Latest Judgments

Newly reported judgments from the Supreme Court of Pakistan, the High Courts and tribunals, added as they are processed — free, full text, updated daily. Judgments marked NEW were added in the most recent update. 79,348 judgments in total from the Lahore High Court.

• Nazir Ahmad vs The State1989 MLD 741 · Lahore High Court · 1989-02-11Read full judgment →
• Nazir Ahmad vs The StateK.L.R 1989 Crimnal Cases 377 · Lahore High Court · 1989-02-11Read full judgment →
• Nazir Ahmad vs Hassan Shah1989 MLD 486 · Lahore High Court · 1989-02-20Read full judgment →
• Nazir Ahmad vs Bashir And Other1989 CLC 153 · Lahore High Court · 1988-11-01Read full judgment →
• Nazir Ahmad alias Rashid Ahmad vs The State1989 P Cr. L J 2400 · Lahore High Court · 1989-02-07Read full judgment →
• Nazir & Co. (Private) Ltd. vs The Punjab Province And Other1989 MLD 4683 · Lahore High Court · 1988-11-29Read full judgment →
• Nazim Khan vs The State1989 P Cr. L J 1726 · Lahore High Court · 1988-12-13Read full judgment →
• Nazar Muhammad vs S.H.O. and others1989 P Cr. L J 470 · Lahore High Court · 1988-10-01Read full judgment →
• Nazar Hussain vs Abdul Salam And Other1989 MLD 2944 · Lahore High Court · 1989-04-19Read full judgment →
• Nazar Hussain Shah vs The State1989 P Cr. L J 1718 · Lahore High Court · 1989-02-01Read full judgment →
• Nazar Abbas vs The State1989 P Cr. L J 967 · Lahore High Court · 1989-01-16Read full judgment →
• Nawazish Ali vs The StateK.L.R 1989 Criminal Cases 468 · Lahore High Court · 1989-03-01Read full judgment →
• Nawazish Ali Shah vs The State1989 MLD 881 · Lahore High Court · 1989-03-01Read full judgment →
• Nawaz vs The State1989 MLD 702(1) · Lahore High Court · -Read full judgment →
• Nawaz and another vs The State1989 P Cr. L J 1773 · Lahore High Court · 1978-04-17Read full judgment →
• Nawab vs The State1989 P Cr. L J 1 · Lahore High Court · 1987-10-12Read full judgment →
• Nawab vs Muhammad Saeed And Another1989 MLD 4933 · Lahore High Court · 1974-06-04Read full judgment →
• Nawab Shah and anothers vs The State1989 P Cr. L J 1779 · Lahore High Court · 1989-01-18Read full judgment →
• Nawab Fayyaz Ali Khan vs Athar Ali Khan1989 MLD 3751 · Lahore High Court · 1988-12-13Read full judgment →
• Nawab Din vs Qais Abdur Rashid1989 MLD 3214 · Lahore High Court · 1989-03-12Read full judgment →
• National, Bank of Pakistan vs Messrs Knitwara Garments Ltd. And Other1989 MLD 3209 · Lahore High Court · 1989-03-14Read full judgment →
• National Bank of Pakistan vs The Punjab National Silk Mills Ltd. And 21989 MLD 2963 · Lahore High Court · 1989-02-11
  winding uprevocation of winding up ordercompany liquidationdischarge of liabilitiescompanies ordinance
  Summary & questions settled

  This matter concerns an application filed under section 319 of the Companies Ordinance, 1984 for the withdrawal and revocation of a final winding up order previously passed against the Punjab National Silk Mills Ltd. The core legal question was whether a winding up order could be revoked upon the application of the company's directors when arrangements had been made to fully discharge all liabilities, including principal amounts, consolidated interest, and liquidation expenses. The Lahore High Court held that since the company's liabilities to its creditors, including the National Bank of Pakistan and Commerce Bank (merged into United Bank), were fully satisfied or accounted for through offered funds and bank drafts, and the primary ground for winding up—inability to pay debts—no longer subsisted, the application ought to be accepted. The court laid down the principle that a winding up order may be recalled or revoked under appropriate statutory provisions when the underlying debt that necessitated the liquidation stands settled and the company's financial obligations to creditors and liquidators are completely discharged.

