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.

• Abdul Hamid vs Masood Ahmad Khan1989 MLD 2985 · Lahore High Court · 1989-02-22Read full judgment →
• Abdul Hamid Puri vs Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd.1989 CLC 146 · Lahore High Court · 1988-04-17Read full judgment →
• Abdul Hamid Khan vs Member (Colonies), Board of Revenue Punjab1989 PLD Lahore 516 · Lahore High Court · 1989-01-31Read full judgment →
• Abdul Hamid And 2 Others vs Mehrban Ali1989 CLC 195 · Lahore High Court · 1988-10-22
  pre-emptionowner of the estateagricultural landghair mumkin makansuperior right of pre-emptionland revenue
  Summary & questions settled

  This civil revision arises from a suit for pre-emption filed by the respondent, claiming a superior right of pre-emption based on his status as an owner of agricultural land in the relevant Revenue Estate. The core legal question was whether the plaintiff qualified as an 'owner of the estate' under the Punjab Pre-emption Act 1913, given that his land holdings were primarily built-up properties (ghair mumkin makan) rather than agricultural land. The trial and appellate courts initially decreed the suit in favor of the plaintiff. However, the High Court set aside these judgments, holding that the plaintiff failed to establish his status as an owner of the estate. The court reasoned that ownership of an estate requires the ownership of agricultural land assessed to land revenue. Since the plaintiff’s evidence only demonstrated ownership of built-up property, which had been converted into building sites, he did not qualify as an owner of agricultural land. The court established that mere assessment of built-up property to land revenue is insufficient to confer the status of an 'owner of the estate' for pre-emption purposes.

  Questions settled

  • Does the ownership of built-up property assessed to land revenue qualify a person as an 'owner of the estate' for the purpose of exercising a right of pre-emption?
  • What are the two necessary requirements for a person to be classified as an 'owner of the estate' under the Punjab Pre-emption Act 1913?
  • Does land that has been converted into a building site in a village or town cease to be part of an 'estate' for the purposes of the Punjab Pre-emption Act 1913?
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• Abdul Hameed vs Muhammad Asghar and others1989 P Cr. L J 637 · Lahore High Court · 1988-10-01Read full judgment →
• Abdul Grant And Others vs Settlement Commissioner And Other1989 MLD 4599 · Lahore High Court · 1979-06-27Read full judgment →
• Abdul Ghani vs Ilahi Bakhsh And Other1989 MLD 111 · Lahore High Court · 1989-01-11Read full judgment →
• Abdul Ghani vs District Magistrate, Rahim Yar Khan1989 P Cr. L J 999 · Lahore High Court · 1988-07-20Read full judgment →
• Abdul Ghani And Another vs Mst. Nur Jahan And Other1989 MLD 3055 · Lahore High Court · 1976-07-06Read full judgment →
• Abdul Ghafoor vs The State1989 MLD 4470 · Lahore High Court · 1989-04-10Read full judgment →
• Abdul Ghafoor vs The State1989 P Cr. L J 1906 · Lahore High Court · 1989-05-24Read full judgment →
• Abdul Ghafoor vs Punjab Public Service Commission1989 PTD 1082 · Lahore High Court · 1989-04-16Read full judgment →
• Abdul Ghafoor vs Ghulam Qadir1989 MLD 3954 · Lahore High Court · 1988-03-06Read full judgment →
• Abdul Ghafoor vs Dr. Muhammad Ashraf And Other1989 MLD 4710 · Lahore High Court · 1989-06-28Read full judgment →
• Abdul Ghafoor vs Abdul SattarK.L.R 1989 Labour & Service Cases 85 · Lahore High Court · 1989-02-25Read full judgment →
• Abdul Ghafoor and others vs The State1989 P Cr. L J 2202 · Lahore High Court · 1989-03-19Read full judgment →
• Abdul Ghafoor And Others vs M.B.R. And Other1989 MLD 4585 · Lahore High Court · 1989-04-02Read full judgment →
• Abdul Ghafoor and Other vs The StateK.L.R.1989 Criminal Cases 305 · Lahore High Court · 1989-03-19Read full judgment →
• Abdul Ghafoor and anothers vs The State1989 P Cr. L J 2382 · Lahore High Court · 1989-03-27Read full judgment →
• Abdul Ghaffar vs The State1989 P Cr. L J 1142 · Lahore High Court · 1988-11-06Read full judgment →
• Abdul Aziz vs Thestate1989 P Cr. L J 971 · Lahore High Court · 1989-01-18Read full judgment →
• Abdul Aziz vs AhmadK.L.R 1989 Revenue Cases 148 · Lahore High Court · 1988-06-22Read full judgment →
• Abdul Aziz And Another vs The State1989 MLD 2938 · Lahore High Court · 1989-05-20Read full judgment →
• Abdul Aziz & Other vs The StateK.L.R 1989 Criminal Cases 657 · Lahore High Court · 1989-05-20Read full judgment →
