1969 PLP 512 (SCMR)
BRIG. RASHID AHMAD KHAN, CHAIRMAN, MUNICIPAL COMMITTEE, LYALLPUR AND OTHERS — Petitioners Versus ABDUL MAJID‑Respondent
| Citation | 1969 PLP 512 (SCMR) |
| Forum / Court | High Court |
| Bench Members | N/A |
| Parties | BRIG. RASHID AHMAD KHAN, CHAIRMAN, MUNICIPAL COMMITTEE, LYALLPUR AND OTHERS — Petitioners Versus ABDUL MAJID‑Respondent |
| Primary Law | Constitution of Pakistan (1962) |
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Laws Cited
Representation
- S. M. Akhtar Mir, Advocate Supreme Court instructed by Wali Muhammad, Senior Attorney for Petitioners.
- Nemo for Respondent.
- Date of hearing : 2nd May 1969.
Headnotes / Summary
(On appeal from the order of the High Court of West Pakistan, Lahore, dated the 10th February 1969, in Criminal Original No. 6 of 1969). -- Arts. 123 & 58(3)‑Contempt of Court‑Mere issuance of contempt‑notice by High Court under Art. 123‑Cannot be challenged before Supreme Court by petition for Special Leave to Appeal.
Judgment & Decree
M. R. KHAN, J.‑The respondent, Abdul Majid, along with others filed Writ Petition No. 152 of 1967, in the High Court of West Pakistan, Lahore. The present petitioners are respondents in that Writ Petition. The dispute in the Writ Petition relates to some evacuee property lying within the municipal limits of Lyallpur. The High Court, according to the present respondent, made an order on the 11th February 1967, stating that the status quo as to possession of the disputed property would be maintained till the admission of the Writ Petition. The present respondent made an application before the High Court under Article 123 of the 1962 Constitution for proceeding against the petitioners for contempt of Court on the allegation that they had demolished his structures and boundary wall on the disputed property in disregard of the Court's order maintaining status quo. On this application, the High Court, by its order, dated the 10th February 1969, directed issue of notices on the petitioners. It is against this order that the petitioners have come up with the present petition for special leave to appeal. By the impugned order, the High Court merely directed issue of notices on the petitioners and did nothing else. There can be no reason for the petitioners' being aggrevied by this order not amounting to judicial determination of any matter. In obedience to the notices issued pursuant to the High Court's order, the petitioners may appear before the High Court and defend themselves, and it is for that Court to make a final order in the application under Article 123 of the Constitution pending before it. At this stage, our interference is not at all called for. The petition is dismissed. Leave refused.