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Laches or delay

Laches or delay legal meaning, translation and judicial precedents.

Meaning & Judicial Interpretation: (اردو مفہوم اور قانونی تشریح)

2013 MLD 287 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH Judicial Precedent
Art.199Constitutional petitionLaches or delayLegal effectLaches per se would not be a bar to constitutional jurisdiction of High CourtQuestion of delay in filing constitutional petition would be examined with reference to facts of each case

Where facts of case and dictates of justice demanded, laches of several years could be overlooked or laches of few months might be fatal

Delay would defeat equity

Equity would aid vigilant and not indolent

Superior courts refuse to come to the aid of a party having not been diligent, vigilant and acted in a prudent manner.

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Precedents & Case Laws citing "Laches or delay"

PLD 1983
Writ Petition No. 1 of 1982, decided on 5th April 1983.

P L D 1983 Peshawar 229

MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM‑ — Petitioner Versus S. H. O. POLICE STATION, MANSEHRA AND ANOTHER‑ — Respondents

Court: ---Art. 9--‑Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 154‑--Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S. 307/353/333/148/149--‑Writ jurisdiction, invocation--‑ Laches--‑Extraordinary powers of judicial review, held, not exercised in favour of a party guilty of laches or delay in invoking jurisdiction of Court‑--Petitioner not furnishing any explanation for inordinate delay taking place before filing writ petition‑Relief in writ petition being discretionary, High/ Court not condoned delay in circumstances of case.‑Laches.
PLD 1968
(2) REGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY, LAHORE,

P L D 1968 Lahore 748

NEW KISAN TRANSPORT Co. LTD., LYALLPUR‑ Petitioner Versus (1) MEMBER, BOARD OF REVENUE, WEST PAKISTAN, LAHORE,

Court:
PLC(CS)N 2018
W.P. No.119 of 2016, decided on 18th October, 2017.

2018 P L C (C

Syed SHAMSHAD HUSSAIN and 3 others Versus PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT through Chief Secretary Gilgit-Baltistan and 2 others

Court: Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Court
PLC(CS)N 2023
Writ Petition No.35 of 2019, decided on 16th September, 2019.

2023 P L C (C

RAZIA BANO Versus PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT GILGIT-BALTISTAN through Chief Secretary Gilgit-Baltistan, Gilgit and 5 others

Court: Chief Court Gilgit-Baltistan
MLD 2003
19th November 2002

2003 M L D 719

Prof. MUHAMMAD WALI KHAN and another‑‑‑Petitioners Versus SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT OF SINDH and others‑‑‑Respondents

Court: Karachi
CLC 2020
2019-July-26

2020 C L C 47

KHALIDA BIBI — Petitioner Versus Mst. SHABNAM UN NISA and 12 others — Respondents

Court: Islamabad
PLD 1958
21st July 1958, from the order of Sardar Abdul Ghafoor Khan Lodhi, Senior Civil Judge, Multan, dated the 9th February 1957

P L D 1958 (W

ALLAH WASAYA and another‑Defendants‑Appellants Versus MUHAMMAD SHAKIR‑Plaintiff‑Respondent

Court: High Court
CLC 1985
Constitutional Petition No.S-30 of 1977 and Second Rent Appeal No.236 of 1980, decided on 5th December, 1984.

1985 C L C 1335

KHUDA BUX — Petitioner Versus DEPUTY SETTLEMENT COMMISSIONER and 9 others — Respondents

Court: Karachi
PCRLJ 1989
Constitutional Petition No. D‑957 of 1986, decided on 21st June, 1988.

1989 P Cr

MUHAMMAD SADIQ‑‑Petitioner Versus ANVER MAJEED and another‑‑Respondents

Court: Karachi
PLD 1963
Civil Revision No. 271 of 1962, decided on 17th April 1963

P L D 1963 (W

FARID GUL AND ANOTHER‑Petitioners Versus Haji GUL HASSAN AND OTHERS‑ — Respondents

Court: (b) Limitation Act (IX of 1908), Art. 113, Part 2‑Applicable where no definite date for performance had been fixed‑ Agreement to re‑convey property to seller on payment of certain sum "after 16 years" of sale, "or within 16 years" of sale‑Part 2 of Art. 113, held, applicable.