Judgments

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

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐀𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭 𝐏𝐫o-𝐞𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐁𝐢𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬: 𝐒𝐂 A very recent case involving foreign arbitral award issue has been decided by a three-member bench of the Supreme Court with a liberal and pro-arbitration approach. The judgment has been excellently authored by Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah.

𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝟔𝟐 (𝟏) (𝐟) 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐈𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: SC The Supreme Court has released its detailed judgment in the disqualification case under Article 62 (1) (f) of the Constitution. The seven-member larger bench ( justice Yahya Aftridi dissenting) has held that the said Article is not self-executory, which implies

Announcing a landmark verdict in response to identical petitions challenging vires of Section 7E, Income Tax Ordinance, 2001, which imposes tax on Deemed rental income of property which is not rented, Peshawar High Court on Wednesday struck down the legislation while ruling that federal legislature has no power to make this law. While striking down