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2022 CLD 1068 COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
PAKISTAN SUGAR MILLS ASSOCIATION (PSMA) AND MEMBER UNDERTAKINGS VS S. 4--- Prohibited agreements---Association of undertakings---Scope---Decision of an association reflects an understanding between the member undertakings of an association…
2022 CLD 1068 COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
PAKISTAN SUGAR MILLS ASSOCIATION (PSMA) AND MEMBER UNDERTAKINGS VS S. 4---Prohibited agreement---Exchange of commercially sensitive information---Scope---Exchange of information can facilitate collusion among competitors by allowing them to…
2022 CLD 1068 COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
PAKISTAN SUGAR MILLS ASSOCIATION (PSMA) AND MEMBER UNDERTAKINGS VS S. 4--- Prohibited agreement--- Collusive tendering--- Scope---Competition Commission issued a show cause notice for prima facie violation of S. 4(2)(c) as an association of…
2022 CLD 1068 COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
PAKISTAN SUGAR MILLS ASSOCIATION (PSMA) AND MEMBER UNDERTAKINGS VS S. 4---Prohibited agreement---Exchange of commercially sensitive information--- Scope--- Information that can be considered as problematic includes information exchanges amo…
2022 CLD 1068 COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
PAKISTAN SUGAR MILLS ASSOCIATION (PSMA) AND MEMBER UNDERTAKINGS VS S. 4--- Prohibited agreements--- Spill-over effect--- Scope---Undertakings argued that the show cause notices did not contain the reasons disclosing that the effect of anti-…
2022 CLD 1068 COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
PAKISTAN SUGAR MILLS ASSOCIATION (PSMA) AND MEMBER UNDERTAKINGS VS "Spill-over"---Meaning.
2022 CLD 1068 COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
PAKISTAN SUGAR MILLS ASSOCIATION (PSMA) AND MEMBER UNDERTAKINGS VS S. 33---Powers of the Commission in relation to a proceeding or enquiry---Scope---Enquiry Committee has the power pursuant to S. 33(1)(a) and (b) to correspond with any auth…
2022 CLD 1068 COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
PAKISTAN SUGAR MILLS ASSOCIATION (PSMA) AND MEMBER UNDERTAKINGS VS Ss. 28, 30, 33, 34, 36 & 50---Competition Commission (Duties and Responsibilities of Registrar) Regulations, 2016, Regln. 5---Functions and powers of the Commission---Delega…
2022 CLD 1068 COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
PAKISTAN SUGAR MILLS ASSOCIATION (PSMA) AND MEMBER UNDERTAKINGS VS S. 53---assistance and advice to the Commission---Scope---Competition Commission by virtue of S. 53 of the Competition act, 2010 can seek assistance of any authority or agen…
2022 CLD 1068 COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
PAKISTAN SUGAR MILLS ASSOCIATION (PSMA) AND MEMBER UNDERTAKINGS VS S. 33---Customs act (IV of 1969), S. 155-H---Powers of the Commission in relation to a proceeding or enquiry---Confidentiality of information---Scope---Undertakings argued t…
2022 CLD 1068 COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
PAKISTAN SUGAR MILLS ASSOCIATION (PSMA) AND MEMBER UNDERTAKINGS VS Ss. 4 & 2(1)(k)--- Prohibited agreement--- Relevant market---Geographical market--- Scope--- Undertakings argued that the determination of relevant geographical market as th…
2022 CLD 1068 COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
PAKISTAN SUGAR MILLS ASSOCIATION (PSMA) AND MEMBER UNDERTAKINGS VS S. 4--- Prohibited agreements--- Lobbying--- Scope--- To lobby government for a favourable concession is not per se anti-competitive.
2022 CLD 1068 COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
PAKISTAN SUGAR MILLS ASSOCIATION (PSMA) AND MEMBER UNDERTAKINGS VS S. 4--- Prohibited agreement---Exchange of commercially sensitive information--- Sharing stock information--- Scope--- Competition Commission issued show cause notice to an…
2022 CLD 1068 COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
PAKISTAN SUGAR MILLS ASSOCIATION (PSMA) AND MEMBER UNDERTAKINGS VS S. 4---Prohibited agreement---Scope---Prohibition contained in S. 4 pertains to 'entering' into a prohibited agreement and the implementation of the same is not required to…
2022 CLD 1343 COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
VS S. 28--- Functions and powers of the Commission---Scope---Competition Act, 2010, was enacted by the Parliament entrusting the Commission with the exclusive statutory mandate to provide for free competition in all spheres of commercial an…
2022 CLD 1343 COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
VS Definition from other statute can only be borrowed where both the statutes are pari materia.