  Questions settled

  • Can a winding up order be revoked under section 319 of the Companies Ordinance, 1984 upon the satisfaction of company debts?
  • Whether the court can accept a settlement offer for principal and consolidated interest to discharge a company from liquidation proceedings?
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• National Bank of Pakistan vs Punjab Labour Court No.77 GujranwalaK.L.R. 1989 Labour Service Cases 92 · Lahore High CourtRead full judgment →
• National Bank of Pakistan vs Punjab Labour Court No. 7, Sialkot and another1989 PLC 213 · Lahore High Court · 1988-05-22Read full judgment →
• National Bank of Pakistan vs Punjab Labour Appellate Tribunal and others1989 PLC 203 · Lahore High Court · 1988-06-14Read full judgment →
• National Bank of Pakistan vs Muhammad Haleem Chohan1989 PLC 17 · Lahore High Court · 1988-05-24Read full judgment →
• National Bank of Pakistan vs Messrs Home Aids Corporation and anothers1989 PLD Lahore 213 · Lahore High Court · 1988-11-15Read full judgment →
• Nasrullah Khan vs Province of Punjab And Other1989 MLD 4514 · Lahore High Court · 1989-09-28Read full judgment →
• Nasrullah Khan vs Province of Punjab and OtherK.L.R 1989 Civil Cases 191 · Lahore High Court · 1987-09-28Read full judgment →
• Nasreen Begum Etc. vs The StateK.L.R 1989 Shariat Cases 20 · Lahore High Court · 1989-01-21Read full judgment →
• Nasreen Begum and others vs The State1989 P Cr. L J 2362 · Lahore High Court · 1989-01-21Read full judgment →
• Nasir Khan vs Amjad Rashid1989 MLD 4888 · Lahore High Court · 1989-07-02Read full judgment →
• Nasir Khan vs Amjad RashidK.L.R 1989 Criminal Cases 745 · Lahore High Court · 1989-07-02Read full judgment →
• Nasir Hussain vs The State1989 MLD 4853 · Lahore High Court · 1989-02-07Read full judgment →
• Nasim Anwar and others vs Abdul a Ziz1989 PLD Lahore 511 · Lahore High Court · 1989-06-18Read full judgment →
• Nasim Akhtar vs Muhammad Ramzan1989 CLC 1650 · Lahore High Court · 1988-12-12Read full judgment →
• Nasim Ahmad Etc. vs The StateK.L.R 1989 Criminal Cases 36 · Lahore High Court · 1988-09-14Read full judgment →
• Nasim Ahmad and others vs The State1989 P Cr. L J 853 · Lahore High Court · 1988-09-14Read full judgment →
• Nasim Ahmad and 3 others vs The State1989 P Cr. L J 71 · Lahore High Court · 1988-10-10Read full judgment →
• Naser Ahmad vs The State1989 P Cr. L J 1732 · Lahore High Court · 1988-12-17Read full judgment →
• Naseer Ahmad vs The State1989 P Cr. L J 1347 · Lahore High Court · 1989-04-15Read full judgment →
• Naseer Ahmad vs Deputy Commissioner and 2 others1989 PLC (C.S.) 590 · Lahore High Court · 1989-05-13Read full judgment →
• Naseer Ahmad And Others vs Asghar Ali1989 MLD 4523 · Lahore High Court · 1988-12-05Read full judgment →
• Naseer Ahmad Alias Bhop vs The StateK.L.R 1989 Criminal Cases 383 · Lahore High Court · 1988-12-17Read full judgment →
• Naseem Zafar And Others vs Lahore Development Authority1989 MLD 3653 · Lahore High Court · 1988-02-27Read full judgment →
• Naila Gauhar Shahzad Kharal vs Rai Gauhar Shahzad Kharal And Another1989 MLD 460 · Lahore High Court · 1989-02-14Read full judgment →
• Naik Muhammad vs Muhammad Manzur and others1989 P Cr. L J 1733 · Lahore High Court · 1988-12-18Read full judgment →
• Naghma Rashid And Others vs B.Z. University And Other1989 MLD 3935 · Lahore High Court · 1989-04-11Read full judgment →
• Nadir Hussain vs The State1989 P Cr. L J 2150 · Lahore High Court · 1988-12-20Read full judgment →
• Nadim Ahmad and others vs The State and others1989 P Cr. L J 648 · Lahore High Court · 1988-02-21Read full judgment →
• N.A. Shaharyar vs Mahmood Khalid, Civil Judge1989 MLD 3259 · Lahore High Court · 1989-03-05Read full judgment →
• Muzammal Iobal vs The State1989 MLD 4003 · Lahore High Court · 1989-04-16Read full judgment →
• Muzaffar Ali Awan vs Pioneer Alliance (Pvt) Ltd. Lahore Through ItsPTCL 1989 CL. 281 · Lahore High CourtRead full judgment →
• Muzaffar Ali Awan vs Messrs Pioneer Alliance (Pvt.) Ltd. and others1989 PLD Lahore 106 · Lahore High Court · 1988-12-05
  winding-up petitioncompany jurisdictionregistered officeterritorial jurisdictioncorporate liquidationCompanies Ordinance
  Summary & questions settled

