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2022 CLC 1955 ISLAMABAD
MOHSIN ALI KHAN VS FEDERAL OMBUDSMAN SECRETARIAT FOR PROTECTION AGAINST HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT THE WORKPLACE, ISLAMABAD S.4---Complaint---Ombudsperson, jurisdiction of---Pre-conditions---Any woman can file a complaint under Enforcement of W…
2022 CLC 1955 ISLAMABAD
MOHSIN ALI KHAN VS FEDERAL OMBUDSMAN SECRETARIAT FOR PROTECTION AGAINST HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT THE WORKPLACE, ISLAMABAD Harmonious meaning---Scope---Incorporated law in existence vis-à-vis new law on the subject has to be given harmonious a…
2022 MLD 13 ISLAMABAD
GUL NAZIR VS RIASAT alias SAEEN Ss.395, 412, 400 & 413---Dacoity, dishonestly receiving stolen property knowing that it was obtained by dacoity, belonging to a gang of persons associated for the purpose of habitually committing dacoity, hab…
2022 MLD 31 ISLAMABAD
HAMID KHAN VS State S.4(l)---Investigation---Object---Duty of investigating officer is to discover incriminating evidence and to collect and establish that story of incident contained in FIR was correct---Investigating officer is not contro…
2022 MLD 31 ISLAMABAD
HAMID KHAN VS State Ss.22-a (6) & 154---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S.489-F---Dishonouring of cheque---Second FIR, quashing of---Scope---Guidelines to police officers---Petitioner/accused sought quashing of second FIR for dishonour of second…
2022 MLD 31 ISLAMABAD
HAMID KHAN VS State O.II, R.2---Inclusion of whole claim in the plaint---Object, purpose and scope--- Principle under O.II, R.2, C.P.C. is based upon concept of transparency, fair play, propriety and reasonableness---Object of such principl…
2022 MLD 58 ISLAMABAD
MUHAMMAD ALI JUNEJO VS State 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 420, 468, 471, 477-A, 109 & 34---Prevention of Corruption Act (II of 1947), S. 5(2)---Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property, forgery for purpose of cheating,…
2022 MLD 58 ISLAMABAD
MUHAMMAD ALI JUNEJO VS State S.497---Bail---Heinous nature of offence---Scope---Mere heinousness of the offence was not sufficient to take away discretion of the court to grant bail which was never refused as punishment and there was no leg…
2022 MLD 103 ISLAMABAD
INTIZAR HUSSAIN VS State S.497(2)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302 (b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Bail, grant of---Further inquiry---Accused was charged that he along with his co-accused made firing, due to which brother of th…
2022 MLD 157 ISLAMABAD
MUNEER KHAN VS State Ss.381-a, 411 & 34---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), art. 164---Theft of a car or other motor vehicles---Dishonestly receiving stolen property---Common intention---appreciation of evidence---Production of CCTV footage---…
2022 MLD 186 ISLAMABAD
MUHAMMAD YASIN VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE-VII, WEST, ISLAMABAD S.11---Res judicata---Compromise decree---Scope---Party whose application for review of a compromise decree on the ground that he had not consented was dismissed, cannot sue t…
2022 MLD 186 ISLAMABAD
MUHAMMAD YASIN VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE-VII, WEST, ISLAMABAD O.VII, R.11, O.I, R.10 & S.11---Res judicata---Dismissal of application for impleadment as party---Bar to fresh suit---Scope---Question before High Court was whether the dismi…
2022 MLD 186 ISLAMABAD
MUHAMMAD YASIN VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE-VII, WEST, ISLAMABAD S.11 & O. I, R. 10---Res judicata---Application for impleadment as party, dismissal of---Scope---Person who applied to be made a party but was refused was not bound by the dec…
2022 MLD 186 ISLAMABAD
MUHAMMAD YASIN VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE-VII, WEST, ISLAMABAD S.11---Res judicata---Application for review of interim order---Scope---Rejection of application for review of a preliminary order does not give it any finality or make it res…
2022 MLD 186 ISLAMABAD
MUHAMMAD YASIN VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE-VII, WEST, ISLAMABAD S.11---Res judicata---Scope---Section 11, C.P.C. as such is not applicable to the applications.
