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P L D 2026 Supreme Court 251
ZAHIR ZAKIR JAFFAR and 3 others — Petitioners Versus The STATE and others — Respondents
Decided Date: 2025-May-20
Summary: — Murder case — Circumstantial evidence — Scope — Punishment can be imposed based on circumstantial evidence — Such punishment is subject to rigorous standards and principles — Conviction exclusively on the basis of circumstantial evidence is not pro...
P L D 2026 Supreme Court 238
Dr. MUHAMMAD ASIF — Petitioner Versus Dr. SANA SATTAR and others — Respondents
Decided Date: 2025-May-16
Summary: — S. 17 — United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), 1989, Arts. 3 & 12 — Phrases "welfare of minor" and "best interests of the child" — Harmonizing two phrases — Phrase "welfare of the minor" can no longer be confined to its colon...
P L D 2026 Supreme Court 222
ZUNAIR YOUNAS and another — Petitioners Versus The STATE through P.G., Punjab and another — Respondents
Decided Date: 2025-April-22
Summary: — S. 161 — Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 140 — Statements under section 161, Cr.P.C. are not admissible except for limited purpose of contradiction under Article 140 of Qanun-e-Shahadat, 1984. — 'Discovery' and 'recovery' — Distinction stated....
P L D 2026 Supreme Court 217
Messrs ZHONGZING TELECOM PAKISTAN (PVT) LIMITED — Petitioner Versus The IMPERIAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (PVT), LIMITED — Respondent
Decided Date: 2025-November-13
Summary: — S.14 — Limitation Act (IX of 1908), First Sched., Arts.178 & 181 — Arbitral award — Filing before the court — Limitation — Filing of award by arbitrator himself — Effect — Objection that filing was barred by limitation — Legality — Distinction from...
P L D 2026 Supreme Court 211
MUHAMMAD KHURSHID KHAN, ADVOCATE — Petitioner Versus DOST MUHAMMAD KHAN (since deceased), through LRs and others — Respondents
Decided Date: 2025-November-12
Summary: — Ss.5, 8 & 8-A — Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 431 — Appeal — Death of accused — Civil consequences — Abatement of proceedings — Principle — Accused was convicted and sentenced under Section 8 of Illegal Dispossession Act, 2005 along with ...
P L D 2026 Supreme Court 205
KHALID MEHMOOD and 2 others — Petitioners Versus The DISTRICT POLICE OFFICER, D.G.KHAN and others — Respondents
Decided Date: 2025-August-21
Summary: — S.4 — Punjab Police (Efficiency and Discipline) Rules, 1975, R.2(iii) — Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 4, 14, 10A & 212 (3) — Misconduct — Acquittal in criminal case — Custodial violence — Enhancing of penalty — Petitioners / civil servants were s...
P L D 2026 Supreme Court 197
COCA COLA PAKISTAN LTD. (The Coca-Cola Export Corporation, PB), Lahore — Petitioner Versus COMMISSIONER INLAND REVENUE, LARGE TAXPAYERS OFFICE, LAHORE — Respondent
Decided Date: 2025-November-12
Summary: — Ss.67, 120, 122(5), 148 & 237 — Income Tax Rules, 2002, R.13 — Income tax — Manufacturer deriving income from locally manufactured products and imported finished goods — Imported goods subjected to final tax at import stage — Allocation/apportionme...
P L D 2026 Supreme Court 187
HASSAN KHAN — Petitioner Versus The STATE — Respondent
Decided Date: 2025-December-2
Summary: — Ss. 376 & 496-B — Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 103 — Rape and fornication — Re-appraisal of evidence — Delay of 7 months in registration of FIR — Consenting party — Recovery of weapon — Non-associating witness to recovery of weapon — Eff...
P L D 2026 Supreme Court 20
Mst. FAKHRA JABEEN and others — Petitioners Versus WASIF ALI and others — Respondents
Decided Date: 2024-November-28
Summary: — S. 5, Sched. — Muslim Family Laws Ordinance (VIII of 1961), S.5 — Dower, recovery of — Columns-13 and 16 of Nikanama — Interpretation — Mentioning of dower amount in Column-13 and immovable property in Column-16 — Family court held the wife entitle...
P L D 2026 Supreme Court 177
Mst. SAKINA BI and others — Appellants Versus BARKAT HUSSAIN and others — Respondents
Decided Date: 2026-February-20
Summary: — O. XXIII, R. 1 — Withdrawal of suit — Abandoning of part of claim — Right of plaintiff — Scope — Plaintiff has inherent right to abandon a suit or any portion of his claim without seeking prior permission from Court — Such right comes with the cave...