  This matter concerns the maintainability of winding-up petitions filed in the Lahore High Court against a company whose registered office is located in the Province of Baluchistan. The core legal question is whether the Lahore High Court possesses jurisdiction to entertain winding-up proceedings for a company registered outside its territorial jurisdiction, despite the company having significant assets and business operations within the Province of Punjab. The Court held that, pursuant to Section 7 of the Companies Ordinance, 1984, jurisdiction for winding-up proceedings is exclusively vested in the High Court within whose territorial jurisdiction the company's registered office is situated. As the respondent-company's registered office was in Baluchistan, and a winding-up order had already been passed by the High Court of Baluchistan, the Lahore High Court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the petitions. The principle laid down is that the location of the registered office is the sole determinant for jurisdiction in winding-up matters under the Ordinance, and a High Court cannot assume jurisdiction based merely on the location of a company's assets or business operations.

  Questions settled

  • Does a High Court have jurisdiction to entertain a winding-up petition against a company whose registered office is located outside its territorial jurisdiction?
  • What is the legal definition of 'registered office' for the purposes of determining jurisdiction in company winding-up proceedings?
  • Can a High Court transfer winding-up proceedings to another High Court based solely on the location of a company's assets?
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• Mustakeem Khan and others vs The State1989 P Cr. L J 1771 · Lahore High Court · 1989-03-05Read full judgment →
• Muslim Commercial Bank vs Abdul Majid and others1989 PLC 9 · Lahore High Court · 1988-05-31Read full judgment →
• Muslim Commercial Bank Ltd. vs The Punjab Labour Appellate Tribunal, Lahore and 2 others1989 PLC 209 · Lahore High Court · 1988-04-05Read full judgment →
• Muslim Commercial Bank Ltd. vs Punjab Labour Appellate Tribunal, Lahore and 2 others1989 PLC 206 · Lahore High Court · 1988-06-21Read full judgment →
• Muslim Commercial Bank Limited vs Punjab Labour Appellate Tribunal1989 PLC 323 · Lahore High Court · 1988-09-26Read full judgment →
• Mushtaq vs D.M. Gujranwala1989 MLD 4309 · Lahore High Court · 1988-09-04Read full judgment →
• Mushtaq Masih and others vs The State1989 P Cr. L J 665 · Lahore High Court · 1988-07-19Read full judgment →
• Mushtaq Hussain vs Muhammad Ashfaq and others1989 P Cr. L J 2348 · Lahore High Court · 1989-04-15Read full judgment →
• Mushtaq and 3 others vs The State1989 P Cr. L J 2336 · Lahore High Court · 1989-07-25
  murderinimical witnessescorroborationmedical evidenceabscondencemotivebenefit of the doubtprocedural irregularity
  Summary & questions settled

