Ignorantia praesumitur ubi scientia non probatur
Ignorantia praesumitur ubi scientia non probatur legal meaning, translation and judicial precedents.
Meaning & Judicial Interpretation: (اردو مفہوم اور قانونی تشریح)
”Ignorantia praesumitur ubi scientia non probatur" (ignorance is presumed where knowledge is not proved) and "lex neminem cogit ostendere qued nescire praesumitur" (law compels no one to divulge that which he is presumed not to know)
Applicability
Where the petitioner was minor at the time when all the actions had been taken against him, such actions would be presumed to have been taken without his knowledge
Minor was not supposed nor presumed to be in the knowledge of all those actions
Maxims "ignorantia praesumitur ubi scientia non probatur" (ignorance is presumed where knowledge is not proved) and "lex neminem cogit ostendere qued nescire praesumitur" (law compels no one to divulge that which he is presumed not to know) were applicable in circumstances.
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Precedents & Case Laws citing "Ignorantia praesumitur ubi scientia non probatur"
1999 C L C 1892
SHAFIUL MULK‑‑ h:r0ioriflr' Versus CHAIRMAN, AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT BANK OF
Court: Peshawar2000 P L C (C
SHAFIUL MULK Versus CHAIRMAN, AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT
Court: Peshawar High CourtP L D 2002 Peshawar 50
MUHAMMAD SHAFIULLAH — Petitioner Versus GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Parliamentary Affairs
Court: High Court