Judgments

𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰-𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐁, 𝐅𝐈𝐀, 𝐏𝐓𝐀 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐄𝐌𝐑𝐀: In the Audio-leak case, IB, FIA, PTA and PEMRA filed applications before the Court, seeking recusal of the presiding judge from hearing the case. They collectively alleged in their applications that the presiding judge is one of the signatories of the […]

𝐀𝐧𝐲 𝐄𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲: 𝐒𝐂 A thee-member bench, presided over by the Chief Justice, has directed the federal as well the provincial governments to remove encroachments of any nature, whether it is a generator in front of a building, a barrier for alleged security reasons or any other thing,

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐫/𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐫/𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝-𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞

𝐀𝐧 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲/𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐞/𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐎𝐰𝐧 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐊𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. Usually an attorney or an agent, having general power, does not need special permission to do the permitted acts on behalf of the principle.

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐞 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬. In a very brief but significant judgment, a three-member bench of the Supreme Court has interpreted proviso to section 3 (2) of the Law Reforms Ordinance, 1972, which provides that “…the appeal referred to in

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐄𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬: 𝐒𝐂 A three-member bench of the Supreme Court has ruled in a recent judgment, authored by Honorable Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, involving a procurement dispute that the courts should exhibit a pro-mediation bias, which means that preference should be

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐧-𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞: All Public Universities Teachers Association, for shorthand, APUBTA, has petitioned the Apex Court through their counsel, Mr. Umer Ijaz Gilani, Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan, contending that a sizeable number of the public sector universities are currently running without

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