1990 SCMR 1283
MUHAMMAD ANWAR vs THE STATE
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This petition for leave to appeal arose from criminal proceedings where Muhammad Anwar challenged a lower court decision before the Supreme Court of Pakistan. The core legal question concerned the sustainability of the petitioner's conviction or sentence as determined by the lower forums. The Supreme Court of Pakistan dismissed the petition, thereby upholding the impugned judgment. The key principle governing the matter relates to the exercise of the apex court's discretionary jurisdiction under appellate review where no substantial question of law or miscarriage of justice is made out to warrant interference with concurrent findings or lower court orders.
Questions settled in this judgment
- Whether the Supreme Court will interfere with concurrent findings of lower courts when no substantial question of law is made out?
ORDER
1. OF THE BENCH ' The petition is dismissed.