Islamabad High Court holds that facts admitted in written statement cannot be denied at later stage in the process of tail.

Islamabad High Court while adjudicating a matter of enforcement of foreign judgment titled as Namoos Zaheer Versus Azfar Hasnain and another (R.F.A.No.28of2020) responded  to the objection raised by the appellant by holding that once a fact is admitted in written statement, it cannot be denied in the process of admission and denial of documents. The Court relying on the judgment of Sindh High Court held “such refusal to be vexatious and inconsequential. Furthermore, it was held that there was no reason why the defendant should not be bound by the admission in its written statement and that, in view of such admission, the defendant was estopped from denying the contents of the document.

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