2022 CLD 1343 COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
VS S. 10---Deceptive marketing practices---Distribution of misleading information---Scope---Misleading information may essentially include oral or written statement or representation that is (a) capable of giving wrong impression or idea, (…
2022 CLD 1343 COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
VS S. 10---Deceptive marketing practices---Burden of proof---Scope---Onus to prove is on the undertaking against whom deceptive marketing practices is alleged, as the object and purpose of the Competition Act, 2010, is to protect the consum…
2022 CLD 1343 COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
VS Burden of proof is on the one who alleges mala fide on the part of complainant or the investigation agency.
2022 CLD 1343 COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
VS S. 10---Deceptive marketing practices---Fraudulent use of another's trademark---Goodwill and the value of trademark---Scope---For the guarantee of origin, which constitutes the essential function of a trademark, to be ensured, the propri…
2022 CLD 1343 COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
VS S. 10---Deceptive marketing practices---Net general impression---Dominant message---Scope---Competition Commission while evaluating the 'net general impression' or dominant message examines express and implied claims contained in an adve…
2022 CLD 1343 COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
VS Statutes in pari materia---Scope---Statutes in pari materia are statues which are so related as to form a system or code of legislation and when they relate to same persons or things or to the same class of persons or things or have the…
2022 CLD 1343 COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
VS S. 37---Enquiry and studies---Initiation of proceedings---Scope---For initiation of the enquiry, any complaint filed with the Commission must satisfy the criteria laid down in the express provision of law, i.e. it must be filed by an 'un…
2022 CLD 1343 COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
VS S. 10---Deceptive marketing practices---"Consumer"---Scope---Term "consumer" under S. 10 of the Competition Act, 2010 is to be construed as an 'ordinary consumer' but need not necessarily be restricted to the end consumer of the goods or…
2022 CLD 1343 COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
VS S. 10---Deceptive marketing practices---Distribution of false or misleading information---Business interest of another undertaking---Scope---To prove conduct under S. 10(2)(a) of the Competition Act, it is not necessary to show actual ha…
2022 CLD 1343 COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
VS Preamble & S. 10---Deceptive marketing practices---Scope---Apart from providing for free competition in all spheres of commercial and economic activity and to enhance economic efficiency, the scope of the Competition Act, 2010 is also to…
2022 CLD 1343 COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
VS S. 48---Indemnity--- Scope--- Commission and its officers perform their duties in good faith and any allegation of mala fide must be supported with evidence to prove the existence of unfaithful and devious conduct on the part of the enqu…
2022 CLD 1343 COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
VS S. 10---Deceptive marketing practices---Fraudulent use of another's trademark---Goodwill and the value of trademark---Scope---Essential function of a trademark is to guarantee the identity of origin of the marked goods or services to the…
2022 CLD 1343 COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
VS S. 10---Deceptive marketing practices---Fraudulent use of another's trademark---Goodwill and the value of trademark---Scope---Part of any business's identity is the goodwill it has established with consumers, while part of a product's id…
2022 CLD 1343 COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
VS S. 10---Deceptive marketing practices---Distribution of false and misleading information---Fraudulent use of another's trademark---Scope---Complainant alleged that the respondents were disseminating false and misleading information to co…
2022 CLD 1343 COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
VS S. 10---Deceptive marketing practices---Distribution of false information---Scope---False information is an oral or written statement or representation that is (a) contrary to the truth or fact and not in accordance with reality or actua…
2022 CLD 1343 COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
VS Ex-parte proceedings---Scope---Decrees granted against the absentees, without consideration of available record or application of mind vis-à-vis the evidence available on the record, have always been looked upon with dis-favour by the su…
2022 CLD 1343 COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
VS "Consumer"---Meaning.
2022 CLD 1343 COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
VS S. 10---Deceptive marketing practices---Net general impression---Scope---Competition Commission, in determining whether an advertisement or marketing material (and the advertised claims) amount to deceptive marketing practices, shall eva…
2022 CLD 1343 COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
VS Mala fide is to be proved through independent and cogent evidence, mere allegations are not sufficient.
