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2021 SCMR 1507 SUPREME-COURT
ZIA ULLAH VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Reappraisal of evidence---Prosecution case was primarily structured upon ocular account furnished by deceased's son and another witness---Deceased's son being resident of the house in front whereo…
2021 SCMR 1509 SUPREME-COURT
Dr. IQRAR AHMAD KHAN VS Dr. MUHAMMAD ASHRAF art. 189---Obiter dicta of the Supreme Court---Binding on the High Court.
2021 SCMR 1509 SUPREME-COURT
Dr. IQRAR AHMAD KHAN VS Dr. MUHAMMAD ASHRAF Ss. 11(8), 14(3) & 14(6)---University of agriculture Faisalabad Conduct of Business Rules of the Syndicate, 1976, R. 3---Post of Vice-Chancellor---appointment---appointing authority (Chief Ministe…
2021 SCMR 1509 SUPREME-COURT
Dr. IQRAR AHMAD KHAN VS Dr. MUHAMMAD ASHRAF Public sector universities---Post of Vice-Chancellor---Appointment---In the order of the Supreme Court titled "Appointments of Permanent Vice Chancellor of Punjab University (Human Rights Case No.…
2021 SCMR 1525 SUPREME-COURT
State VS SABZ ALI KHAN 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 it had successfully…
2021 SCMR 1527 SUPREME-COURT
GUL ROZ VS The GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN through Secretary SAFRON Interim order/suspension order suspending promotion to next rank---Scope and effect---Suspension order was neither a final adjudication about the validity of a promotion order n…
2021 SCMR 1532 SUPREME-COURT
Mst. NASEEM VS FARHAD KHAN Ss. 302(b) & 302(c)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Qatl-i-amd---Petition for leave to appeal challenging conversion of conviction from S. 302(b) to S. 302(c), P.P.C. and resulting reduction in sentence-…
2021 SCMR 1534 SUPREME-COURT
Mst. REHMAT VS Mst. ZUBAIDA BEGUM S. 12 ---Transfer of Property Act (IV of 1882), S. 54 ---Contract Act (IX of 1872), Ss. 51 & 55---Specific performance of agreement to sell immoveable property---Whether time was essence of the agreement an…
2021 SCMR 1534 SUPREME-COURT
Mst. REHMAT VS Mst. ZUBAIDA BEGUM S. 12---Transfer of Property Act (IV of 1882), S. 54---Contract Act (IX of 1872), S. 51---Specific performance of agreement to sell immoveable property---Balance sale consideration---Vendee seeking specific…
2021 SCMR 1534 SUPREME-COURT
Mst. REHMAT VS Mst. ZUBAIDA BEGUM art. 30---admitted facts---Such facts need not be proved.
2021 SCMR 1534 SUPREME-COURT
Mst. REHMAT VS Mst. ZUBAIDA BEGUM S. 12---Transfer of Property Act (IV of 1882), S. 54---Suit for specific performance of an agreement to sell immoveable property---Rival vendees---Superior right---Scope---Right of a person having establish…
2021 SCMR 1544 SUPREME-COURT
Mst. RUKHSANA VS REHMANULLAH S. 302(b)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Qatl-i-amd---Petition for leave to appeal challenging acquittal---Contentions on behalf of prosecution that the deceased, both in their prime youth, were bruta…
2021 SCMR 1546 SUPREME-COURT
MINISTRY OF FINANCE VS Syed AFROZ AKHTAR RIZVI art. 371-a--- Contract employees subsequently regularized in service---Pension---Conditions of qualifying service---article 371 of Civil Service Regulations (C.S.R.) did not allow Government se…
2021 SCMR 1552 SUPREME-COURT
State VS AURANGZEB Ss. 9(a) & 9(c)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Possession of 18.6 kilograms of methamphetamine comprised of 34000 tablets---Petition for leave to appeal challenging conversion of conviction from S. 9(c) to S. 9…
2021 SCMR 1554 SUPREME-COURT
FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Establishment, Islamabad VS M. Y. LABIB-UR-REHMAN Superseded civil servant---Antedated promotion---Scope---Civil servant who was consciously superseded after considering his service record by the dep…
2021 SCMR 1554 SUPREME-COURT
FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Establishment, Islamabad VS M. Y. LABIB-UR-REHMAN arts. 199 & 212---Matter relating to terms and conditions of service---Exclusive jurisdiction of administrative tribunals and ouster of jurisdiction…
2021 SCMR 1560 SUPREME-COURT
The CHIEF POSTMASTER GENERAL, POST OFFICE, MULTAN VS HAMEED-UD-DIN Dismissal from service---Misappropriation and embezzlement---Service Tribunal converting penalty for dismissal from service into stoppage of increment for one year without c…
2021 SCMR 1569 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD AFZAL VS SECRETARY ESTABLISHMENT DIVISION ISLAMABAD S. 2(b)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 260---Terms 'civil servant' and person 'in the service of Pakistan'---Said terms were not synonymous.
