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2005 PLC(CS) 216 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE Judicial Precedent
Words "or" and "and" used in a statute

Meaning.

2005 PLC(CS) 138 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE Judicial Precedent
Words "or" & "and" used in a statuteConstruction ofDuty of Court primarily a -to adhere to strict literal interpretation of words usedSubstitution of conjunctive should not be made without sufficient reasonWord "or" would indicate alternativeIn ordinary use, word "and" is conjunctive and word "or" disjunctive

In order to give effect to real intention of Legislature, word "or" can be read in place of "and" and vice versa, if context so provided

Principles.

2002 CLC 54 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE Judicial Precedent
Words and Phrases"Or" and "and"

Connotation and their inter changeability.

1995 PTD 1369 INCOME-TAX-APPELLATE-TRIBUNAL-PAKISTAN Judicial Precedent
Words and Phrases"And" and "or"

Disjunctive and conjunctive uses.

1990 PLD 632 SUPREME-COURT Judicial Precedent

Words "and" and "or" are interchangeable and the word "and" can be construed as "or" and vice versa if the change is necessary to effectuate the obvious intention of the law-maker or the statutory rule-framer.

[Interpretation of statutes].

1988 PLD 338 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH Judicial Precedent

Words 'or' and land', field, interchangeable and much depended on context in which these words used and intention with which they were used

This intention, held further, could be gathered from document and after perusal of whole relevant clause.

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Precedents & Case Laws citing "And"

PLD 2009
2009-March-27

P L D 2009 Lahore 362

GHULAM MURTAZA and another — Appellants Versus THE STATE — Respondent

Court: High Court
YLR 2019
N/A

2019 Y L R 851

Qazi BADR-UL-WAHAB and 20 others — Appellants Versus LAND ACQUISITION COLLECTOR, PROVINCIAL HOUSING AUTHORITY, PESHAWAR and 3 others — Respondents

Court: Peshawar
PLD 2025
2025-April-24

P L D 2025 Supreme Court 502

HIDAYAT KHAN and others — Petitioners Versus Mst. NASREEN and others — Respondents

Court: High Court
CLC 2025
2024-September-6

2025 C L C 332

PREMIUM TEXTILE MILLS LIMITED through duly authorized officer and 23 others — Plaintiffs Versus FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources, Islamabad and 2 others — Defendants

Court: Sindh
PLD 2011
2011-May-24

PLD 2011 Karachi 451

AMANULLAH KHAN YOUSUFZAI and others — Petitioners Versus FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Law Secretary and others — Respondents

Court: High Court
YLR 2001
Criminal Appeals Nos.90 and 91, Confirmation Case No.5 and Criminal Acquittal Appeal No. 103 of 1998, decided on 22nd March, 2001.

2001 Y L R 1510

AMANAT ALI and another — Appellants Versus THE STATE and another — Respondents

Court: Karachi
PLD 2018
N/A

P L D 2018 Lahore 300

Barrister ASFANDYAR KHAN and others — Petitioners Versus GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB and others — Respondents

Court: High Court
PLD 2005
2005-April-8

P L D 2005 Karachi 695

Mst. ZAINAB and others — Applicants Versus BAHAWAL KHAN and others — Respondents

Court: High Court
PLD 2017
N/A

P L D 2017 Lahore 1

Hafiz JUNAID MAHMOOD — Petitioner Versus GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB and others — Respondents

Court: High Court
SCMR 2019
Human Rights Case No. 17599 of 2018, decided on 3rd January, 2019.

2019 S C M R 247

N/A

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan