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2021 PLC(CS)N 15 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
RIAZ AHMED VS ACCOUNTANT-GENERAL, AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR, MUZAFFARABAD Intention of the legislature---Ascertained---Principles---Court has to dig out the true intention of the Legislature while interpreting a statute, regulation or rule and…
2021 PLC(CS)N 15 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
RIAZ AHMED VS ACCOUNTANT-GENERAL, AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR, MUZAFFARABAD Statute should be read as a whole and no part or word of same was to be omitted from consideration while interpreting it.
2021 PLC(CS)N 15 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
RIAZ AHMED VS ACCOUNTANT-GENERAL, AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR, MUZAFFARABAD Where there is conflict with regard to the operation of the general provision and the specific provision, then nothing will construe that general provision may interfere…
2021 PLC(CS)N 15 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
RIAZ AHMED VS ACCOUNTANT-GENERAL, AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR, MUZAFFARABAD Police employee---Risk allowance---Scope---appellants assailed 50% deduction of the risk allowance admissible to them at the rate of 100% of the basic pay in their respe…
2021 PLC(CS)N 21 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
SARFRAZ GUL VS DISTRICT HEALTH OFFICER MUZAFFARABAD HAVING OFFICE AT NEW DISTRICT COMPLEX, MUZAFFARABAD Permanent employee of government department, was proceeded against on the allegation of absence from duty for a long period and was remo…
2021 PLC(CS)N 24 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
AZAD GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR through Chief Secretary, Muzaffarabad VS JUMMA KHAN, ADDITIONAL SECRETARY FINANCE DEPARTMENT, (BUDGET) AZAD GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR MUZAFFARABAD S.4---appointment on cur…
2021 PLC(CS)N 26 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE AZAD GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR VS Syed SHAHZAD ALI SHAH arts. 4(15) & 4(17)---Equality of State Subjects---Safeguard against discrimination in services---Scope---Respondent along with two other…
2021 PLC(CS)N 26 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE AZAD GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR VS Syed SHAHZAD ALI SHAH authority who has issued an order or done any act cannot subsequently take the stance that the order issued or action taken by it was aga…
2021 PLC(CS)N 31 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
NOMAN JAVEED VS SENIOR MEMBER BOARD OF REVENUE through Secretary Board of Revenue R.9---azad Jammu and Kashmir Board of Revenue Department Division and District Ministerial Service Rules, 2014, Preamble---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), arts…
2021 PLC(CS)N 31 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
NOMAN JAVEED VS SENIOR MEMBER BOARD OF REVENUE through Secretary Board of Revenue arts. 117, 118 & 122---One who had asserted a specific fact was to prove the same.
2021 PLC(CS) 1380 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
RIFFAT SHAHEEN VS AZAD GOVERNMENT through Secretary Elementary and Secondary School Education of the State of Jammu and Kashmir art.42---appeal to Supreme Court---Dismissal of appeal due to non-furnishing of process and security fee---Right…
2021 CLC 786 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
ABDUL REHMAN VS NAZIM Contradiction in Islamic and codified law---Scope---Whenever there is any contradiction between the Codified law and the Islamic law then the Islamic law shall prevail.
2021 CLC 786 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
ABDUL REHMAN VS NAZIM Inheritance---Custom ---Scope---Right of females to inheritance---Scope---Plaintiff filed suit for declaration to the effect that she was owner in possession of the suit land to the extent of her share falling in her i…
2021 CLC 1813 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
TAHIR AYUB VS NAEEM AYUB O.VII, R.11---If plaint did not disclose cause of action, the same could be rejected.
