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P L D 2024 Supreme Court 1246
ELECTION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN through Chief Election Commissioner, Islamabad — Appellant Versus SALMAN AKRAM RAJA and others — Respondents
Decided Date: N/A
Summary: — Arts. 219(c), 222(d) & 225 — Elections Act (XXXIII of 2017), Ss. 140(1), 140(3) & 151 — Election Tribunals in Punjab, appointment of — Consultation process between the Chief Justice of the (Lahore) High Court and the Election Commission of Pakistan...
P L D 2024 Supreme Court 1241
SAEED AHMED and another — Petitioners Versus The STATE — Respondent
Decided Date: 2024-August-23
Summary: — Ss. 497(2) & 498 — Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302, 324, 337-H(2), 337-F(v), 114, 148 & 149 — Constitution of Pakistan, Art.185(3) — Murderous assault — Ad-interim pre-arrest bail, confirmation of — Further inquiry — During investigation both the...
P L D 2024 Supreme Court 102
IMRAN AHMAD KHAN NIAZI — Petitioner Versus FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Law and Justice Division, Islamabad and another — Respondents
Decided Date: 2023-October-30
Summary: — Ss. 4, 5(n), 5(o), 9(a)(v), 14, 21(g) & 25(b) — National Accountability (Amendment) Act (XI of 2022), Ss. 2, 8, 10 & 14 — National Accountability (Second Amendment) Act (XVI of 2022), Ss. 2, 3 & 14 — Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 9, 14, 23, 24 & ...
P L D 2024 Supreme Court 1235
MEMBER, BOARD OF REVENUE, PUNJAB and others — Petitioners Versus SHERAZ KHAN — Respondent
Decided Date: 2024-July-4
Summary: — S. 10(4) — Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 24 — Affectees displaced due to Tarbela Dam Project — Tarbela Dam Oustee Scheme ('Scheme') — Allotment of alternate land — Grant of proprietary rights regarding the allotted land relatable to the date of al...
P L D 2024 Supreme Court 1228
SUPREME COURT BAR ASSOCIATION OF PAKISTAN through its President — Petitioner Versus FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Interior, Islamabad and others — Respondents
Decided Date: 2024-October-2
Summary: — O. XXVI, Rr. 2, 3 & 4 — Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 188 — Review petition before the Supreme Court, filing of — Limitation — Condonation of delay — Detailed reasons of judgment under review not released within thirty days of the short order — He...
P L D 2024 Supreme Court 1223
Moulvi ABDUL FATEH — Petitioner Versus YAR MUHAMMAD and others — Respondents
Decided Date: 2024-September-9
Summary: — Ss. 278 & 372 — Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Arts. 49 & 91 — Succession Certificate and Letter of Administration — Paternity of children (applicants) disputed — High Court after taking cognizance of all the material facts and the evidence produce...
P L D 2024 Supreme Court 1199
SUPREME COURT BAR ASSOCIATION OF PAKISTAN through its President — Petitioner Versus FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN, ISLAMABAD and others — Respondents
Decided Date: 2024-October-10
Summary: — Art. 188 — Review jurisdiction of the Supreme Court — Scope — Review jurisdiction is created by the Constitution and it may be invoked in respect of an order already made or judgment already pronounced, therefore, by its very nature a review petiti...
P L D 2024 Supreme Court 1168
The COMMISSIONER INLAND REVENUE and others — Appellants Versus MEKOTEX (PVT.) LIMITED and others — Respondents
Decided Date: 2024-September-18
Summary: — Arts. 12 & 142 — Legislative powers of Parliament and Provincial Assemblies — Laws with retrospective effect — Apart from the specified exception under Article 12 of the Constitution, Parliament and Provincial Assemblies cannot enact criminal laws ...
P L D 2024 Supreme Court 1163
Criminal Original Petition No.6 of 2024
Decided Date: 2024-September-12
Summary: — S. 3 — Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 19, 19A & 204 — Contempt of Court — Contemptuous and false press conferences against the Supreme Court and its Judges aired/broadcasted by television channels — Contempt of court notices issued to television c...
P L D 2024 Supreme Court 1152
NIAZ AHMED and another — Petitioners Versus AIJAZ AHMED and others — Respondents
Decided Date: 2024-July-15
Summary: — Ss. 3 & 4 — Illegal dispossession — Possession, restoration of — Locus standi — Qabza Mafia and land grabber — Scope — Petitioner/accused was aggrieved of criminal proceedings initiated by respondent/ complainant alleging his illegal dispossession ...
