PROVINCE OF PUNJAB, through Secretary Health, Government of Punjab, Lahore and others vs Miss KIRAN AKHTAR and others

This petition for leave to appeal challenged an interim order passed by the Lahore High Court in a pending writ petition. The High Court had directed the admission of respondent No. 1 to a Medical College in Rawalpindi on a provisional basis while the writ petition remained at the motion stage. The core legal question before the Supreme Court was whether it should interfere with an interim order passed by the High Court during the pendency of a writ petition. The Supreme Court observed that it does not ordinarily interfere with interim orders of the High Court. However, noting that the writ petition had been pending since May 1997, the Court disposed of the petition for leave to appeal with a direction to the High Court to decide the main writ petition before the court's vacation. The Court further clarified that the petitioner retained the liberty to raise all relevant points for the redress of their grievances during the final adjudication of the writ petition. The petition was disposed of accordingly.