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Or legal meaning, translation and judicial precedents.

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

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.

2003 PLD 593 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE Judicial Precedent

"Or" is disjunctive that marks an alternative which generally corresponds to the word either.

2002 YLR 2687 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE Judicial Precedent
"Or"

Meaning elaborated and illustrated.

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

Connotation and their inter changeability.

1999 PLD 281 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH Judicial Precedent
Words and Phrases "Or"Connotation

Word "or" is generally used to link alternatives and has only an alternative significance.

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

Disjunctive and conjunctive uses.

1992 MLD 212 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE Judicial Precedent
Words and PhrasesWord "or"

Interpretation

1992 MLD 283 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH Judicial Precedent
Words and Phrases`Or' used in S.561-A, Cr.P.C.

Connotation.

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.

1986 CLC 879 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH Judicial Precedent
Words and Phrases Word "or" and "of"

Meaning of words vague and uncertain.

1986 CLC 1784 ELECTION-TRIBUNAL-OF-PAKISTAN Judicial Precedent
Words and PhrasesMeaningMeaning of 'Or'

Word 'or' held, would be used to indicate alternative between different or unlike things .

1981 PTD 217 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH Judicial Precedent

"Or"-Interpretation-Word "or" ordinarily used in disjunctive sense-Governing rule, however, to carry out intention of Legislature.

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Precedents & Case Laws citing "Or"

PLC(CS) 2016
Civil Appeal No.5 of 2004, decided on 2nd April, 2015.

2016 P L C (C

MUHAMMAD ASIF QURESHI Versus EHTESAB BUREAU through Chairman

Court: High Court (AJ&K)
PCRLJ 2023
2021-July-2

2023 P Cr

Mufti KIFAYAT ULLAH — Petitioner Versus The STATE and another — Respondents

Court: Peshawar (Abbottabad Bench)
PCRLJ 1998
Criminal Miscellaneous Application No.450 of 1997, decided on 31st December, 1997.

1998 P Cr

MUSTAFA KAMAL ‑‑‑ Applicant Versus FARHAN AZIZ KHAWAJA and another‑‑‑Respondents

Court: Karachi
PCRLJ 1980
Writ Petition No. 3212 of 1979, decided on 21st July, 1979.

1980 P Cr

ALLAH BAKHSH‑Petitioner Versus THE SUMMARY MILITARY. COURTS Nos. 36/37; LAHORE AND ANOTHER‑Respondents

Court: Lahore
MLD 1987
Constitutional Petition No.D-341 and Miscellaneous Application No.818 of 1987, decided on 26th August, 1987.

1987 M L D 2853

GHOUS MAHNOOR CORPORATION (PVT.) LTD. — Petitioner. Versus PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Islamabad and another — Respondents

Court: Karachi
MLD 2003
Criminal Miscellaneous Application No.433 of 2001, heard on 16th December, 2002.

2003 M L D 705

MUHAMMAD ZAHEER and another‑‑‑Applicants Versus THE STATE and another‑‑‑Respondents

Court: Karachi
YLR 2014
Criminal Bail Application No.614 of 2013, decided on 16th September, 2013.

2014 Y L R 1769

RAJAB — Applicant Versus The STATE — Respondent

Court: Sindh
PLD 2024
2023-January-31

P L D 2024 Lahore 522

Mst. SAIMA NOREEN — Appellant Versus The STATE and another — Respondents

Court: High Court
PCRLJ 2015
2013-December-4

2015 P Cr

MUNSHI AFZAL and others — Petitioners Versus MUHAMMAD SHOAIB, INVESTIGATION OFFICER NAB RAWALPINDI and 2 others — Respondents

Court: Lahore
PLD 2004
N/A

P L D 2004 Lahore 767

ISHTIAQ AHMAD RAJA — Petitioner Versus GHAZANFAR ALI, S.I./F.I.A., ISLAMABAD and another — Respondent

Court: High Court