P L D 2024 Supreme Court 1134
AMER ISHAQ and others — Petitioners Versus PROVINCE OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA and others — Respondents
Decided Date: 2024-July-11
Summary: — Arts. 9, 23, 24 & 25 — Right to life and property — Protection against discrimination — Environmental crisis — Islamic environmentalism — Human-induced climate change — Scope — Environmental crisis pervades our lives — Overwhelming scientific conse...
P L D 2024 Supreme Court 1119
ASMAT ULLAH KHAN and others — Petitioners Versus The STATE and others — Respondents
Decided Date: 2024-May-15
Summary: — Ss. 365-A & 149 — Anti-Terrorism Act (XXVII of 1997), S. 7(e) — Kidnapping or abduction for ransom — Re-appraisal of evidence — Doubtful occurrence — Petitioners (convicts) were known to the complainant — In this scenario, the alleged kidnapping of...
P L D 2024 Supreme Court 1108
Mst. REHMAT BEGUM — Petitioner Versus MEHFOOZ AHMED and others — Respondents
Decided Date: 2024-August-9
Summary: — O. VII, R. 11 — Rejection of plaint — Principles relating to rejection of plaint under O. VII, R. 11, C.P.C stated. — Ss. 12 & 54 — Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O. VII, R. 11 — Companies Act (XIX of 2017), Ss. 2(9), 2(17) & 5 — Partnership Ac...
P L D 2024 Supreme Court 88
Raja MUHAMMAD HAROON — Petitioner Versus PROVINCE OF SINDH through Board of Revenue and others — Respondents
Decided Date: 2023-November-23
Summary: — Ss. 8(2)(iii) & 14 — Colonization of Government Lands Act (V of 1912), S. 17 — Implementation of judgment of the Supreme Court reported as Syed Mehmood Akhtar Naqvi and others v. Malik Israr, Sr. Member Board of Revenue Sindh and others (PLD 2018 S...
P L D 2024 Supreme Court 1028
HAMZA RASHEED KHAN — Appellant Versus ELECTION APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, LAHORE HIGH COURT, LAHORE and others — Respondents
Decided Date: 2024-March-25
Summary: — Arts. 184(3) & 199 — Judicial review — Scope — Neither the High Courts nor the Supreme Court can rewrite any law, much less the Constitution, nor can they insert anything therein — Constitution was carefully crafted by its framers and the domains o...
P L D 2024 Supreme Court 985
Presidential Reference No.2 of 2022
Decided Date: 2022-December-9
Summary: — S.3, Second, Third Sched. & Preamble — Regulation of Mines and Oilfields and Mineral Development (Government Control) (Amendment) Act (XVI of 2022), Preamble — Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 144, 147 & 186 — Reko Diq mining project — Settlement/im...
P L D 2024 Supreme Court 981
GHULAM RASOOL — Appellant Versus ELECTION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Islamabad and others — Respondents
Decided Date: 2024-September-19
Summary: — Ss. 95(5) & 95(6) — Election for seat of Provincial Assembly — Recounting of votes by the Returning Officer — Allegation of illegal and corrupt practices — Not proved — Respondent No. 11/returned candidate received 21,103 votes which was the highes...
P L D 2024 Supreme Court 978
PUBLIC INTEREST LAW ASSOCIATION OF PAKISTAN MEHERBANO AHSANUDDIN and others — Petitioners Versus FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN and others — Respondents
Decided Date: 2023-July-1
Summary: — Ss. 5 & 8 — National Disaster Management Act (XXIV of 2010), Ss. 9 & 16 — Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 184(3) — Climate change — Lack of a clear policy/strategy and action plan to deal with climate change — Special budget for climate change — Obs...
P L D 2024 Supreme Court 976
MUHAMMAD AYAZ and others — Petitioners Versus Mst. SAIMA SAEED and others — Respondents
Decided Date: 2024-September-11
Summary: — Practice of calling the defendant as a witness to give evidence on behalf of the plaintiff — Propriety — In the present case, the plaintiffs filed a suit for declaration and injunction, and then applied for a summons to be issued to the first defen...
P L D 2024 Supreme Court 969
AHMAD ALI — Petitioner Versus The STATE through A.G. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar and others — Respondents
Decided Date: 2023-March-7
Summary: — S. 497 — Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S. 302(b) — Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3) — Qatl-i-amd — Bail, refusal of — Case of cross-versions — [Per Qazi Faez Isa, J. [Majority view]: In the present case the daily diary, which recorded the petition...