2021 CLC 1813 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
TAHIR AYUB VS NAEEM AYUB 'Gift', essentials of---Declaration, delivery of possession and without consideration---Any deed which involved any sort of consideration in lieu of the transfer, would not fall under the definition of a "gift"---De…
2021 CLC 1813 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
TAHIR AYUB VS NAEEM AYUB 'Hiba', defined---Essentials of---Delivery of possession, over-riding effect of---Hiba was an unconditional transfer of ownership in any existing property made immediately without any consideration during donor's li…
2021 CLC 1813 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
TAHIR AYUB VS NAEEM AYUB S.122---Specific Relief act (I of 1877), Ss.42 & 12---"Gift"---Counter deeds---Registered document, evidentiary value of---Suit for declaration, specific performance and perpetual injunction---Plaintiff/appellant ch…
2021 MLD 1946 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
MUJAHID HUSSAIN NAQVI VS REGISTRAR AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR SUPREME COURT O.XLVI, Rr.2 & 9---azad Jammu and Kashmir Interim Constitution (VIII of 1974), art.42-D---Review of judgment---Third review application---Scope---appellant assailed ord…
2021 PCrLJ 126 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
ASAD MUNEER KHAN VS The STATE OF AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR S. 561-a---Prisoners from all the Central and District Jails were released on bail by the High Court on the ground that their lives were in danger due to spread of COVID-19---Validity-…
2021 PCrLJ 171 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
Sardar ALI SHAN VS MATHER NIAZ RANA, CHIEF SECRETARY AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR, MUZAFFARBAD O. XLVI, Rr. 4, 6 & O. XLIII, R. 4---azad Jammu and Kashmir Interim Constitution act (VIII of 1974), S. 42-a(1)---Review of Supreme Court Judgment---Pr…
2021 PCrLJ 488 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
UMAIR ARIF VS SESSIONS JUDGE MUZAFFARABAD/JUDGE ANTI-TERRORISM COURT, MUZAFFARABAD S. 5---"Terrorism"---Scope---If any act which causes death, grievous violence against a person or grievous bodily injury or harm to a person, grievous damage…
2021 PCrLJ 488 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
UMAIR ARIF VS SESSIONS JUDGE MUZAFFARABAD/JUDGE ANTI-TERRORISM COURT, MUZAFFARABAD Ss. 6 & 5---"Terrorism"---act done in furtherance of previous enmity---Scope---Question before Court was whether the provisions of S. 6 of azad Jammu and Kas…
2021 PCrLJ 488 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
UMAIR ARIF VS SESSIONS JUDGE MUZAFFARABAD/JUDGE ANTI-TERRORISM COURT, MUZAFFARABAD S. 5---"Terrorism"---acts done in furtherance of personal enmity---Scope---act done in furtherance of personal enmity or private vendetta, even if the same i…
2021 YLR 470 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
Sardar JAVAID SHARIF, ADVOCATE, HIGH COURT OF AJ&K VS GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR art. 43(2-a)---Judges of High Court of azad Jammu and Kashmir (aJ&K), appointment of---appointment process---Constitutionality---Consult…
2021 YLR 470 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
Sardar JAVAID SHARIF, ADVOCATE, HIGH COURT OF AJ&K VS GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR arts. 5(1), 12(1) & 42---Principles of law enunciated by the Supreme Court, (azad Jammu and Kashmir)---Such principles were binding upon…
2021 YLR 470 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
Sardar JAVAID SHARIF, ADVOCATE, HIGH COURT OF AJ&K VS GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR art. 43(2-a)---Judges of High Court of azad Jammu and Kashmir, appointment of---appointment to be made on the advice of the Council and…
2021 YLR 470 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
Sardar JAVAID SHARIF, ADVOCATE, HIGH COURT OF AJ&K VS GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR Public office holder---Rule of law---Scope---No one was above law and all the (public) offices, from the bottom to the top, were bound t…
2021 YLR 470 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
Sardar JAVAID SHARIF, ADVOCATE, HIGH COURT OF AJ&K VS GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR Word given a particular meaning by superior courts---'Stare decisis', doctrine of---Scope---In view of the doctrine of stare decisis if…
2021 YLR 470 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
Sardar JAVAID SHARIF, ADVOCATE, HIGH COURT OF AJ&K VS GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR art. 43(2-a)---Judges of High Court of azad Jammu and Kashmir, appointment of---appointment to be made on the advice of the Council and…
2021 YLR 470 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
Sardar JAVAID SHARIF, ADVOCATE, HIGH COURT OF AJ&K VS GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR art. 43(2-a)---Judges of High Court of azad Jammu and Kashmir (aJ&K), appointment of---appointment to be made on the advice of the Counc…
2021 YLR 991 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
AZAD GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR VS ALI UMAR S. 3---azad Jammu and Kashmir Grant of Khalsa Waste Land as 'Shamilat-Deh' act (I of 1966), Ss. 4 & 6---Suit for declaration and permanent injunction---Regularization of existing…
2021 YLR 1145 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
ARSHAD ANWAR VS State Witness---Related witness---Scope---Mere relationship of witnesses with the complainant is not sufficient to discredit their testimony if otherwise such witnesses are found to be the witnesses of truth.