2022 MLD 227 ISLAMABAD
Syed MOHAMMAD HASSAN RAZA RIZVI VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN Courts' jurisdiction, ouster of---Principle---Such is no longer res integra that unless a statute specifically ousts Court's jurisdiction, ouster of jurisdiction cannot be readily in…
2022 MLD 227 ISLAMABAD
Syed MOHAMMAD HASSAN RAZA RIZVI VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN Ss.20(1)(2), 27(1) & 28(3)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Constitutional petition---Licence, non-issuance of---Direction by High Court---Scope---Petitioners obtained undergra…
2022 MLD 272 ISLAMABAD
REHAN KHALID VS Mst. UZMA NAWAZ art.199---Constitutional jurisdiction---Certiorari, writ of---Scope---Certiorari is only available to quash a decision for an error of law---Certiorari will also be issued for correcting errors of jurisdictio…
2022 MLD 272 ISLAMABAD
REHAN KHALID VS Mst. UZMA NAWAZ art.199---Constitutional petition---Laches---Scope---Petitioner assailed findings of courts below whereby maintenance allowance of respondents was fixed---Validity---Writ petition was filed after a delay of m…
2022 MLD 272 ISLAMABAD
REHAN KHALID VS Mst. UZMA NAWAZ art.199---Constitutional jurisdiction---Concurrent findings---Scope---Scope of constitutional petition becomes very limited in case of concurrent findings of the courts below.
2022 MLD 296 ISLAMABAD
BASHIR AHMED VS Syed ANEES AHMED art.84---Signatures, comparison of---Expert opinion---Delay in conclusion of trial---Petitioner/plaintiff filed suit for specific performance of agreement to sell and was aggrieved of order passed by Trial C…
2022 MLD 312 ISLAMABAD
MUHAMMAD ALI VS State S.497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 467, 468, 471, 472, 411 & 420---Forgery for valuable security, will, etc. forgery for purpose of cheating, using as genuine a forged document, making or possessing counterfeit seal…
2022 MLD 329 ISLAMABAD
KHURRAM IMTIAZ VS State S. 497(2)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S.489-F---Dishonestly issuing a cheque---Bail, grant of---Further inquiry---Allegation against the accused was that he issued cheques to the complainant which were dishonoured, w…
2022 MLD 356 ISLAMABAD
MAQBOOL AHMED VS State S.497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss.364-A & 376---Kidnapping or abducting a person under the age of fourteen---Rape---Bail, refusal of---Delay in conclusion of trial---Scope---Accused through third bail application s…
2022 MLD 405 ISLAMABAD
HUSSAIN LAWAI VS State S.9---Constitution of Pakistan, Art.199---Anti-Money Laundering Act (VII of 2010), Ss. 3 & 4---Constitutional petition---Corruption and corrupt practices---Offence of money laundering---Bail, grant of---Rule of consis…
2022 MLD 405 ISLAMABAD
HUSSAIN LAWAI VS State S.497---Bail---Scope---Bail is not to be withheld as punishment---No legal or moral compulsion exists to keep the people in jail merely on the allegation that they have committed offences punishable with death or tran…
2022 MLD 523 ISLAMABAD
TAHIR ZAHOOR AHMAD VS State Ss. 302, 376, 176, 109, 364, 368, 201, 511 & 118---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 265-C & 265-D---Constitution of Pakistan, 1973, Art. 10-A---Applications for the supply of statements and documents to th…
2022 MLD 709 ISLAMABAD
Syed IKRAM MUSTAFA VS Mian WALI MUHAMMAD Inheritance---Entitlement to collect rent by legal heir of the deceased landlord's property---Principle---Under Islamic Law of Inheritance, at the time of death, property of the deceased devolved upo…
2022 MLD 709 ISLAMABAD
Syed IKRAM MUSTAFA VS Mian WALI MUHAMMAD arts.117 & 118---Non-payment of rent alleged by landlord---Onus to prove---Scope---If the landlord alleged non-payment of rent, burden was upon tenant to show that rent stood paid.
2022 MLD 709 ISLAMABAD
Syed IKRAM MUSTAFA VS Mian WALI MUHAMMAD S.7---Eviction of tenant---Arrears of rent and mesne profit---Appellant obtained portion of house from the owner vide lease agreement---After death of the owner, respondent (legal heir/brother of own…
2022 MLD 709 ISLAMABAD
Syed IKRAM MUSTAFA VS Mian WALI MUHAMMAD art.76---Marked document---Evidentiary value---Scope---Mark has no evidentiary value, as the concept is not provided in Qanun-e-Shahadat, 1984 or any other law.
2022 MLD 752 ISLAMABAD
MAZHAR IQBAL VS State Exhibit and mark---Effect---Document which has not been exhibited cannot be read in evidence.
2022 MLD 752 ISLAMABAD
MAZHAR IQBAL VS State S.489-F---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O.XXXVII, R.l---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), Ss.435 & 439---Dishonouring of cheque---Appreciation of evidence---Un-explained delay in FIR---Recovery suit, dismissal o…
2022 MLD 752 ISLAMABAD
MAZHAR IQBAL VS State S.342---Evidence not put to accused---Effect---No conviction can be based upon evidence which has not been put to accused in his statement under S.342, Cr.P.C.
