MUHAMMAD ISMAIL vs FAIZ BAKHSH And Other

This matter arises from a petition for special leave to appeal directed against the judgment of the Lahore High Court, which dismissed the petitioner's constitutional petition. The core legal question concerns whether the High Court was justified in refusing to interfere with a concurrent finding of fact recorded by the Settlement authorities regarding the auction of property in favour of the petitioner while earlier L.H. Forms filed by the respondents remained undisposed of. The Supreme Court held that the High Court properly refused to interfere with the established finding of fact by the Settlement authorities. The key principle laid down is that the superior courts will not interfere with concurrent findings of fact reached by administrative settlement tribunals in constitutional jurisdiction unless a jurisdictional defect or illegality is shown.