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Delay Defeats Equity

Delay Defeats Equity legal meaning, translation and judicial precedents.

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

2023 PLC(CS)N 65 Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Court Judicial Precedent
Equity aids the vigilant and not the indolentDelay defeats equity

Law favours vigilant and not the indolent.

1987 PLD 336 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE Judicial Precedent
Generalia specialibus non derogant (General words do not derogate from special)Application of principle

While applying the maxim, caution has to be exercised and due attention paid to the language of the two provisions sought to be reconciled.

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Precedents & Case Laws citing "Delay Defeats Equity"

SCMR 2004
Civil Petition No.2184‑L of 2002, decided on 8th July, 2002.

2004 S C M R 944

GHULAM SARWAR‑‑‑Petitioner Versus AMIR HUSSAIN and 3 others‑‑‑Respondents

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
CLC 2013
2012-October-1

2013 C L C 403

FAZAL HAMEED and others — Petitioners Versus MUHAMMAD FAYAZ KHAN and others — Respondents

Court: Peshawar
PLC 1996
Appeal No. 16 with Civil Miscellaneous No. 10 of 1993, decided on 26th November, 1995.

1996 P L C 640

THE DIVISIONAL SUPERINTENDENT, PAKISTAN RAILWAYS, PESHAWAR Versus NAZAR HUSSAIN and 23 others

Court: Labour Appellate Tribunal N.-W.F.P
PLC(CS) 2021
Writ Petition No.1663-P of 2020, decided on 1st September, 2020.

2021 P L C (C

FAKHR UD DIN and 34 others Versus GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, through Secretary

Court: Peshawar High Court
PLC(CS)N 2023
Writ Petition No.08 of 2018, decided on 19th September, 2019.

2023 P L C (C

SAEED ULLAH Versus GOVERNMENT OF GILGIT-BALTISTAN and others

Court: Chief Court Gilgit-Baltistan
CLC 1982
Writ Petition No. 636/11 of 1972, decided on 23rd January, 1974.

1982 C L C 2181

SAHIBZADI NASIMA BEG UM‑Petitioner Versus CHIEF SETTLEMENT AND REHABILITATION COMMISSIONER

Court: Lahore
PLC(CS) 2000
Appeal, No.44-P of 1999, decided on 14th April, 1999.

2000 P L C (C

ABDUL AZIZ GORMANI Versus REGIONAL MANAGER AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

Court: Federal Service Tribunal
YLR 2021
Writ Petition No. 1343 of 2021, decided on 9th April, 2021.

2021 Y L R 1676

MUHAMMAD YASIR — Petitioner Versus ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE, ISLAMABAD-WEST and others — Respondents

Court: Islamabad
PLC 2020
Constitutional Petitions Nos. 889 to 931 of 2018, decided on 25th November, 2019.

2020 P L C 82

NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION LIMITED, through Authorized Officer and others Versus NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION and others

Court: Balochistan High Court
PLC(CS) 2022
C.P. No.1057 of 2020, decided on 27th November, 2020.

2022 P L C (C

MUHAMMAD FURQAN KHAN Versus CHIEF SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT OF BALOCHISTAN and 5 others

Court: Balochistan High Court