ALI HAIDER SHAH vs MANZUR MEHDI and others

This matter arises from a petition for leave to appeal filed by a plaintiff against the dismissal of his declaratory suit, appeal, and subsequent civil revision challenging a gift made by him in favour of the respondents. The core legal question concerns whether the petitioner's challenge to the gift on merits and technical grounds warrants interference by the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court held that since all courts below found against the petitioner on merits and the petitioner did indeed make the gifts in dispute in favour of his own son and grandson, the Court would decline to grant leave to appeal in the exercise of its discretionary jurisdiction, notwithstanding any technical or procedural defects. The key principle laid down is that the Supreme Court will not exercise its discretionary jurisdiction to grant leave to appeal where concurrent findings on merits are against the petitioner and the transaction in question involves a gift made to close family members, despite alleged technical defects.