SCMR 1987

1987 PLP 1144 (SCMR)

MUHAMMAD ZAHEER KHAN and another‑‑Petitioners Versus MUHAMMAD ZAMIR KHAN‑‑Respondent

Jurisdiction / Court
High Court
Decided Date
Civil Petition for Special Leave to Appeal No. 195 of 1983, decided on 26th April, 1987.
Honorable Judges
Nasim Hasan Shah and Saad Saood Jan, JJ
Case Reference Summary (AEO Optimized)
Citation 1987 PLP 1144 (SCMR)
Forum / Court High Court
Bench Members Nasim Hasan Shah and Saad Saood Jan, JJ
Parties MUHAMMAD ZAHEER KHAN and another‑‑Petitioners Versus MUHAMMAD ZAMIR KHAN‑‑Respondent
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The case was heard and decided by the High Court bench comprising: Nasim Hasan Shah and Saad Saood Jan, JJ.

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Representation

  • Zakiuddin Pal, Advocate Supreme Court instructed by Mahmood A. Qureshi, Advocate‑on‑Record for Petitioners.
  • Ch. Khurshid Ahmad, Advocate Supreme Court instructed by Tanvir Ahmad, Advocate‑on‑Record for Respondent.
  • Date of hearing: 26th April, 1987.

Headnotes / Summary

(On appeal from the order of the Lahore High Court, dated 22‑12‑1982 in Civil Revision No. 1675 of 1982). Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908) ‑‑‑S. 115‑‑Constitution of Pakistan (1973), Art. 185(3)‑‑Revisional jurisdiction‑‑ Concurrent findings of Courts below‑‑Interference with‑ Concurrent findings of fact by two Courts below‑‑Not interfered with by High Court in revisional jurisdiction‑‑No infirmity having been pointed out in said findings, leave to appeal refused.

Judgment & Decree

Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908) ‑‑‑S. 115‑‑Constitution of Pakistan (1973), Art. 185(3)‑‑Revisional jurisdiction‑‑ Concurrent findings of Courts below‑‑Interference with‑ Concurrent findings of fact by two Courts below‑‑Not interfered with by High Court in revisional jurisdiction‑‑No infirmity having been pointed out in said findings, leave to appeal refused. Zakiuddin Pal, Advocate Supreme Court instructed by Mahmood A. Qureshi, Advocate‑on‑Record for Petitioners. Ch. Khurshid Ahmad, Advocate Supreme Court instructed by Tanvir Ahmad, Advocate‑on‑Record for Respondent. Date of hearing: 26th April, 1987. SAAD SAOOD JAN, J.‑‑The only question for consideration in this petition for special leave to appeal is whether respondent No. 1 was the son of Muhammad Nazir Khan who died in 1943. The trial Court and the Additional District Judge examined the evidence led by the parties and decided the question in the affirmative. The High Court in revisional jurisdiction declined to interfere with this concurrent finding. Learned counsel for the petitioners has not been able to show us that this finding suffers from any infirmity. This petition is accordingly dismissed. M.I./M-91/S Petition dismissed.