P L D 2026 Supreme Court 170
MUHAMMAD IMRAN BAQIR — Petitioner Versus Mst. ZARNAIN ARZOO and others — Respondents
Decided Date: 2025-July-10
Summary: — S. 5, Sched. — Maintenance allowance of minor — Fixation of quantum and continuity of 'nafaqah' (maintenance) of a minor following dissolution of a marriage — Obligation of father to maintain child — Father disputing the quantum of maintenance allo...
P L D 2026 Supreme Court 155
TAHIR alias TAHRI — Appellant Versus The STATE — Respondent
Decided Date: 2025-January-29
Summary: — S. 302(b) — Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 403 — Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 13 — Qatl-i-amd — Sentence — Question of expectancy of life — Plea of double jeopardy — Scope — Principle of expectancy of life is relevant in the context of s...
P L D 2026 Supreme Court 145
TAHIR KAZMI and another — Petitioners Versus INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, PUNJAB, LAHORE and others — Respondents
Decided Date: 2025-May-14
Summary: — Back benefits, concept of — Meaning — "Back benefits", as discussed in present case, were confined to arrears of pay and other emoluments denied due to wrongful dismissal or removal. — Reinstatement — Meaning and Scope. — Period spent by the civi...
P L D 2026 Supreme Court 126
SHAHID ALI — Petitioner Versus The STATE — Respondent
Decided Date: 2025-February-6
Summary: — S. 302(b) — Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Arts. 39 & 40 — Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 164 — Qatl-i-amd — Circumstantial evidence — Media report — Benefit of doubt — Accused was alleged to have confessed to his guilt of murder in an int...
P L D 2026 Supreme Court 122
NASEEM MAI and another — Petitioners Versus Malik MUHAMMAD SHAH AALAM and others — Respondents
Decided Date: 2025-July-7
Summary: — S.5, Sched. — Suit for recovery of maintenance allowance, future maintenance allowance and future marriage expenses — Prospective/ future marriage expenses, grant of — Scope and limitations in Family Law jurisprudence — Facts in brevity were that t...
P L D 2026 Supreme Court 118
KHURRUM JAVED and another — Petitioners Versus AHMED BILAL and others — Respondents
Decided Date: 2025-June-30
Summary: — S.25 — Alternative Dispute Resolution Act (XX of 2017), S.2(i) — Custody of minor, dispute over — Minor's mother having passed away — Granting of custody to maternal grandmother by lower courts — Legality questioned — Biological father alive and co...
P L D 2026 Supreme Court 113
PROVINCE OF SINDH through Land Acquisition Officer — Appellant Versus ABDUL TAWAB and others — Respondents
Decided Date: 2025-June-13
Summary: — Ss.3 & 5 — Land Acquisition Act (I of 1894), Ss.4 & 34 — Constitution of Pakistan, Art.185(3) — Time barred appeal — Condonation of delay, seeking of — Sufficient cause — Preferential treatment to government departments, autonomous bodies and priva...
P L D 2026 Supreme Court 91
Dr. SEEMA HANIF KHAN — Petitioner Versus WAQAS KHAN and others — Respondents
Decided Date: 2025-September-19
Summary: — Ss. 2(ii), 2(ii-a) & 2(viii) — Muslim Family Laws Ordinance (VIII of 1961), Ss.6 & 8 — Family Courts Act (XXXV of 1964), S.5, Sched. — Wife seeking dissolution of marriage — Family Court granting khula to wife without her asking for it — Legality —...
P L D 2026 Supreme Court 81
JUSTICE TARIQ MEHMOOD JAHANGIRI, JUDGE, ISLAMABAD HIGH COURT — Petitioner Versus MIAN DAWOOD, ADVOCATE HIGH COURT and others — Respondents
Decided Date: 2025-September-30
Summary: — Art. 199 (1)(b)(ii) — Writ of quo warranto against Judge of High Court — Restraining from judicial work — Non-deciding of objection — Appellant was a sitting Judge of High Court who had been restrained from performing his official work by Chief Jus...
P L D 2026 Supreme Court 1
FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, through Chairman, Islamabad — Petitioner Versus Dr. SHUMAILA NAEEM and others — Respondents
Decided Date: 2025-June-17
Summary: — S. 7(3)(d) — Pakistan Citizenship Act (II of 1951), S. 17 — Succession Act (XXXIX of 1925), Part-II — Civil Service Regulations, Vol-I, R. 310-A, Schedule — Domicile after marriage — Scope — Authorities were aggrieved of acceptance of candidature o...