Sh. MUBARIK ALI and others vs Sh. ABDUR RASHID
This matter came before the Supreme Court of Pakistan through petitions filed by Sh. Mubarik Ali and others against Sh. Abdur Rashid. The core legal question concerned the resolution of a dispute between the parties regarding a sale transaction. During the proceedings, the parties informed the Court that they had reached an amicable settlement outside of the judicial process. The terms of this compromise stipulated that the respondent would pay the petitioners a balance amount of Rs. 60,000 within one month before the Sub-Registrar, Faisalabad. In consideration of this payment, the petitioners agreed to execute a sale deed in favor of the respondent and ensure its registration before the Sub-Registrar on a specified date. The Court accepted the written compromise filed by the learned counsel for the parties. Consequently, the Supreme Court disposed of the petitions in accordance with the mutually agreed terms, thereby formalizing the settlement as the final resolution of the dispute between the litigants.
- Can the Supreme Court dispose of petitions based on a written compromise reached between parties outside of court?
- Is a court empowered to incorporate the terms of a private settlement into its final order?
ORDER
SAJJAD ALI SHAH, J.---Learned counsel for the parties to these petitions have filed compromise in writing arrived at between them outside the Court. The terms of the compromise are as under:--
(a) The respondent will pay Rs,60,000 (Rupees-sixty thousand only) to The petitioners within one month before the Sub-Registiar, Faisalabad as balance amount of the sale.
(b) That the petitioners will execute sale-deed in favour of the respondent on the receipt of the said amount of Rs,60,000 and will have the sale-deed registered before the Sub-Registrar, Faisalabad on 11th of June 1994.
2. The petitions are disposed of in the terms stated above.