9(b)---Possession of cannabis found in a vehicle---Petition for leave to appeal challenging acquittal---Conflicting statements of official witnesses---One of the official witnesses while sticking to his case for a…
2021 SCMR 1446 SUPREME-COURT
ATIF MEHMOOD KIYANI VS SUKH CHAYN PRIVATE LIMITED, ROYAL PLAZA, BLUE AREA, ISLAMABAD Ss. 10 & 151---Stay of suit---Scope---For attracting the application of the provisions of S. 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure 1980 ("C.P.C."), the matter…
2021 SCMR 1446 SUPREME-COURT
ATIF MEHMOOD KIYANI VS SUKH CHAYN PRIVATE LIMITED, ROYAL PLAZA, BLUE AREA, ISLAMABAD S. 126---Contract of guarantee---Bank/insurance guarantee---Encashment---Scope---Bank or insurance guarantee that contained a categorical undertaking and i…
2021 SCMR 1451 SUPREME-COURT
NAZIR JAN VS SAIL KHAN S. 302(b)---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 417 [as amended by the Code of Criminal Procedure (Second Amendment) Act (XX of 1994)]---Qatl-i-amd---Reappraisal of evidence---Petition for leave to appeal challeng…
2021 SCMR 1453 SUPREME-COURT
SUI NORTHERN GAS PIPELINES LIMITED VS COMMISSIONER INLAND REVENUE, LEGAL DIVISION LARGE TAXPAYERS UNIT Ss. 170 & 171---additional payment for delayed refunds---Scope---Compensation payable to a taxpayer under S. 171 of the Income Tax Ordina…
2021 SCMR 1456 SUPREME-COURT
GULSHAN SHAH VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Reappraisal of evidence---Acquittal of co-accused, assigned no role whatsoever, did not cast its shadows to possibly space an exit to the accused, who armed with hatchet fatally stabbed the dec…
2021 SCMR 1458 SUPREME-COURT
AMJID KHAN VS State Ss. 173(1), proviso & 497---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 10A---Bail---Investigation report (challan)---Delay in the submission of investigation report (challan) before Trial Court---Effect--- Unjustifiable delay in the…
2021 SCMR 1458 SUPREME-COURT
AMJID KHAN VS State S. 173(1), proviso---Investigation report (challan)---Delay in the submission of investigation reports (challans) before Trial Court---Plea of prosecution that compliance with S. 173(1), Cr.P.C. was made if the investiga…
2021 SCMR 1461 SUPREME-COURT
GUL ZARIN VS FAZAL KHALIQ Ss. 302(b) & 324---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd---Petition for leave to appeal challenging acquittal---Contentions on behalf of prosecution that in the face of ov…
2021 SCMR 1463 SUPREME-COURT
FAISALABAD ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY LIMITED. VS The FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Finance, Islamabad S. 74---Show cause notice, issuance of---Time barred tax period---Extension in time/condonation of time limit granted by Federal…
2021 SCMR 1466 SUPREME-COURT
Syed HASNAIN HAIDER VS State S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S. 489-F---Dishonestly issuing a cheque---Bail, refusal of---Plea of accused that the dishonored cheques were only issued as a security instrument/surety to settle a family dis…
2021 SCMR 1467 SUPREME-COURT
RAFEED NIAZ VS State S. 497(2)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 324 & 427---Attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees---Bail, grant of---Further inquiry---Deficient medical report---Though the injury…
2021 SCMR 1470 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD DAUD VS Syed ABID ALI S. 302(b)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Qatl-i-amd---Petition for leave to appeal challenging acquittal---Shootout in an educational institution---Contentions on behalf of complainant that both the…
2021 SCMR 1472 SUPREME-COURT
SALEEM KHAN VS State S. 302(b)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Qatl-i-amd---Petitions for leave to appeal challenging acquittal of accused persons---Person who had been injured by receiving a bullet injury in the incident, and thu…
2021 SCMR 1474 SUPREME-COURT
GHULAM ABBAS VS State Ss. 302(b) & 201---Qatl-i-amd, causing disappearance of evidence of offence---Reappraisal of evidence---Accused, who was employed by the co-accused as security guard at his restaurant, was alleged to have shot the dece…
