1969 PLP 156 (SCMR)
HASSAN MUHAMMAD AND OTHERS‑‑Petitioners Versus Mst. HAJRAN‑Respondent
| Citation | 1969 PLP 156 (SCMR) |
| Forum / Court | High Court |
| Bench Members | Hamoodur Rahman and Muhammad Yaqub Ali, JJ |
| Parties | HASSAN MUHAMMAD AND OTHERS‑‑Petitioners Versus Mst. HAJRAN‑Respondent |
| Primary Law | Rehabilitation Settlement Scheme |
Q1: What are the key laws and sections cited in 1969 PLP 156 (SCMR)?
This judgment primarily cites: Rehabilitation Settlement Scheme as referenced in Pakistani case law index.
Q2: Which judicial bench decided the case 1969 PLP 156 (SCMR)?
The case was heard and decided by the High Court bench comprising: Hamoodur Rahman and Muhammad Yaqub Ali, JJ.
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Laws Cited
Representation
- Muhammad Hussain Choudhury, Advocate Supreme Court instructed by Maqbool Ahmad, Attorney for Petitioners.
- Nemo for Respondent.
- Date of hearing : 22nd October 1968.
Headnotes / Summary
(On appeal from the Judgment and order of the High Court of West Pakistan, Lahore, dated the 11th. July 1968, in R. F. A. No. 18 of 1965). --‑Land allotted to widow in lieu of estate held by her in India‑Whether on her‑ death it is her personal heirs who succeed to her and not heirs of last male‑owner‑Special Leave to Appeal granted by Supreme Court to consider question. Sher Muhammad v. Additional Commissioner P L D 1968 Lab. 234 ref.
Judgment & Decree
‑Land allotted to widow in lieu of estate held by her in India‑Whether on her‑ death it is her personal heirs who succeed to her and not heirs of last male‑owner‑Special Leave to Appeal granted by Supreme Court to consider question. Sher Muhammad v. Additional Commissioner P L D 1968 Lab. 234 ref. Muhammad Hussain Choudhury, Advocate Supreme Court instructed by Maqbool Ahmad, Attorney for Petitioners. Nemo for Respondent. Date of hearing : 22nd October 1968. HAMOODUR RAHMAN, J.‑This petition seeks to call in question the correctness of the Full Bench decision in the case Sher Muhammad v. Additional Commissioner (P L D 1968 Lah. 234). Leave has already been granted in the Civil Petitions Nos. 189 and 380 of 1968, to consider the same point, namely, whether a female who held a limited estate in India and submitted a claim under the Punjab Refugees (Registration of Land Claims) Act, 1949, did so as an owner within the purview of paragraph 2, Part r, Chapter. If of the Rehabilitation Settlement Scheme in her right and not on behalf of the reversioners; and whether on the death of such a refugee limited owner it is her personal heirs who succeeded to her and not the heirs of the last male‑owner. Leave is, accordingly, granted in this case also to consider the same point. The appeal arising out of this petition will come up along with the appeals arising out of Petitions Nos. 189 and 380 of 1958. Security‑Rs. 1.000 and during the pendency of the appeal in this Court the stay order granted on the‑ 26th August 1968, will continue on the‑ same terms. Leave granted.