  This criminal appeal and murder reference arise from a judgment of the Additional Sessions Judge convicting multiple accused persons for double murder. The prosecution case rested on an eyewitness account by highly inimical and partisan witnesses, coupled with evidence of longstanding enmity, medical corroboration, and, in the case of one appellant (Ahmad Hassan), strong motive and prolonged abscondence. The Lahore High Court examined whether tainted eyewitness testimony could be safely relied upon without independent and definitive corroboration regarding the identity of the assailants. The Court held that while medical evidence is consistent with the occurrence, it cannot corroborate the identity of specific accused persons in cases of deep-seated enmity and partisan testimony. Consequently, the Court acquitted most of the appellants, extending them the benefit of the doubt, as well as setting aside the conviction of an absconding convict. However, regarding Ahmad Hassan, the Court held that his proven motive and prolonged abscondence provided sufficient corroboration to sustain his conviction despite the procedural omission of not putting those circumstances directly to him under section 342 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898, as no actual failure of justice or prejudice was occasioned under section 537 of the Code.

  Questions settled

  • Can medical evidence corroborate the identity of individual assailants in cases where eyewitness testimony is tainted by deep-seated enmity?
  • Does the failure to put incriminating pieces of evidence such as motive and abscondence to an accused under section 342 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 automatically vitiate a conviction?
  • When can abscondence and strong motive serve as sufficient corroborative evidence to sustain a murder conviction despite unreliable eyewitness accounts?
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• Mushtaq Ahmad vs The StateK.L.R 1989 Criminal Cases 237 · Lahore High Court · 1989-01-24Read full judgment →
• Mushtaq Ahmad vs The State1989 P Cr. L J 375 · Lahore High Court · 1988-09-17Read full judgment →
• Mushtaq Ahmad Khan and anothers vs Mercantile Cooperative1989 PLD Lahore 320 · Lahore High Court · 1989-03-20
  rejection of plaintcause of actionspecific performanceconcluded contractfour corners of plaintOrder VII Rule 11remand of suit
  Summary & questions settled

  This first appeal arose from a suit for specific performance of an agreement to sell a commercial plot in Islamabad, wherein the trial court rejected the plaint under Order VII Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure 1908 on the ground that no concluded contract existed between the parties. The core legal question before the High Court was whether the trial court was justified in rejecting the plaint for failing to disclose a cause of action when the parties were in dispute regarding the agreed terms and time schedule for payment of the balance sale price. The High Court allowed the appeal, set aside the rejection order, and remanded the suit for fresh trial. The Court held that to decide whether a plaint discloses a cause of action under Order VII Rule 11(a) of the Code of Civil Procedure 1908, the court must confine itself strictly to the four corners of the plaint, accepting its contents as true, without looking into defence pleadings or annexed documents. Where triable issues exist, such disputes cannot be resolved without framing issues and recording evidence.