2022 MLD 752 ISLAMABAD
MAZHAR IQBAL VS State S.489-F---Dishonouring of cheque---Pre-conditions---To constitute an offence, dishonesty on the part of person issuing cheque is pre-condition towards repayment of amount or fulfilment of an obligation.
2022 MLD 752 ISLAMABAD
MAZHAR IQBAL VS State S. 540---Witness, summoning of---Principle---When prosecution wishes to examine a witness whose name is not included in list of witness, it cannot claim as right but is required to file a petition under S.540, Cr.P.C.…
2022 MLD 1426 ISLAMABAD
NASEEM & COMPANY VS CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY art. 129, illustration (g)---Best evidence rule---Withholding of evidence---Presumption---Best evidence rule postulates that each party must produce all material evidence in its possession o…
2022 MLD 1426 ISLAMABAD
NASEEM & COMPANY VS CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY arts.117 & 120---Burden of proof---Scope---Burden of proof has two interrelated but distinct facets: legal burden and evidential burden---Former remains on a party throughout the trial--- Le…
2022 MLD 1426 ISLAMABAD
NASEEM & COMPANY VS CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY arts.85 & 86---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O.XIII, R.2---Specific Relief act (I of 1877), Ss.42 & 54---additional evidence---Public and private documents---Production---Petitioner / pl…
2022 MLD 1426 ISLAMABAD
NASEEM & COMPANY VS CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY O.XV, R.3---Disposal of suit summarily---Principle---Civil trial needs not in all cases wait for entire evidence to be led on all issues--- In appropriate cases, Trial Court can invoke O.XV,…
2022 MLD 1426 ISLAMABAD
NASEEM & COMPANY VS CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Relevant facts---Discovery tools---There are several tools for disclosure of relevant facts by other party, including notices to admit facts, discovery, interrogatories, inspections, and the…
2022 MLD 1459 ISLAMABAD
KHALIQUE ZAMAN CHAUDHRY VS SHABBIR ANJUM MEHDI S.52---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O. I, R.10---Lis pendens doctrine of---applicability---Necessary party, impleading of---Principle---No absolute rule that transferee pendente lite witho…
2022 MLD 1459 ISLAMABAD
KHALIQUE ZAMAN CHAUDHRY VS SHABBIR ANJUM MEHDI S.52---Lis pendens, doctrine of---Scope---Provision of S.52 of Transfer of Property Act, 1882, does not declare pendente lite transfer by a party to suit as void or illegal but only makes pende…
2022 MLD 1459 ISLAMABAD
KHALIQUE ZAMAN CHAUDHRY VS SHABBIR ANJUM MEHDI Ss. 42 & 54---Transfer of Property Act (IV of 1882), S. 52---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O.I, R.10---Constitution of Pakistan, Art.199---Constitutional petition---Lis pendens doctrine of-…
2022 MLD 1490 ISLAMABAD
SAIM SADIQ VS MUHAMMAD ASIF Ss.21, 47 & O.IX, R.13---Malicious prosecution---Suit for recovery of Rs. 1,10,00,000/- as damages was filed in High Court (then having exclusive pecuniary jurisdiction) by respondents against the appellants---Ap…
2022 MLD 1514 ISLAMABAD
SAMSONS GROUP OF COMPANIES VS PANTHERS DEVELOPERS Ss.20, 41 & Second Schedule, Sr. No.1---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), S.76 & O.XX1, R.26---arbitration proceedings---Local Commission, appointment of---Scope---During arbitration proceed…
2022 MLD 1651 ISLAMABAD
H.J. (PVT.) LTD. through Chief Executive Officer, Rawalpindi VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE, WEST-ISLAMABAD O.XXXVII, R. 3---Constitution of Pakistan, Art.199---Constitutional petition---Recovery of money---Leave to defend the su…
2022 MLD 1869 ISLAMABAD
ADMINISTRATOR ISLAMABAD CLUB VS CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY O.XXXIX, Rr.1 & 2---Temporary injunction, grant of---Monetary matter---No question of irreparable loss---Scope---Plaintiff challenged the demand of property tax by the Capital De…
2022 MLD 1914 ISLAMABAD
PAKISTAN TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANY LIMITED VS PAKISTAN TELECOMMUNICATION AUTHORITY Regln. 48---Licensee to co-operate with Authority---Scope---Regulation 48 provides that the licensee shall co-operate with the Authority in organizing public…
2022 MLD 1914 ISLAMABAD
PAKISTAN TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANY LIMITED VS PAKISTAN TELECOMMUNICATION AUTHORITY S.23---Issue of enforcement orders and penalties---Scope---Section 23(1) of the Pakistan Telecommunication (Re-organization) Act, 1996 provides that where a…
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