Abdul Rasheed and 6 others vs Muhammad Qamar-uz-Zaman and 4

This matter arises from a petition seeking leave to appeal against an order of the High Court, which remanded a case to the Trial Court for a decision afresh on merits. The core legal question concerns the propriety of the High Court's remand order and whether the petitioners required special permission from the Supreme Court to initiate separate legal proceedings against alleged threats of illegal dispossession. The Supreme Court dismissed the petition and declined leave, holding that no interference was warranted with the well-reasoned order of the High Court. The Court further clarified that no special permission was required for the petitioners to approach a competent forum for the redress of their grievances in accordance with the law, and directed that the Trial Court must decide the suit on its own merits without being influenced by tentative observations in the impugned order. The principle laid down is that parties retain their inherent legal liberty to approach appropriate forums against threats of dispossession without requiring express leave from an appellate court, and remand orders based on proper evaluation of merits remain undisturbed.