PAKISTAN BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERS COUNCIL through Chairman and anothers vs THE UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY LAHORE through ViceChancellor and 4 others

This matter concerns a petition for leave to appeal filed by the Pakistan Bachelor of Technology Engineers Council against the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore. The core legal question involves the determination of a specific point of law that has previously been raised in other pending matters before the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Upon consideration, the Court held that leave to appeal should be granted to ensure consistency in judicial determination, as the same legal issue is currently under review in other cases, specifically Muhammad Sadiq v. University of Sindh (C.P. No. 264-K of 1989) and Absar Hussain v. Pakistan through Secretary, Ministry of Education, Islamabad (C.P. No. 103-K of 1989), where leave to appeal has already been granted. The key principle laid down is that where identical questions of law are pending adjudication in other matters where leave has been granted, it is appropriate to grant leave in the instant case to maintain uniformity and avoid conflicting decisions on the same legal question.