  Questions settled

  • Whether a court can look beyond the four corners of the plaint or consider the defendant's written statement when rejecting a plaint under Order VII Rule 11(a) of the Code of Civil Procedure 1908?
  • Whether a plaint can be rejected for failing to disclose a cause of action when the existence of a concluded contract presents a triable issue requiring evidence?
  • Under what circumstances can a suit for specific performance be summarily dismissed via rejection of the plaint prior to the framing of issues and recording of evidence?
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• Mushtaq Ahmad And Others vs Arif Hussain And Other1989 MLD 3495 · Lahore High Court · 1989-05-03Read full judgment →
• Mushtaq Ahmad And Another vs The State1989 MLD 872 · Lahore High Court · 1989-01-24Read full judgment →
• Musheer Ahmad vs Bashir Ahmad And Other1989 MLD 4410 · Lahore High Court · 1981-03-22Read full judgment →
• Munshi Muhammad Elahi vs Deputy Commissioner And Other1989 MLD 446 · Lahore High Court · 1989-03-01Read full judgment →
• Munshi Ghulam Haider Etc. vs The StateK.L.R 1989 Criminal Cases 445 · Lahore High Court · 1988-12-17Read full judgment →
• Munir Hussain Alias Bodi vs The StateK.L.R 1989 Criminal Cases 167 · Lahore High Court · 1988-12-19Read full judgment →
• Munir Hussain alias Bodi vs The State1989 P Cr. L J 1066 · Lahore High Court · 1988-12-19Read full judgment →
• Munir Ahmad And Others vs Akhtar Hussain1989 MLD 3519 · Lahore High Court · 1989-05-16Read full judgment →
• Municipal Corporation, Faisalabad vs Rana Muhammad Ramzan Khan, Advocate1989 MLD 3108 · Lahore High Court · 1989-01-30Read full judgment →
• Munawaruzzaman and another vs The State1989 P Cr. L J 395 · Lahore High Court · 1988-12-18Read full judgment →
• Munawar Khan vs Shakil Ahmad and 2 others1989 PLD Lahore 513 · Lahore High Court · 1989-06-21Read full judgment →
• Munawar Hussain vs The Federation of Pakistan1989 MLD 4676(1) · Lahore High Court · 1989-05-21Read full judgment →
• Munawar Hussain Naqvi vs Mst. Balqees Saddiqa And Other1989 MLD 3051 · Lahore High Court · 1989-04-10Read full judgment →
• Munawar Hussain Etc. vs The StateK.L.R.1989 Criminal Cases 378 · Lahore High Court · 1989-01-09Read full judgment →
• Munawar Hussain and others vs The State1989 P Cr. L J 2331 · Lahore High Court · 1989-01-09Read full judgment →
• Munawar Hussain and anothers vs The State1989 P Cr. L J 1792 · Lahore High Court · 1989-01-30Read full judgment →
• Munawar Hussain and anothers vs The State1989 P Cr. L J 2065 · Lahore High Court · 1989-01-30Read full judgment →
• Mumtaz Hussin vs The State1989 MLD 3996 · Lahore High Court · 1989-03-29Read full judgment →
• Mumtaz Haider vs The StateK.L.R 1989 Shariat Cases 68 · Lahore High Court · 1989-07-23Read full judgment →
• Mumtaz Bibi vs Station House Officer and others1989 P Cr. L J 1778 · Lahore High Court · 1988-12-07Read full judgment →
• Mumtaz Alias Pappu vs The State1989 MLD 4913 · Lahore High Court · 1989-06-20Read full judgment →
• Mumtaz Ahmad Khan Through Legal Heirs. vs Abdul Salam And 3 Other1989 CLC 1040 · Lahore High Court · 1988-11-05Read full judgment →
• Mumtaz Ahmad Choudhary vs National Bank of Pakistan1989 MLD 3436 · Lahore High Court · 1989-04-29Read full judgment →
• Multan Improvement Trust And Others vs Sultan Mahmood And Other1989 MLD 441 · Lahore High Court · 1989-01-21Read full judgment →
• Mukhtiar Hussain And Others vs Elahi Bakhsh And Other1989 CLC 747 · Lahore High Court · 1989-01-23Read full judgment →
• Mukhtar vs The State1989 MLD 694 · Lahore High Court · 1989-02-05Read full judgment →
• Mukhtar vs The StateK.L.R. 1989 Criminal Cases 419 · Lahore High Court · 1989-03-01Read full judgment →
• Mukhtar Ahmad vs The State1989 P Cr. L J 843 · Lahore High Court · 1988-11-02Read full judgment →
• Mukhtar Ahmad And Others vs The State1989 M LD 3730 · Lahore High Court · 1989-04-29Read full judgment →
• Mukhtar Ahmad and another vs The State1989 P Cr. L J 2485 · Lahore High Court · 1989-04-08Read full judgment →
• Mukfitar Ahmad and others vs The State1989 P Cr. L J 1293 · Lahore High Court · 1989-02-28Read full judgment →
• Mujhammad Nawaz vs Mushtao And Other1989 MLD 647 · Lahore High Court · 1988-12-14Read full judgment →
• Muhammd Nawaz vs The StateK.L.R 1989 Criminal Cases 471 · Lahore High Court · 1989-03-08Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Zahid vs The State1989 MLD 642 · Lahore High Court · 1989-02-07Read full judgment →