1998 SCMR 498 SUPREME-COURT

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ASMAT ARA GUL VS YASMIN BEGUM Constitution of Pakistan 1973--185 , West Pakistan Urban Rent Restriction Ordinance 1959--15 , ----S. 15(5)---Constitution of Pakistan (1973), Art. 185(3)---Denial of relationship of landlord and tenant---Rent Controller ordered eviction of tenant but directed landlord to seek arrears of rent through Civil Court---Appellate Court directed tenant to deposit arrears of rent and monthly rent during the pendency of appeal---In Constitutional petition filed by petitioner assailing the order of Appellate Court, the High Court affirmed decision of Appellate Court--Validity---Leave to appeal was granted to consider whether refusal by High Court to interfere with order of Appellate Authority under provisions of West Pakistan Urban Rent Restriction Ordinance, 1959, in the facts and circumstances of the case, was based on sound judicial principles.