Or
Or legal meaning, translation and judicial precedents.
Meaning & Judicial Interpretation: (اردو مفہوم اور قانونی تشریح)
Meaning.
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.
"Or" is disjunctive that marks an alternative which generally corresponds to the word either.
Meaning elaborated and illustrated.
Connotation and their inter changeability.
Word "or" is generally used to link alternatives and has only an alternative significance.
Disjunctive and conjunctive uses.
Interpretation
Connotation.
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].
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.
Meaning of words vague and uncertain.
Word 'or' held, would be used to indicate alternative between different or unlike things .
"Or"-Interpretation-Word "or" ordinarily used in disjunctive sense-Governing rule, however, to carry out intention of Legislature.
"Or", Pakistan Law Portal, available at: https://paklawportal.com/words-terms-maxims/3214
Precedents & Case Laws citing "Or"
2016 P L C (C
MUHAMMAD ASIF QURESHI Versus EHTESAB BUREAU through Chairman
Court: High Court (AJ&K)2023 P Cr
Mufti KIFAYAT ULLAH — Petitioner Versus The STATE and another — Respondents
Court: Peshawar (Abbottabad Bench)1998 P Cr
MUSTAFA KAMAL ‑‑‑ Applicant Versus FARHAN AZIZ KHAWAJA and another‑‑‑Respondents
Court: Karachi1980 P Cr
ALLAH BAKHSH‑Petitioner Versus THE SUMMARY MILITARY. COURTS Nos. 36/37; LAHORE AND ANOTHER‑Respondents
Court: Lahore1987 M L D 2853
GHOUS MAHNOOR CORPORATION (PVT.) LTD. — Petitioner. Versus PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Islamabad and another — Respondents
Court: Karachi2003 M L D 705
MUHAMMAD ZAHEER and another‑‑‑Applicants Versus THE STATE and another‑‑‑Respondents
Court: Karachi2014 Y L R 1769
RAJAB — Applicant Versus The STATE — Respondent
Court: SindhP L D 2024 Lahore 522
Mst. SAIMA NOREEN — Appellant Versus The STATE and another — Respondents
Court: High Court2015 P Cr
MUNSHI AFZAL and others — Petitioners Versus MUHAMMAD SHOAIB, INVESTIGATION OFFICER NAB RAWALPINDI and 2 others — Respondents
Court: LahoreP L D 2004 Lahore 767
ISHTIAQ AHMAD RAJA — Petitioner Versus GHAZANFAR ALI, S.I./F.I.A., ISLAMABAD and another — Respondent
Court: High Court