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2025 PLD 124 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE Judicial Precedent
Act of CourtEffect

Prejudice must not be caused to litigants because of any mistake of Courts, though the litigants and their counsel are also required to be vigilant.

2023 MLD 156 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH Judicial Precedent

No one can be prejudiced by an act of the Court.

2022 CLC 1858 ISLAMABAD Judicial Precedent
Act of CourtEffectAct of Court should not prejudice any one

Where Court does not comply with mandatory provision of law or omits to pass an order in the manner prescribed by law, then litigant / parties cannot be taxed, much less penalized for act or commission of the Court

Fault in such cases lie with Court and not with litigants and no litigant should suffer on such account unless he / they contumaciously negligent and deliberately not complied with mandatory provision of law.

2021 SCMR 1805 SUPREME-COURT Judicial Precedent

No one can be prejudiced by an act of the Court.

2019 YLRN 23 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT Judicial Precedent

No one to be prejudiced for the act and omission of the Court.

2018 YLR 2064 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR Judicial Precedent

No one should suffer for any act or omission of the Court or of its official.

2018 PCrLJ 433 Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Court Judicial Precedent

Party not to suffer by an act of the court.

2017 PLD 486 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH Judicial Precedent
S. 372Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), Ss. 114 & 151Administrative suitReview of order-Inherent powers of High CourtAct of Court

High Court directed to convert Succession Miscellaneous Application (SMA) into administrative suit but later on said application was dismissed for not impleading proper legal heirs

Validity

Once the Court competently ordered conversion of proceedings from SMA to administrative suit, then direction in former proceedings would lose its value and weight and things were to proceed as per procedure, provided for later (converted) proceedings

Suit for administration could not be dismissed simply for the reason that there could also be some other legal heirs, not made party in suit

Inquiry in such regard could competently be done within the scope of administrative suit

Such was an inadvertent mistake of Court which should not result in prejudicing anybody

Order converting SMA into administrative suit held the field and at the time of subsequent order i.e. dismissal of SMA if it would have been pointed out so that such subsequent order could not have passed

Bona fide inadvertent mistake even of Court could always be corrected/ratified by exercising powers provided by S.114, C.P.C. coupled with inherent jurisdiction within the meaning of S.151, C.P.C., which was meant for the ends of justice or to prevent abuse of the process of Court

Administrative suit was restored in circumstances.

2013 CLD 463 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH Judicial Precedent
S. 19Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O.XXI, R.89Execution of decreeSetting aside of salePrincipleAct of court

Banking Court disposed of all applications while confirming auction proceedings in favour of auction purchaser and claim of objection petitioner was misconceived

Effect

Inadvertence, mistake, error or irregularity on the part of court could not take away rights of auction purchaser which accrued in his favour when he deposited bid amount as provided under law

Both applications under O.XXI, Rule 89, C.P.C. were filed without substantial compliance of O.XXI, Rule 89(1)(a) and (b), C.P.C. and it could be considered as if no such applications had been preferred

High Court declined to interfere in the order passed by Banking Court, whereby objections petitions were dismissed and sale was confirmed in favour of auction purchaser

Appeal was dismissed in circumstances.

2013 CLC 702 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH Judicial Precedent
O. XXI, R.89Financial Institutions (Recovery of Finances) Ordinance (XLVI of 2001), S.19Execution of decreeSetting aside of salePrincipleAct of Court

Banking Court disposed of all applications while confirming auction proceedings in favour of auction-purchaser and claim of objection petitioner was misconceived

Effect

Inadvertence, mistake, error or irregularity on the part of court could not take away rights of auction-purchaser which accrued in his favour when he deposited bid amount as provided under law

Both applications under Order XXI, Rule, 89, C.P.C. were filed without substantial compliance of Order XXI, Rule 89 1)(a) and (b) C.P.C. and it could be considered as if no such applications had been preferred

High Court declined to interfere in the order passed by Banking Court, whereby objections petitions were dismissed and sale was confirmed in favour of auction-purchaser

Appeal was dismissed in circumstances.

2012 PCrLJ 1317 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT Judicial Precedent

Act of court should not prejudice any person including the prosecution, nor anyone should suffer for the act or omission of the court, nor it should prejudice anyone.

2012 CLD 1060 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE Judicial Precedent
Act or omission of courtNo person should suffer for an act or omission of court

Act of court should not prejudice anyone.

2012 PLD 204 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE Judicial Precedent

Act or omission of court would not suffer or prejudice anyone.

2012 CLC 1141 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE Judicial Precedent
Act or omission of courtNo person should suffer for an act or omission of court

Act of court should not prejudice anyone.

2012 CLD 764 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH Judicial Precedent
Error in court order

No one shall suffer on account of an error of court.

2012 CLC 667 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH Judicial Precedent
Error in court order

No one shall suffer on account of an error of Court.

2011 CLC 1473 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT Judicial Precedent
Act of courtRight of litigant could not be left to suffer because of technicalities and act of court

Act of court would prejudice no man.

