Justice Minallah, dismissing the proceeding before the Court in Suo Moto case No. 1/2023, urges that “the country is on the brink of a political and Constitutional crisis and it is high time that all those responsible take a step back and resort to some introspection“. He also urges the political parties to resolve their […]
Lahore High Court, adjudicating lis of section 7E of Finance Act, 2022, has held that taxing presumptive income of immovable property is ultra vires the Constitutional legislative scheme, offending entry No. 50 and 47 of the Federal Legislative List. Thus, the Court has read down the phrase “treated to have derived, as income” provided in section
After analyzing and taking into consideration laws on the concept of sedition from other jurisdictions, Lahore High Court has struck down section 124-A being not in consonance with fundamental rights enshrined in the Constitution. The Court held “…. There is little doubt that section 124-A is insignificant tension with constitutionalism and constitutional democracy. We cannot
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Islamabad High Court in Writ Petition no.3159 of 2020 has rendered a unique judgment of its kind wherein the trial court has been urged not to be a silent spectator but to be vigilant to discover the relevant facts. Usually, it is assumed that our system is adversarial and the trail court is supposed to
Lahore High Court, Lahore in case titled Malik Zulfiqar Ahmad etc. VS. Mosaddaq Parvaiz etc. has held that a subsequent vendee who has knowledge of the original agreement with regard to the same land with another vendee by vendor cannot be said to be bona fide purchaser. Thus, benefit of proviso “b” of section 27
After preliminary hearing of a plea seeking court directives to set aside election results of Pakistan Council of Architects and Town Planners (PCATP), the Islamabad High Court (IHC) issued notices to respondents in the matter. A single-member bench of the Islamabad High Court comprising Justice Babar Sattar issued a detailed order in the matter in
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Issuing notices to the secretary cabinet and others, Islamabad High Court has suspended the job procurement process in response to advertisement of Federal Public Service Commission where Balochistan quota has not been mentioned. On March 30, Advocate Bebarg Sattar Baloch invoked the jurisdiction of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on behalf of petitioner Habib Kareem
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The Islamabad High Court on Wednesday sought replies from Election Commission of Pakistan and others in response to plea of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) candidate for Chairman Union Council 8, Safari Park, TMC Safoora Karachi. ( IHC seeks reply from ECP on JI petition ) Rashid Manan Azmi, the JI candidate for Chairman UC 8, TMC Safoora,
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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) issued notices to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and the Attorney General for Pakistan in petitions alleging breach of Tax Amnesty. Chief Justice Aamir Farooq on Wednesday heard series of seven different petitions alleging breach of Tax Amnesty. The petitioners are Pakistani taxpayers to whom FBR had issued
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