Duties and powers
Duties and powers legal meaning, translation and judicial precedents.
Meaning & Judicial Interpretation: (اردو مفہوم اور قانونی تشریح)
Returning Officer appointed under S.7 of Representation of the People Act, 1976, is key-man in the entire exercise of conducting honest, just and fair elections in accordance with law as contemplated under Art.218 of the Constitution
Returning Officer is required to ensure that no person, who is not constitutionally and legally qualified to contest any election, is allowed to enter the arena
Returning Officer has immense powers to conduct such inquiries as he deems fit to make sure that only qualified persons are allowed to contest election
Returning Officers have not been left at the mercy of anyone and they are obliged to move in the matter of their own motion without sitting there and waiting for objector to come forward so that they could reject nomination papers of unqualified person.
Said words implied that the Election Commission was under a direct constitutional obligation to exercise all powers vested in it in a bona fide manner, meeting the highest of standards and norms, therefore, as a natural corollary all discretionary powers were also to be exercised and tested against such standards.
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Precedents & Case Laws citing "Duties and powers"
2024 S C M R 997
ZULFIQAR ALI BHATTI — Appellant Versus ELECTION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN and others — Respondents
Court: Supreme Court of PakistanP L D 2011 Lahore 115
NAZAR MUHAMMAD CHOOHAN — Petitioner Versus Dr. FAIZA ASGHAR and others — Respondents
Court: High Court1976 P L C 673
MUHAMMAD ARSHAD Versus ESSO PAKISTAN FERTILIZER Co. LTD., KARACHI
Court: Labour Appellate Tribunal Punjab1997 P T D 371
CALCUTTA STATE TRANSPORT CORPORATION Versus COMMISSIONER OF INCOME-TAX
Court: 219 I T R 515P L D 1974 Supreme Court 228
M. U. A. KHAN‑Appellant Versus Rana M. SULTAN AND ANOTHER‑Respondents
Court:2007 M L D 1171
CITY DISTRICT GOVERNMENT, KARACHI — Plaintiff Versus Messrs AA JOY LAND (PVT.) LTD. — Defendant
Court: Karachi2012 P Cr
MUHAMMAD NAWAZ — Petitioner Versus ADDITIONAL SESSIONS JUDGE/JUSTICE OF PEACE, BAHAWALPUR CAMP AT YAZMAN and 3 others — Respondents
Court: Lahore2010 Y L R 1145
Dr. SAUD UL HASSAN KHAN and another — Petitioners Versus PROVINCE OF THE PUNJAB through Secretary, Higher Education and 3 others — Respondents
Court: Lahore1994 S C M R 1393
McCARTHY & STONE (DEVELOPMENTS) LTD.‑‑‑Appellants Versus LONDON BOROUGH OF RICHMOND UPON THAMES‑‑‑Respondent
Court: (1991) 3 W.L.R 9411981 S C M R 74
M. U. A. KHAN-Appellant Versus M. SULTAN AND ANOTHER-Respondents
Court: --- Ss. 4(1) & 29(a) read with West Pakistan Inspectorate of Mines (Gazetted Posts) Recruitment Rules, 1968 and Constitution of Pakistan (1962), Arts. 178 (2) & 179--Appointment-Validity-Authority conferred by Arts. 178(2) & 179 of Constitution of Pakistan (1962) Embraces both regular and temporary services of Province, wider in scope and on higher plane than authority conferred by sub-Constitu tional legislation i.e., S. 29 (a) of Mines Act, 1923-Appointment of officers of Inspectorate of Mines, held, could validly be made under S. 4(1) in absence of rules framed under S. 19 (a) of Mines Act, 1923. Civil services.