Author name: Sajjad Hameed

𝐈𝐧 𝐚 𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐄𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟓𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎/𝐏𝐊𝐑 𝐭𝐨 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎/𝐏𝐊𝐑. The Lahore High Court in a recent case where two separate appeals of two parties were pending has taken a strict approach towards a tortious liability and enhanced the damages awarded by the trial court from five million to ten […]

𝐄𝐱-𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦 𝐎𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝟗 (𝟒) 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐰 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬: 𝐒𝐂 In a recent judgment, authored by Honorable Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah of the Supreme Court, has held that Article 199 (4) of the Constitution is very clear

𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐭 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐚 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭: 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐘𝐚𝐲𝐡𝐚 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐢. In a very recent and famous case pertaining to disqualification of a member of the Parliament under Article 62 (f) (1) of the Constitution, the Supreme Court has already given its judgment where

𝐀𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐢𝐥, 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭. 𝐋𝐇𝐂 Justice Ali Zia Bajwa of the Lahore High Court has given a significant ruling on the question as to how an accused, who is on bail, can be rearrested. Whether a police officer is

𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐱 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐱 𝐎𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧: 𝐈𝐇𝐂 In a very recent judgment, Mr. Justice Sardar Ijaz of the Islamabad High Court, has held that super tax imposed in the year 2023 with retrospective effect is struck down to the extent of retrospective leviability. He has

𝐏𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐢 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐢 𝐌𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 Spouses: 𝐒𝐇𝐂 The High Court of Sindh has also declared that section 10 (2) of the Citizenship Act, 1951, is discriminatory in nature to Pakistani women. This section grants to Pakistani man, not woman, to transmit citizenship right to his

Judgments of Different High Courts on Section 7E of the Income Tax Ordinance 2001: Deemed Rental Income So far different High Courts have rendered jdugemnts on section 7E of the Income Tax Ordinance which imposes deemed rental income on a property/vacant plots worth a certain amount which does not generates income. This section assumes that