• Abbas Alias Bassa And 2 Others vs The State1989 MLD 187 · Lahore High Court · 1988-09-14Read full judgment →
• Abbas Ali Etc vs The StateK.L.R 1989 Criminal Cases 560 · Lahore High Court · 1989-01-23Read full judgment →
• Abaid Ur Rehman vs The State1989 MLD 4188 · Lahore High Court · 1989-04-11Read full judgment →
• 1. Nishat Mills Ltd. (M/s.) 2. Kohinoor Textile Mills Ltd. (M/s.) 3. ChakwalPTCL 1989 CL. 81 · Lahore High CourtRead full judgment →
• 1. Kohinoor Industries Ltd., Faisalabad. 2. Ayesha Textile Mills Ltd., Lahore. 3.PTCL 1989 CL. 33 · Lahore High CourtRead full judgment →
• (Mst). Naziran vs District Judge, Dera Ghazi KhanK.L.R 1989 Civil Cases 37 · Lahore High Court · 1988-02-16Read full judgment →
• Zulfqar Ali vs The StateK.L.R. 1987 Shariat Cases 5 · Lahore High Court · 1986-09-17Read full judgment →
• Zulfiqar vs The State1987 MLD 1197 · Lahore High Court · 1986-11-22Read full judgment →
• Zulfiqar and others vs The State1987 MLD 839 · Lahore High Court · 1987-05-16Read full judgment →
• Zulfiqar alias Zulfi and another vs The State1987 MLD 3140 · Lahore High Court · 1986-04-16Read full judgment →
• Zulfiqar Ali Shah vs The State and others1987 MLD 2184(1) · Lahore High Court · 1972-10-17Read full judgment →
• Zulfiqar Ali And Others vs Muhammad Yaqub And Others1987 P Cr. L J 813 · Lahore High Court · 1986-12-13Read full judgment →
• Zulfiqar Ahmad vs Nabila BibiPLD 1987 Lahore561 · Lahore High Court · 1987-06-30Read full judgment →
• Zia-Ud-Din vs The State1987 MLD 3178 · Lahore High Court · 1987-10-10Read full judgment →
• Zarif Khan vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 1131 · Lahore High Court · 1987-03-02Read full judgment →
• Zamir Akhtar and others Appellants vs The State1987 MLD 1730 · Lahore High Court · 1987-03-22Read full judgment →
• Zaman Mahndi and another vs Salehun1987 CLC 2494 · Lahore High Court · 1987-09-26Read full judgment →
• Zakar Hussain vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 847 · Lahore High Court · 1987-01-26Read full judgment →
• Zahoorul Haq And Others vs Prof. Javed Jiwan Mall And Another1987 PCr.LJ 1049 · Lahore High Court · 1986-04-22Read full judgment →
• Zahoor Hussain vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 641 · Lahore High Court · 1982-10-30Read full judgment →
• Zahoor Hussain And Others vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 2248 · Lahore High Court · 1987-02-14Read full judgment →
• Zahoor alias Zahoori and another vs The State1987 MLD 1650 · Lahore High Court · 1987-02-28Read full judgment →
• Zahoor Alam vs Sharaf Hussain1987 MLD 1198 · Lahore High Court · 1987-03-02Read full judgment →
• Zahoor Ahmad And Others vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 241 · Lahore High Court · 1986-12-07Read full judgment →
• Zahoor Ahmad And 3 Others vs The State-1987 P C r. L J 433 · Lahore High Court · 1983-04-09Read full judgment →
• Zahid Iqbal vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 2315 · Lahore High Court · 1987-08-11Read full judgment →
• Zahid Hussain Alias Munna And Another vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 1027 · Lahore High Court · 1986-12-18Read full judgment →
• Zahid Bajwa vs The State1987 MLD 3084 · Lahore High Court · 1987-09-14Read full judgment →
• Zahi Dabano vs Ch. Abdul Waheed1987 MLD 137 · Lahore High Court · 1986-11-15Read full judgment →
• Zafar Iqbal vs The State1987 MLD 2698 · Lahore High Court · 1987-07-08Read full judgment →
• Zafar Iqbal And Others vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 212 · Lahore High Court · 1986-10-27Read full judgment →
• Zafar Iqbal And Another vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 369 · Lahore High Court · 1987-11-30Read full judgment →
• Zafar Hussain vs Shoiab Ullah and 2 others1987 P Cr. L J 1900 · Lahore High Court · 1987-04-21Read full judgment →
• Zafar etc. vs The State1987 MLD 2624 · Lahore High Court · 1987-07-28Read full judgment →
• Zafar And 2 Others vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 1568 · Lahore High Court · 1987-03-15Read full judgment →
• Zafar Ali Alias Mastana vs The State-1987 P C r. L J 117 · Lahore High Court · 1986-11-04Read full judgment →
• Z Ulfiq a R a HM a D vs Nabila Bibi1987 PLD Lahore 561 · Lahore High Court · 1987-06-30Read full judgment →
• Yunus Masih vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 1917 · Lahore High Court · 1987-04-20Read full judgment →
• Yousaf And 5 Others vs The State and others1987 PCrLJ 844 · Lahore High Court · 1983-04-09Read full judgment →