2011 CLC 1286 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH Judicial Precedent
S. 12Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), S.52, O.XXI, R.34 & O.XXII, R.12Constitution of Pakistan, Art.199Constitutional petitionExecution of decreeJudgment-debtors, death ofAct of Court

Decree for specific performance of agreement to sell was passed in favour of predecessor-in-interest of respondent and execution of the decree was allowed by Executing Court vide order dated 12-9-1985

Only obligation on decree-holder, in order to get sale-deed executed in his favour was deposit of balance sale consideration, which he deposited on 20-5-1986

Sale-deed was executed on 10-3-2007, in favour of respondent through Court official

Petitioners who were legal heirs of deceased judgment-debtors raised the plea that execution of decree was barred by limitation

Validity

After deposit of balance sale consideration by decree-holder on 20-5-1986, nothing was to be done on the part of decree-holder

Official of Court was to execute sale-deed in favour of decree-holder

Delay in execution of sale-deed could only be attributed to judgment-debtors and after their death to their legal heirs or to official of Trial Court

After deposit of balance sale consideration there was no need for decree-holders to move separate application to seek registration of sale-deed

Act of Court should prejudice no one and decree-holders or their legal representatives could not be denied fruits of decree merely because of the default of judgment-debtors to discharge their obligation under the decree or of the official of Trial Court

Not necessary that upon death of judgment-debtors during pendency of execution proceedings, legal representatives should be made a party

Decree could be executed without impleading legal representatives of judgment-debtors unless decree-holder could not get his decree satisfied without obtaining an order against legal representatives of deceased judgment-debtors for its execution

Sale-deed had been executed in favour of respondent, there was nothing left in the case

High Court declined to interfere in execution of sale-deed

Petition was dismissed in circumstances.

2010 SCMR 1408 SUPREME-COURT Judicial Precedent

Any act of Court shall prejudice no man.

2010 YLR 1498 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE Judicial Precedent

No party should be made to suffer due to any mistake of court.

2008 YLR 1865 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH Judicial Precedent

No person should be made to suffer on account of any act or omission of the court or its officers.

2007 SCMR 399 SUPREME-COURT Judicial Precedent

Party could not be condemned on account of an act of Court.

2007 PLD 594 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH Judicial Precedent

Act of court could not prejudice ally one.

2007 PTD 229 CUSTOMS,CENTRAL-EXCISE-AND-SALES-TAX-APPELLATE-TRIBUNAL Judicial Precedent
Error of Court

No party can be made to suffer for the error of the Court and the respondent/department was bound to follow the requirements laid down in the law of evidence where in absence of original record photocopies were admissible as a piece of evidence.

2006 YLR 216 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE Judicial Precedent

An act of Court should not prejudice any person nor any person should suffer for the act or omission of Court.

2005 SCMR 720 SUPREME-COURT Judicial Precedent
Effect

No person should suffer for act or omission of Court and act of Court should not prejudice anyone.

2005 MLD 1165 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE Judicial Precedent

Nobody should be prejudiced by act of Court.

2005 CLD 187 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH Judicial Precedent

No party shall be made to suffer due to the act or omission of the Court in the performance of its duties.

2004 MLD 1288 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE Judicial Precedent

Litigant should not be allowed to suffer for acts of the Court.

2003 CLC 408 SHARIAT-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR Judicial Precedent
Act of CourtMistake of Court

Mistake of Court should not prejudice litigant and litigant could not be left to suffer because of negligence of Court in not framing an issue in the light of pleadings of parties especially when both rival suits of parties were consolidated.

2003 PLD 808 SUPREME-COURT Judicial Precedent

No person should suffer on account of act of Court and an order passed by the Court shall cause no prejudice to any of the parties.

2003 CLC 235 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT Judicial Precedent
Act of CourtExpression "the act. of the Court"Connotation

One of the first and highest duties of all Courts is to take care that act of the Court does not use injury to any of the suiters

Such expression does not mean act of primary Court or of any intermediate Court of Appeal, but act of the Court as a whole lowest Court, which entertains jurisdiction over the matter up to the highest Court, which finally disposes of the case.

2003 CLD 571 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE Judicial Precedent

Rule that no one shall be prejudiced on account of an act of Court, would only be applicable in the cases, where Court had the authority to pass the order but the order was erroneous

Where, however, the Court lacked the authority and absolutely had no jurisdiction, notwithstanding such order having been passed by the Court, a person could not put a premium on void order.

2003 PLD 260 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE Judicial Precedent
Act of Court

No one could be punished for an act of Court.

2003 PLD 148 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH Judicial Precedent
Act of Court

No one should suffer by any act of a Court.

2002 PLD 46 SUPREME-COURT Judicial Precedent
Act of Court

No person shall suffer for the act of the Court.

2002 SCMR 134 SUPREME-COURT Judicial Precedent
Act of CourtActus curiae neminem gravabit (an act of the Court shall prejudice no man)Filing appeal before wrong forum by mistake in decree sheetEffect

Where it was act of the Court demonstrated in the decree sheet which prompted the respondents to file the appeal before the District Judge, it would really be a harsh view to non-suit the respondents for approaching the wrong appellate forum

Party should not be made to suffer on account of act/omission on the part of the Court or other State functionaries.

