Messrs KHAWAJA TEXTILE MILLS LTD. and another vs FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN and others
This order arises from petitions seeking leave to appeal before the Supreme Court of Pakistan. The primary procedural issue before the Court was whether leave to appeal should be granted when identical legal points had already been admitted for consideration in similar pending matters. The Supreme Court granted leave to appeal in all four petitions, noting the learned counsel's submission that the points involved were similar to those in which leave had already been granted. The Court further directed that the security and interim order would remain the same as previously ordered in Civil Petition No. 144-R of 1988 and connected matters. The key principle affirmed is that where common or similar legal questions are pending determination before the apex court in other admitted matters, leave to appeal may be granted on identical terms to ensure consistency in adjudication.
- Whether leave to appeal should be granted when identical legal points are already admitted for hearing in connected matters?
- Can the Supreme Court apply interim orders and security terms from earlier connected petitions to new petitions involving similar questions of law?
ORDER
1. MUHAMMAD AFZAL ZULLAH, J.--Learned counsel states that leave to appeal has already been granted in similar other matters. He also states that the points involved therein and those to be raised in these petitions are similar. Accordingly we grant leave to appeal in these four petitions also.
2. ' The security and interim order same as was passed in Civil Petition No,144-R of 1988 and other connected petitions decided on 1st June, 1988.