Directory or mandatory
Directory or mandatory legal meaning, translation and judicial precedents.
Meaning & Judicial Interpretation: (اردو مفہوم اور قانونی تشریح)
Where inaction on the part of a public functionary within the prescribed time is likely to affect the rights of a citizen the prescription of time is deemed directory
Where, however, a public functionary is empowered to create liability against a citizen only within the prescribed time, it is mandatory.
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Precedents & Case Laws citing "Directory or mandatory"
2025 C L C 1852
SHABANA PARVEEN — Petitioner Versus Malik MOHSIN HASSAN RASHEED and 4 others — Respondents
Court: LahoreP L D 2023 Lahore 81
WALI MUHAMMAD and another — Petitioners Versus SHAUKAT ALI and 7 others — Respondents
Court: High Court1993 CLC 921
MUHAMMAD RAFIQUE‑‑‑Petitioner Versus MAHMUD KHALID and others‑‑‑Respondents
Court: Lahore2021 S C M R 328
PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through Conservator of Forest, Faisalabad and others — Petitioners Versus JAVED IQBAL — Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of PakistanP L D 1969 Dacca 571
JAMES FINLAY & Co. LTD.‑Appellant Versus AMINUL ISLAM AND OTHERS‑Respondents
Court:2015 C L D 1894
JAMSHED HASSAN BUTT — Appellant Versus MCB BANK LIMITED — Respondent
Court: Lahore1997 C L C 679
Messrs MALAH RICE MILLS, JACOBABAD and others‑‑‑Petitioners Versus PRESIDING OFFICER, BANKING TRIBUNAL, LARKANA and others‑‑‑Respondents
Court: KarachiP L D 2022 Lahore 833
SAFIA BEGUM — Petitioner Versus ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE and others — Respondents
Court: High Court1989SCMR335
HARAL ITTIHAD RICE DEALERS‑‑Petitioner Versus GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB and others‑‑Respondents
Court: High Court