2021 SCMR 1476 SUPREME-COURT
MASVEER AHMED alias AZIZ AHMED VS AZHAR ALI S. 497(5)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 324 & 34---Attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, common intention---Petition for cancellation of bail, dismissal of ---Con…
2021 SCMR 1479 SUPREME-COURT
ILYAS VS WARIS KHAN S. 302(b)---Pakistan Arms Ordinance (XX of 1965), S. 13---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Qatl-i-amd, possession of illegal weapons---Petition for leave to appeal challenging acquittal---Accused-husband alleged t…
2021 SCMR 1480 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD SIDDIQUE VS GUL NAWAZ O. XLI, R. 27---Production of additional evidence in Appellate Court---Scope---Question as to whether an Appellate Court while exercising powers under O. XLI, R. 27, C.P.C. could set aside the judgment and dec…
2021 SCMR 1480 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD SIDDIQUE VS GUL NAWAZ O. XLI, R. 27---Production of additional evidence in Appellate Court---Scope---Order XLI, R. 27, C.P.C. didnot envisage providing of second opportunity to adduce evidence or to rectify the inadvertence or negl…
2021 SCMR 1485 SUPREME-COURT
STATE through A.G. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar VS HAKIM ZADA S. 302(b)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Qatl-i-amd---Petition for leave to appeal challenging acquittal---Accused was charged for murdering his wife---Trial Court con…
2021 SCMR 1486 SUPREME-COURT
Dr. SIKANDAR ALI MOHI UD DIN VS STATION HOUSE OFFICER S. 154---Concurrent civil and criminal proceedings---Scope---Criminal as well as civil proceedings could continue side by side if the same were spelled out on the basis of a cogent found…
2021 SCMR 1486 SUPREME-COURT
Dr. SIKANDAR ALI MOHI UD DIN VS STATION HOUSE OFFICER S. 154---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 420, 468 & 471---Quashing of FIR in constitutional jurisdiction of High Court---Propriety---Preparation of for…
2021 SCMR 1486 SUPREME-COURT
Dr. SIKANDAR ALI MOHI UD DIN VS STATION HOUSE OFFICER S. 154---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Quashing of FIR in constitutional jurisdiction of High Court---Propriety---Prima facie, if an offence had been committed, ordinary course of…
2021 SCMR 1490 SUPREME-COURT
IFTIKHAR ALI VS GUL REHMAN S. 302(b)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Qatl-i-amd---Petition for leave to appeal challenging acquittal---Accused was convicted by Trial Court under S. 302(b), P.P.C. and sentenced to imprisonment for…
2021 SCMR 1492 SUPREME-COURT
PROVINCE OF PUNJAB VS Hafiz MUHAMMAD AHMAD Headnotes/Case notes of judgments published in law reports---Scope---Headnotes were not part of the judgment, therefore, it was neither safe nor desirable (for courts) to cite headnotes in their ju…
2021 SCMR 1494 SUPREME-COURT
State VS AMANAT KHAN S. 302(b)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Qatl-i-amd---Petition for leave to appeal challenging acquittal---Accused was convicted by Trial Court under S. 302(b), P.P.C. and sentenced to death, however on appea…
2021 SCMR 1496 SUPREME-COURT
KHUSHDIL KHAN MALIK VS SECRETARY, ESTABLISHMENT DIVISION CABINET BLOCK, ISLAMABAD R. 2, Cl. (viii) ---Induction in Secretariat Group---Pre-requisites---Petitioner was inducted into service against the post of Headmaster (BPS-18) on 24.12.19…
2021 SCMR 1496 SUPREME-COURT
KHUSHDIL KHAN MALIK VS SECRETARY, ESTABLISHMENT DIVISION CABINET BLOCK, ISLAMABAD S. 9---Promotion from BPS-21 to BPS-22 on basis of meritorious service---Special Selection Committee, powers of---Scope---In terms of the relevant policy for…
2021 SCMR 1496 SUPREME-COURT
KHUSHDIL KHAN MALIK VS SECRETARY, ESTABLISHMENT DIVISION CABINET BLOCK, ISLAMABAD Ss. 3 & 9---Civil Servants (Appointment, Promotion and Transfer) Rules, 1973, Pt. II--- Promotion on the basis of 'Time Scale Formula'---Scope--- Civil Servan…
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