MUHAMMAD RAFI Versus MUHAMMAD SHARIF

The petitioners have moved this Constitutional petition praying therein that the suit pending in the Court of Mr. Javed Iqbal Saif, learned Civil Judge, Chunian, may be transferred to any other Court of competent jurisdiction for trial.

2. Briefly stated, the facts of the case are that a transfer petition was moved by the petitioners saying that respondents Nos.3 and 4 have openly declared that they have approached the learned Civil Judge and that the suit shall be decreed in their favour. It was stated that the conduct and behaviour of the learned trial Court appeared to be favourable to the plaintiff‑respondents. The learned District Judge, Kasur, vide his order dated 7‑9‑1987, dismissed the application of the petitioners holding that there is no need to transfer the case at this stage to some other Court.

3. I have heard the learned counsel for the parties at some length and have perused the record very minutely. Learned counsel for the petitioners has not been able to point out as to how the learned trial Court shall not be able to do complete justice between the parties. There is nothing on the record to show that the learned trial Court is biased towards the petitioners. Learned counsel for the respondents submitted that this is a method adopted by the petitioners to prolong the litigation without any legal justification. He has submitted that twice in the earlier litigation, direction was issued by the High Court for expeditious disposal of the case, and despite that there was no progress made in the case on account of the delaying tactics adopted by the present petitioners.

4. The upshot of the above discussion is that I do not find any legal justification to interfere in the matter. Resultantly, the petition is dismissed being devoid of any force. The parties are left to bear their own costs.

H . B . T . / M‑503/ L Petition dismissed.