2021 SCMR 1569 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD AFZAL VS SECRETARY ESTABLISHMENT DIVISION ISLAMABAD S. 4---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 240---Civil service---Non-obstante clause under S. 4 of the Sacked Employees (Re-instatement) Act, 2010, ('Act of 2010')---Constitutionality-…
2021 SCMR 1569 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD AFZAL VS SECRETARY ESTABLISHMENT DIVISION ISLAMABAD S. 4 & Preamble---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 4, 9 & 25---Sacked Employees (Re-instatement) Act, 2010, ('Act of 2010'), vires of---Legislature had, through the operation of th…
2021 SCMR 1569 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD AFZAL VS SECRETARY ESTABLISHMENT DIVISION ISLAMABAD Ss. 2(f), 4 & Preamble---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 240 & 242---Sacked Employees (Re-instatement) Act, 2010, ('Act of 2010'), vires of---Said Act circumvented the constitutio…
2021 SCMR 1569 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD AFZAL VS SECRETARY ESTABLISHMENT DIVISION ISLAMABAD arts. 184(3) & 185(1)---Supreme Court, powers of---Vires of an enactment---Supreme Court, as protector and defender of the Constitution, had an inherent duty to ensure that the pr…
2021 SCMR 1602 SUPREME-COURT
SUO MOTU CASE NO. 4 OF 2021 VS Suo Motu Case No. 4 of 2021, decided on 20th August, 2021. arts. 9, 10, 11, 13, 14(1), 14(2), 15, 18, 19, 19a, 23, 24(1), 25a, 184(3) & 227---Suo motu case---application submitted by journalists relating to in…
2021 SCMR 1609 SUPREME-COURT
SUO MOTU CASE NO. 4 OF 2021 VS Suo Motu Case No. 4 of 2021, decided on 23rd August, 2021 art. 184(3)---Suo motu powers of the Supreme Court---Scope---Order made by a two Member Bench of the Supreme Court ('the order dated 20-08-2021') on an…
2021 SCMR 1612 SUPREME-COURT
SUO MOTU CASE NO. 4 OF 2021 VS In re: order dated 20.08.2021 in SMC No.4 of 2021 art. 184(3)---assumption of suo motu jurisdiction by the Supreme Court under art. 184(3) of the Constitution---Guiding principles stated.
2021 SCMR 1614 SUPREME-COURT
NASIR alias NASIREE VS State S. 302(b)--- Qatl-i-amd--- Reappraisal of evidence---Survival of complainant/witness unscathed during the assault, by itself, could not imply his absence from the scene and as such did not undermine his status a…
2021 SCMR 1617 SUPREME-COURT
JS BANK LIMITED, KARACHI VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through Secretary Food, Lahore Statutory First Charge, principle of---Factors that could be considered by the court when considering the existence of a Statutory First Charge---When considering…
2021 SCMR 1617 SUPREME-COURT
JS BANK LIMITED, KARACHI VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through Secretary Food, Lahore Creditors---Preference---Statutory First Charge, principle of---Scope---Statutory First Charge ('SFC') was created by the operation of a provision in a legislatio…
2021 SCMR 1617 SUPREME-COURT
JS BANK LIMITED, KARACHI VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through Secretary Food, Lahore S. 5---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 185(3) & 199---Law Reforms Ordinance (XII of 1972), S. 3(2)---Civil petitions for leave to appeal challenging dismissal of…
2021 SCMR 1617 SUPREME-COURT
JS BANK LIMITED, KARACHI VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through Secretary Food, Lahore Purposive approach---Scope---Purposive rather than a literal approach to interpretation was to be adopted while interpreting statutes---Any interpretation which a…
2021 SCMR 1617 SUPREME-COURT
JS BANK LIMITED, KARACHI VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through Secretary Food, Lahore Rr. 9(3), 12(3), 14(1) & 14(10)---Punjab Sugar Factories Control Act (XXII of 1950), Ss. 6(2), 6(3), 6(4), 11(4), 13, 14 & Preamble---Sale of Goods Act (III of 19…
2021 SCMR 1617 SUPREME-COURT
JS BANK LIMITED, KARACHI VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through Secretary Food, Lahore Pt. II, Chapt. 1---Pre-Constitutional legislation--- Presumption --- When a pre- Constitution legislation was held to be constitutional, the presumption included…
2021 SCMR 1617 SUPREME-COURT
JS BANK LIMITED, KARACHI VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through Secretary Food, Lahore Rr. 9(3), 17(6) & appendix II, Forms 7 & 8---Law Reforms Ordinance (XII of 1972), S. 3(2)---Intra-Court appeal---Maintainability---Dispute between cane growers an…
2021 SCMR 1672 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD MAKKI VS State Ss. 365 & 365-a---Kidnapping or abduction for ransom---Reappraisal of evidence---Evidence was furnished by natural witnesses, with no axe to grind with the accused persons---Incident started with a script that could…
2021 SCMR 1675 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD SALMAN VS NAVEED ANJUM art. 185(3)---Leave refusing order by the Supreme Court did not constitute a binding authority.
