In fact, an impartial and independent judiciary is universally recognized as a core value of any civilized democracy. This is evidenced by the international conventions that protect this value as a fundamental right of the people (ref: United Nations Basic Principles on the Independence of Judiciary and The (Montreal) Universal Declaration on the Independence of […]
2014 PLD 71 ISLAMABAD Side Appellant : HAROON RASHID Side Opponent : STATION HOUSE OFFICER, POLICE STATION ABPARA, ISLAMABADSs. 22-A, 154 & 200 —Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199—Constitutional petition—Registration of F.I.R. or private complaint —High prof ile case —Advantage of an F.I.R. over a private complaint —Military Operation carried out at Lal Masjid and Jamia Hafsa in July, 200 7 on the alleged orders of the then President of Pakistan/accused—Complainant’s father and grandmother were killed during the operation and he moved several […]
Constitution of Pakistan (1973)— —-Art. 45—President’s power to grant pardon—Scope—Conviction of accused under S.402-B, P.P.C. read with S.7, Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 and order of disqualification of the accused for 21 years for seeking or being elected, chosen, appointed as Member of any public office or any authority of the Local Government of Pakistan—President had got […]
Allah Nawaz v. Station House Officer, Police Station Mahmood Kot District, Muzafargarh PLD 2013 Lah. 243 ref. Sardar M. Abbas Watto for Petitioner. Allah Ditta Ansari for the Complainant. Ms. Nuzhat Bashir, Deputy Prosecutor-General with Ashfaq, ASI for the State. ORDER SYED SHAHBAZ ALI RIZVI, J.—Muhammad Azam, petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in case FIR No.438 […]
S. 493—Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 150—Public Prosecutor and private counsel engaged by Complainant—Scope—Provision of S.493, Cr.P.C. analysed—Petitioner/accused assailed order passed by Trial Court whereby Court had given permission to the counsel of complainant to conduct cross-examination upon a prosecution witness after declaring him as hostile—Contention of petitioner was that a privately engaged counsel could […]
S. 489-F—Pre-arrest bail, grant of—F.I.R. had shown that cheque in question was issued from joint account of accused and co-accused to be encashed on specified date—Said cheque was signed by both of them, which had indicated that they were partners and possibility of possession of cheques joint ly signed by them with co-accused could not […]
Christian Divorce..Unless and untill any one of the grounds mentioned in christian divorce Act 1869 is not proved,divorce can not be granted , because concept of khula is alien to the christian marriages…
Muhammad Shahid Sahil v. The State PLD 2010 FSC 215; Amanullah v. The State PLD 2009 SC 542; Vidhya v. Deputy Superintendent of Police (Crl.O.P. No.36969 of 2007); United State v. Yee 134 F.R.D. 161; Muhammad Azhar v. The State PLD 2005 Lah. 589; Khizar Hayat v. Additional District Judge, Kabirwala PLD 2010 Lah. 422; […]