• Yasin And Others vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 946 · Lahore High Court · 1986-11-12Read full judgment →
• Yaqub And 2 Others vs The State-1987PCr.LJ 1119 · Lahore High Court · 1983-03-19Read full judgment →
• Yaqub Ali vs The State1987 MLD 2921 · Lahore High Court · 1987-07-15Read full judgment →
• Yaqoob and 25 others vs Anwar Hussain1987 CLC 530 · Lahore High Court · 1986-11-11Read full judgment →
• Wilayat Khan vs Mst. Riaz Begum and another1987 CLC 1079 · Lahore High Court · 1986-12-17Read full judgment →
• Wilayat Alias Walu vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 1642 · Lahore High Court · 1987-02-28Read full judgment →
• Wilayat Ali Khan vs Ahmad Ali1987 CLC 1871 · Lahore High Court · 1987-06-22Read full judgment →
• West Pakistan Province vs Col. J.J.V.C. Coningham and others1987 CLC 1858 · Lahore High Court · 1987-06-08Read full judgment →
• Wazir Khan And Another vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 532 · Lahore High Court · 1986-09-20Read full judgment →
• Water and Power Development Authority vs Ajmal Ali Khan and another1987 MLD 2899 · Lahore High Court · 1987-10-20Read full judgment →
• Water and Power Development Authority and another vs Additional1987 MLD 2449 · Lahore High Court · 1987-07-21Read full judgment →
• Water and Power Development Authority and 2 others vs Syed Faqir1987 MLD 2911 · Lahore High Court · 1987-11-16Read full judgment →
• Wasil Din and another vs The State1987 MLD 985 · Lahore High Court · 1984-02-21Read full judgment →
• WAPDA vs Muhammad Saleem Etc.1987 PLC 649 · Lahore High Court · 1987-04-01Read full judgment →
• WAPDA vs Anwar MahmoodK.L.R. 1987 Laboar and Service Cases 216 · Lahore High Court · 1987-04-01Read full judgment →
• WAPDA and 2 others vs Shaukat Ali and 2 others1987 CLC 1864 · Lahore High Court · 1987-06-22Read full judgment →
• Wali Muhammad vs Additional Settlement Commissioner and others1987 MLD 762 · Lahore High Court · 1985-11-14Read full judgment →
• Wali Muhammad and others vs Muhammad Ashraf and others1987 MLD 3316 · Lahore High Court · 1987-09-14Read full judgment →
• Wahid Bakhsh And Others vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 710 · Lahore High Court · 1982-10-30Read full judgment →
• Usman and others vs Shahru1987 MLD 165 · Lahore High Court · 1984-05-30Read full judgment →
• United Bank Ltd. vs Muhammad Yaseen and 2 others1987 CLC 2433 · Lahore High Court · 1987-09-19Read full judgment →
• United Bank Ltd. vs Amir Weaving Factory and others1987 CLC 581 · Lahore High Court · 1986-11-04Read full judgment →
• United Bank Ltd. Karachi vs Malik Rashid Ahmad and another1987 MLD 2399 · Lahore High Court · 1984-03-12Read full judgment →
• United Bank Ltd. And 12 others vs Messrs Kohistan Ltd.1987 CLC 2364 · Lahore High Court · 1987-05-10Read full judgment →
• Union Bank of the Middle East vs Miss Rehana Naheed And Another1987 PLC 703 · Lahore High Court · 1987-06-02Read full judgment →
• Union Bank of Middle East Ltd. vs Messrs Merino Carpets and others1987 MLD 2479 · Lahore High Court · 1984-02-01Read full judgment →
• Umar Hayat vs The State1987 MLD 1238 · Lahore High Court · 1987-03-08Read full judgment →
• Umar Hayat vs Station House Officer, Police Station Factory Area, Faisalabad and 2 others1987 P Cr. L J 147 · Lahore High Court · 1986-04-28Read full judgment →
• Umar Din vs Muhammad Hussain and another1987 CLC 1130 · Lahore High Court · 1986-12-07Read full judgment →
• Umar Din vs Additional District Judge and others1987 MLD 368 · Lahore High Court · 1986-04-13Read full judgment →
• Tyrex Pakistan Limited Lone Tyre & Rubber Co. vs Deputy Collector of Central Excise and Land Customs and others. Deputy Collector of Central Excise and Land CustomsPTCL1987 CL.552 · Lahore High CourtRead full judgment →
• The State vs Tatheer Hussain Sherazi-1987 P Cr. L J 1928 · Lahore High Court · 1987-04-04Read full judgment →
• The State vs Tariq Hussain Shah and another1987 P Cr. L J 1264 · Lahore High Court · 1986-06-14Read full judgment →
• The State vs Noor Muhammad1987 MLD 1016 · Lahore High Court · 1984-03-27Read full judgment →
• The State vs Mumtaz Hussain Bazmi, Advocate And 31 Others1987 P Cr. L J 452 · Lahore High Court · 1986-09-03Read full judgment →
• The State vs Manzoor Hussain and 5 others1987 MLD 2928 · Lahore High Court · 1987-06-13Read full judgment →
• The State vs Hamid Mukhtar Gondal And Another1987 P Cr. L J 205 · Lahore High Court · 1986-10-12Read full judgment →