2022 CLD 1343 COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
VS S. 59---Competition act, 2010 to override other laws---Scope---Section 59 of the Competition act, 2010 makes it abundantly clear that the provisions and applicability of the Competition act, 2010 has been given an overriding effect over…
2022 PLD 1 FEDERAL-SHARIAT-COURT
FAROOQ OMAR BHOJA VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Ministry of Law and Justice of Pakistan through Secretary, Islamabad Ss. 4, 5 & 6---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 203-D---Shariat petition---Prohibition on child marriage---Repugnancy to…
2022 PLD 9 FEDERAL-SHARIAT-COURT
HAMMAD HUSSAIN VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice, Islamabad S. 10(3)---Family Courts Act (XXXV of 1964), S. 10(3) [as amended for Punjab by the Family Courts (Amendment) Act (XI of 2015)]---Constitutio…
2022 MLD 76 FEDERAL-SHARIAT-COURT
Syed NAJAM-UD-DIN CHISHTI VS MUHAMMAD IDREES S.5---Condonation of delay---Appeal against acquittal---Delay in filing appeal---Scope---Delay of each and every day with justification is to be explained even in a case, attracting provisions of…
2022 MLD 76 FEDERAL-SHARIAT-COURT
Syed NAJAM-UD-DIN CHISHTI VS MUHAMMAD IDREES Ss.302(b), 324, 109 & 34---Offences against Property (Enforcement of Hadood) Ordinance (VI of 1979), art. 17(4)---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, abetment, common intention, haraabah---…
2022 MLD 76 FEDERAL-SHARIAT-COURT
Syed NAJAM-UD-DIN CHISHTI VS MUHAMMAD IDREES Ss.302(b), 324, 109 & 34---Offences against Property (Enforcement of Hadood) Ordinance (VI of 1979), art. 17(4)---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, abetment, common intention, haraabah---…
2022 MLD 76 FEDERAL-SHARIAT-COURT
Syed NAJAM-UD-DIN CHISHTI VS MUHAMMAD IDREES Confession---Scope---Confessional statement of one accused could not form sole basis for conviction of another accused as being a corroboratory piece of evidence it could not suffice itself to co…
2022 MLD 76 FEDERAL-SHARIAT-COURT
Syed NAJAM-UD-DIN CHISHTI VS MUHAMMAD IDREES Ss.302 (b), 324, 109 & 34---Offences against Property (Enforcement of Hadood) Ordinance (VI of 1979), art. 17(4)---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, abetment, common intention, haraabah--…
2022 MLD 76 FEDERAL-SHARIAT-COURT
Syed NAJAM-UD-DIN CHISHTI VS MUHAMMAD IDREES Interference---Scope---Difference is to be maintained in an appeal from conviction and an appeal against acquittal---In appeal against acquittal, interference is to be made only when there is non…
2022 PLD 21 FEDERAL-SHARIAT-COURT
HAMMAD HUSSAIN VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice, Islamabad S. 10(3)---Family Courts Act (XXXV of 1964), S. 10(3) [as amended for Punjab by the Family Courts (Amendment) Act (XI of 2015)]---Constitutio…
2022 PCrLJ 332 FEDERAL-SHARIAT-COURT
AAMIR ULLAH VS GHAZI GUL S. 367(5)---Contents of judgment---De-novo trial---Scope---Accused challenged the legality of his conviction whereas complainant sought enhancement of his sentence---Matter was remanded to the Trial Court with the d…
2022 PLD 25 FEDERAL-SHARIAT-COURT
Imran Anwar Khan VS Government of Punjab Bazria Wazarat Qannun, Lahore art. 227---
2022 PLD 25 FEDERAL-SHARIAT-COURT
Imran Anwar Khan VS Government of Punjab Bazria Wazarat Qannun, Lahore Ss. 10(5) & 10(6) [as added by section 8(c) of the Punjab Family Courts (Amendment) Act (XI of 2015)]---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 35---
2022 YLR 138 FEDERAL-SHARIAT-COURT
SARDAR AHMED VS ADIL Ss.516-a & 517---Order for custody (Superdari) and disposal of property pending trial---Order for disposal of property regarding which offence committed---applicant, by way of revision application, had impugned order of…
2022 YLR 162 FEDERAL-SHARIAT-COURT
GHULAM QADIR VS State art. 3---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S.342---Recovery of liquor---appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt--- Examination of accused---Scope---Prosecution case was that four litres desi wine was recovered f…
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