GAJETAN PINTO vs Dr. (Mrs.) SHIRIN

This matter concerns an ejectment proceeding initiated by the respondent against a third party, wherein the petitioner sought to be impleaded as a necessary party, claiming to be the actual tenant of the premises and asserting that he had been regularly paying rent to the respondent. The trial court dismissed the petitioner's application for impleadment, finding that he was not a tenant and lacked the necessary locus standi to participate in the proceedings. Subsequently, an ejectment order was passed against the original respondent. The petitioner challenged both the dismissal of his impleadment application and the ejectment order before the High Court, which dismissed his appeal due to a lack of cogent or satisfactory evidence establishing his tenancy. Upon review, the Supreme Court of Pakistan affirmed the concurrent findings of the lower courts regarding the factual dispute over tenancy. The Court held that it would not interfere with concurrent findings of fact where no evidence supports the petitioner's claim, thereby upholding the dismissal of the petition.