2021 SCMR 1675 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD SALMAN VS NAVEED ANJUM S. 9(1)---Representation of the People Act (LXXXV of 1976), S. 103AA [since repealed]---Powers and jurisdiction of the Election Commission ('the Commission') to declare a poll void under S. 9 of the Elections…
2021 SCMR 1675 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD SALMAN VS NAVEED ANJUM art. 175(2)---Jurisdiction of courts---Scope---Consent of parties---No jurisdiction could be conferred on the Court by the consent of the parties unless the jurisdiction was "conferred on it by the constituti…
2021 SCMR 1675 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD SALMAN VS NAVEED ANJUM Scope---Power of court to convert one form of proceedings filed in a wrong forum and remit or transfer the same to a court or forum of competent jurisdiction---Scope---Power to convert and or treat one kind o…
2021 SCMR 1675 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD SALMAN VS NAVEED ANJUM S. 9(1)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Post-election challenge to eligibility of returned candidate---Constitutional petition filed before High Court by a "voter" of the constituency challenging the e…
2021 SCMR 1675 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD SALMAN VS NAVEED ANJUM Court/tribunal---No legal impediment in the way of court or tribunal to decide its own jurisdiction.
2021 SCMR 1675 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD SALMAN VS NAVEED ANJUM arts. 62, 63 & 218(3)---Elections act (XXXIII of 2017), S. 9(1) --- Representation of the People act (LXXXV of 1976), S. 103aa [since repealed]---Qualification/disqualification/eligibility of a candidate or m…
2021 SCMR 1675 SUPREME-COURT
MUHAMMAD SALMAN VS NAVEED ANJUM Ss. 4(1), 9(1), 154(b) & Chapt. IX---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 218(3) & 222---Powers and jurisdiction of the Election Commission ('the Commission') to declare a poll void under S. 9 of the Elections Act…
2021 SCMR 1725 SUPREME-COURT
INHAF ULLAH VS State art. 161---Judge's power to put questions to witnesses---Scope---Trial Court was vested with ample authority to put questions to the witness, however, the power of such amplitude must be exercised with caution and circu…
2021 SCMR 1725 SUPREME-COURT
INHAF ULLAH VS State S. 365-a---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), art. 22---Kidnapping or abduction for ransom---Reappraisal of evidence---No test identification parade was carried out to qualify the standard of proof within the contemplation…
2021 SCMR 1728 SUPREME-COURT
ORIENT POWER COMPANY (PRIVATE) LIMITED VS SUI NORTHERN GAS PIPELINES LIMITED Inter-connected, inter-dependent, or multiple contracts forming an 'indivisible whole contract'---Scope---Gas Supply Agreement ('GSA') between a power generation f…
2021 SCMR 1728 SUPREME-COURT
ORIENT POWER COMPANY (PRIVATE) LIMITED VS SUI NORTHERN GAS PIPELINES LIMITED Contract--- Inter-connected or inter-dependent contracts---Arbitration clause in one agreement deemed to be incorporated into another agreement---Scope---Gas Suppl…
2021 SCMR 1728 SUPREME-COURT
ORIENT POWER COMPANY (PRIVATE) LIMITED VS SUI NORTHERN GAS PIPELINES LIMITED art. 7(2)---Recognition and Enforcement (arbitration agreements and Foreign arbitral awards) act (XVII of 2011), Preamble---arbitration act (X of 1940), Preamble--…
2021 SCMR 1728 SUPREME-COURT
ORIENT POWER COMPANY (PRIVATE) LIMITED VS SUI NORTHERN GAS PIPELINES LIMITED Words 'shall' and 'may'---Scope---Words "may" and "shall" in legal phraseology were interchangeable, depending on the context in which they were used, and were not…
2021 SCMR 1728 SUPREME-COURT
ORIENT POWER COMPANY (PRIVATE) LIMITED VS SUI NORTHERN GAS PIPELINES LIMITED Contract--- Inter-connected or inter-dependent contracts---Incorporation of an arbitration clause from one contract into another in international commercial arbitr…
2021 SCMR 1728 SUPREME-COURT
ORIENT POWER COMPANY (PRIVATE) LIMITED VS SUI NORTHERN GAS PIPELINES LIMITED art. V(2)(b)--- Recognition and Enforcement (arbitration agreements and Foreign arbitral awards) act (XVII of 2011), S. 6 & Preamble---International commercial arb…
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