2021 YLR 1145 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
ARSHAD ANWAR VS State S. 13---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 324, 302, 337-F, 34 & 504---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, ghayr-jaifah, common intention, intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace, possession of unlic…
2021 YLR 1145 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
ARSHAD ANWAR VS State Benefit of doubt---Scope---Prosecution has to stand on its own evidence and it is duty of the prosecution to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt.
2021 YLR 1503 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
AYAZ HUSSAIN VS State Each and every case is to be judged in the light of its peculiar facts and circumstances.
2021 YLR 1503 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
AYAZ HUSSAIN VS State S. 5---Jurisdiction of Family Court---Declaration regarding validity of Nikahnama---Scope---No Mufti or Qazi except the court empowered under the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Family Courts Act, 1993, has jurisdiction to ente…
2021 YLR 1503 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
AYAZ HUSSAIN VS State art. 44---Writ jurisdiction---Scope---Quashing of FIR---Courts do not intervene in the police investigation but where an FIR is registered against the spouses without due inquiry and taking notice of the facts, the Cou…
2021 YLR 1503 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
AYAZ HUSSAIN VS State arts. 44 & 42---Writ jurisdiction---Scope---Quashing of FIR---appellants claiming to be husband and wife sought quashing of FIR lodged by the father of lady under Ss.10, 11 & 19 of Offence of Zina (Enforcement of Hudoo…
2021 YLR 1503 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
AYAZ HUSSAIN VS State art. 44---Writ petition---Scope---Order for detention in Dar-ul-aman for indefinite period---Order of the High Court sending a lady in the shelter home for an indefinite period was declared by the Supreme Court to be a…
2021 YLR 1503 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
AYAZ HUSSAIN VS State art. 44---Writ jurisdiction---Scope---Quashing of FIR---Rule that the High Court cannot interfere in the investigation even though if it is proved that the case is registered without lawful authority by the police by m…
2021 YLR 1503 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
AYAZ HUSSAIN VS State art. 44---Writ jurisdiction---Scope---Quashing of FIR---First Information Report disclosing the cognizable offences cannot be quashed in exercise of writ jurisdiction.
2021 YLR 1857 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
KHURRAM SHAHZAD VS EHTESAB BUREAU through Deputy Prosecutor, Mirpur S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 467, 468, 470 & 109---Prevention of Corruption Act (II of 1947), Ss. 5(1)d & 5(2)---Azad Jammu and Kashmir Ehtesab Bureau Act (I of 2…
2021 YLR 1857 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
KHURRAM SHAHZAD VS EHTESAB BUREAU through Deputy Prosecutor, Mirpur S. 497---Bail---Deeper appreciation of evidence---Scope---Deeper appreciation of evidence could not be made while deciding the bail application---Court had only to make ten…
2021 YLR 1857 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
ABDUL WAHEED KHAN VS EHTESAB BUREAU through Deputy Prosecutor, Muzaffarabad S. 497---Bail---Deeper appreciation of evidence---Scope---Deeper appreciation of evidence could not be made while deciding the bail application---Court had only to…
2021 YLR 1857 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
ABDUL WAHEED KHAN VS EHTESAB BUREAU through Deputy Prosecutor, Muzaffarabad S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 467, 468, 470 & 109---Prevention of Corruption Act (II of 1947), Ss. 5(1)d & 5(2)---Azad Jammu and Kashmir Ehtesab Bureau Act…
2021 YLR 2138 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
NUSRAT JAN VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Sentence, reduction in---Mitigating circumstances--- Scope---Accused was charged that she with the abetment of co-accused by administering poiso…
2021 YLR 2138 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
NUSRAT JAN VS State Circumstantial evidence---Scope---Circumstantial evidence was to be so interconnected that it formed such a continuous chain that its one end touches the dead body and the other with the neck of the accused by excluding…
2021 YLR 2138 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
NUSRAT JAN VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Sentence, reduction in---Scope---Accused was charged that she with the abetment of co-accused by administering poison caused the murder of her h…
2021 YLR 2138 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
NUSRAT JAN VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 164---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Sentence, reduction in---Confession, recording of---Scope---Accused was charged that she with the…
2021 YLR 2337 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
MINISTRY OF KASHMIR AFFAIRS AND GILGIT BALTISTAN, GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN VS ZK ASSOCIATES (PVT.) LIMITED art. 114---Estoppel---Scope---If a party against whom the acquiescence and estoppel is pleaded was aware about the dents pointed out by…
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