SCMR 1997

1997SCMR1176 (PLP)

LAL DIN alias LALU and another‑‑‑Petitioners Versus SUPREME APPELLATE COURT, LAHORE and 3 others‑‑‑Respondents

Jurisdiction / Court
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Decided Date
Constitutional Petition No.43‑L of 1994, decided on 19th March, 1995.
Honorable Judges
Manzoor Hussain Sial and Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, JJ
Case Reference Summary (AEO Optimized)
Citation 1997SCMR1176 (PLP)
Forum / Court Supreme Court of Pakistan
Bench Members Manzoor Hussain Sial and Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, JJ
Parties LAL DIN alias LALU and another‑‑‑Petitioners Versus SUPREME APPELLATE COURT, LAHORE and 3 others‑‑‑Respondents
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Representation

  • ‑‑‑‑Art. 185‑‑‑Supreme Court Rules, 1980, O.XXXII, R 11 & O.XXXIII, R.6‑‑ Stay of execution of sentence‑‑‑Inherent power of the Supreme Court‑‑ Counsel's application for adjournment of case on the plea that he being seriously ill could not undertake journey to address the Court and that stay order already granted by Court against execution of death penalty awarded to convict be extended‑‑‑Supreme Court in the interest of justice and for unavoidable circumstances expressed by counsel adjourned the case to specified date‑‑ Execution was stayed in the meanwhile‑‑‑Counsel was directed to contact widow of deceased and to produce her and other legal representatives of deceased on next date of hearing; failing which stay order would stand vacated.
  • Nemo for Petitioners.
  • Nemo for Respondents.
  • Date of hearing: 19th March, 1995.
  • Learned counsel for petitioner shall contact Mst. Parveen widow of the deceased and shall produce her and other legal representatives of the deceased on the next date of hearing; failing which the stay order shall stand vacated.
  • Copy of this Order shall be sent to the learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Advocate‑General, Punjab.

Headnotes / Summary

(On appeal from the judgment dated 16‑1‑1994 of the Supreme Court Appellate Court in Cr. A. No. 108/SAC/L‑1993). Constitution of Pakistan (1973)‑‑‑

Judgment & Decree

‑‑‑‑Art. 185‑‑‑Supreme Court Rules, 1980, O.XXXII, R 11 & O.XXXIII, R.6‑‑ Stay of execution of sentence‑‑‑Inherent power of the Supreme Court‑‑ Counsel's application for adjournment of case on the plea that he being seriously ill could not undertake journey to address the Court and that stay order already granted by Court against execution of death penalty awarded to convict be extended‑‑‑Supreme Court in the interest of justice and for unavoidable circumstances expressed by counsel adjourned the case to specified date‑‑ Execution was stayed in the meanwhile‑‑‑Counsel was directed to contact widow of deceased and to produce her and other legal representatives of deceased on next date of hearing; failing which stay order would stand vacated. Nemo for Petitioners. Nemo for Respondents. Date of hearing: 19th March, 1995. Learned counsel for Lal Din alias Lalu petitioner has applied for adjournment of the case on the ground that he is seriously ill and hospitalised at Lahore. He has stated that he is unable to undertake journey to Islamabad. He has made a separate application to the Hon'ble Chief Justice for hearing of the connected Petition filed by him for hearing this case at Lahore and has prayed that in the meantime the stay order already granted by this Court against the execution of death penalty awarded to Lal Din alias Lalu petitioner be extended. After going through the file, in the interest of justice and for the un avoidable circumstances expressed by the learned counsel, this case is adjourned to 18‑4‑1995 subject to the order passed by the Hon'ble Chief Justice in the connected petition for hearing at Lahore. Till then the execution is stayed. Learned counsel for petitioner shall contact Mst. Parveen widow of the deceased and shall produce her and other legal representatives of the deceased on the next date of hearing; failing which the stay order shall stand vacated. Copy of this Order shall be sent to the learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Advocate‑General, Punjab. A.A./L‑90/S Order accordingly