2018 PLP 52 (SCMR)
POSTAL LIFE INSURANCE (PLI), LAHORE — Petitioner Versus MUHAMMAD ANWAR and others — Respondents
| Citation | 2018 PLP 52 (SCMR) |
| Forum / Court | Supreme Court of Pakistan |
| Bench Members | Mian Saqib Nisar, C.J., Umar Ata Bandial and Faisal Arab, JJ |
| Parties | POSTAL LIFE INSURANCE (PLI), LAHORE — Petitioner Versus MUHAMMAD ANWAR and others — Respondents |
| Primary Law | Insurance Ordinance (XXXIX of 2000) |
Q1: What are the key laws and sections cited in 2018 PLP 52 (SCMR)?
This judgment primarily cites: Insurance Ordinance (XXXIX of 2000) as referenced in Pakistani case law index.
Q2: Which judicial bench decided the case 2018 PLP 52 (SCMR)?
The case was heard and decided by the Supreme Court of Pakistan bench comprising: Mian Saqib Nisar, C.J., Umar Ata Bandial and Faisal Arab, JJ.
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Laws Cited
Representation
- Sohail Mehmood, DAG along with Abdul Ghafar, Dir, PLI Multan and Dr. Akram Nawaz, Dir. PLI Lahore for Petitioner.
- Liaqat Ali Butt, Advocate Supreme Court for Respondent No. 1.
Headnotes / Summary
(On appeal against the judgment dated 16.02.2017 of the Lahore High Court, Lahore passed in Insurance Appeal No. 13 of 2017)
S. 171
Pakistan Postal Services Management Board Ordinance (CXXVI of 2002), Ss. 3(2) & 11(2)(e)
Insurance claim against Postal Life Insurance
Insurance Tribunal, jurisdiction of
Scope
Management Board of Postal Life Insurance (" the Board") was a body corporate, therefore, on the basis of its powers to manage, maintain, control and operate the postal insurance business, the case would fall within the purview of S. 171(2) of the Insurance Ordinance, 2000 and thus, the Insurance Tribunal shall have the jurisdiction to hear and decide the matter.
Judgment & Decree
MIAN SAQIB NISAR, C.J.
Respondent No.1 (the respondent No.1) earlier filed his insurance claim against the petitioner before the learned Civil Court through Civil Suit, which was resisted and the objection taken was that the jurisdiction for determination of such claims only vests with the Insurance Tribunal. Thus, the plaint was returned under Order VII, Rule 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 for presentation before the relevant forum. Subsequently, the Insurance Tribunal constituted under section 121 of the Insurance Ordinance, 2000 (the Ordinance of 2000), after conducting trial, granted the insurance claim to the respondent. The petitioner challenged the order of the Tribunal before the learned High Court by means of an appeal which was dismissed through the impugned judgment.
2. Heard. The only objection raised is that as per the provisions of section 171(1) of Ordinance of 2000, by virtue of the fact that the postal insurance business/petitioner is being carried on by the Federal Government and not by a body corporate, the case does not fall within the purview of section 171(2) of the Ordinance, 2000. Suffice it to say that for the purposes of considering as to what is the status of the Management Board of the Postal Life Insurance/petitioner (the Board), reference has been made to section 3 of the Pakistan Postal Services Management Board Ordinance, 2002 (the Ordinance of 2002) and it is clearly mentioned in subsection (2) thereof that the Board shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power, subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, to acquire, hold and dispose of its property, both movable and immovable, and shall by its name sue and be sued. The provisions of section 11 of the Ordinance of 2002, prescribes powers and functions of the Board and as provided in subsection (2)(e) thereof, such powers include "to manage, maintain and operate the Postal Life Insurance throughout Pakistan". Obviously, the Board is a body corporate, therefore, on the basis of its powers to manage, maintain, control and operate the postal insurance business, the case would fall within the purview of section 171(2) of the Ordinance of 2000 and thus, the Insurance Tribunal shall have the jurisdiction to hear and decide the matter.
2. No other point has been agitated. Thus, no case for interference is made out. Dismissed accordingly. MWA/P-7/SC Petition dismissed.