2002 CLC 209 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN Judicial Precedent
Act of Court

Act of the Court should prejudice no man.

2002 CLD 1071 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE Judicial Precedent
Act of Court

None should be allowed to suffer for the act of Court.

2002 YLR 3151 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE Judicial Precedent

Parties could not be made to suffer for act of the Court, howsoever erroneous and misconceived such act might be.

2002 CLD 702 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH Judicial Precedent
Act of Court Mistake of CourtEffect

Mistake of Court should not prejudice a party.

2001 PTD 3961 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE Judicial Precedent
Act of Court

Nobody should be penalized by the act of the Court.

2001 CLC 1741 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE Judicial Precedent
Act of Court

Nobody should be penalized by the act of the Court or by the act of the public functionaries.

2001 YLR 343 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE Judicial Precedent
Act of Court

Nobody should be penalised by the act of Court.

2001 MLD 1969 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE Judicial Precedent
Act of Court

Nobody should be penalized by the act of the Court.

2001 MLD 1026 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE Judicial Precedent

Nobody should be prejudiced by the act of the Court.

2001 PLD 139 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE Judicial Precedent
Act of CourtMistake of Court

Not to injure a litigant.

2001 PLC 279 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE Judicial Precedent
Act of Court

No body should be penalized by the act of Court.

2001 YLR 3280 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR Judicial Precedent
Act of Court

Nobody could be penalized for the mistake of the Court or its officials.

2000 YLR 2976 SHARIAT-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR Judicial Precedent
Act of CourtPrinciple

Mistake of the Court should not prejudice any-one.

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Precedents & Case Laws citing "Act of Court"

YLR 2008
Civil Revision No.22 of 2004, decided on 6th September, 2007.

2008 Y L R 218

TAYYAB and others — Petitioners Versus FALAK SHER and others — Respondents

Court: Lahore
PLD 2008
2008-January-7

P L D 2008 Karachi 109

MUHAMMAD YAQOOB and 2 others — Plaintiffs Versus MUHAMMAD AHMED and another — Defendants

Court: High Court
MLD 2014
2014-January-20

2014 M L D 1249

ABDUL SATTAR — Appellant Versus MUHAMMAD RAFI and others — Respondents

Court: Lahore
SCMR 1990
Civil Petition for Leave to Appeal No. 242‑R of 1989, decided on 13th March, 1990.

1990SCMR 1571

HAKAM ALI and another‑‑‑Petitioners Versus IFTIKHAR AHMED KHAN‑‑‑Respondent

Court: ‑‑‑‑OXX, R.14(1)(b)‑‑‑Constitution of Pakistan (1973), Art. 185(3)‑‑‑Pre emption‑‑‑Leave to appeal‑‑‑‑Decree‑holder in a pre‑emption suit failed to deposit decretal amount according to directions given by Trial Court in that respect‑‑Default of decree‑holder was not merely due to his own fault, but was due to the fact that his application for suspension of order of Trial Court for deposit of decretal amount was kept pending by High Court to be taken note of alongwith appeal filed by judgment‑debtor‑vendee against the decree ‑‑‑Decree- holder in circumstances could not be penalised for act of Court‑‑‑Exercise of discretion by High Court in favour of decree‑holder having not contravened any law or principle, judgment of High Court was unexceptionable‑‑‑Leave to appeal refused.‑‑ ‑Pre‑emption.
PLD 1962
Execution Second Appeal No. 378 of 1959, decided on 12th December 1961.

P L D 1962 (W

PAINDA KHAN‑Appellant Versus TIWANA AND ANOTHER‑Respondents

Court:
CLC 1995
Regular Second Appeal No. 17 of 1993, decided on 22nd December, 1994.

1995 C L C 957

JAMSHAID ALI and 2 others‑‑‑Appellants Versus GHULAM HASSAN ‑‑‑ Respondent

Court: Lahore
YLR 2009
Writ Petition No. 4267 of 2000, decided on 5th May, 2009.

2009 Y L R 2356

ABDULLAH KHAN through L. Rs. — Petitioner Versus MUHAMMAD EISA KHAN and others — Respondents

Court: Lahore
CLC 2011
merits on account of defect in jurisdiction of court---Judgments/orders of the courts below were set aside and case was remanded to the court of Senior Civil Judge, with the direction to decide the same on merits, in accordance with law

2011 C L C 1473

MISAL KHAN — Petitioner Versus MANAGING DIRECTOR CORPORATE MEMBER, KARACHI STOCK EXCHANGE

Court: Peshawar
MLD 1989
Civil Revision No. 149 of 1989, decided on. 1st February, 1989.

1989 M L D 366

ALLIED BANK OF PAKISTAN LIMITED‑‑Petitioner Versus ZIA‑UL‑QAMAR BHATTI and another‑‑Respondents

Court: Lahore
YLR 2007
F.A.O. No.30 of 2003, decided on 16th May, 2006.

2007 Y L R 376

ALI MUHAMMAD — Appellant Versus WALI MUHAMMAD and others — Respondents

Court: Lahore