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.

• The State vs Dr. Muhammad Tausif Ramzan1987 MLD 1949 · Lahore High Court · 1987-04-28Read full judgment →
• The State vs Aftab Ali Khan and others1987 MLD 1810 · Lahore High Court · 1986-10-27Read full judgment →
• The Punjab Provincial Co-Operative Bank Ltd. vs The Punjab Labour1987 PLC 645 · Lahore High Court · 1987-04-13Read full judgment →
• The Province of Punjab Etc. vs Faiz Muhammad Khan Etc.KLR i987 Revenue Case 51 · Lahore High Court · 1987-02-10Read full judgment →
• The Province of Punjab and others vs Faiz Muhammad Khan and others1987 MLD 389 · Lahore High Court · 1987-02-10Read full judgment →
• The Lahore Central Cooperative Bank Ltd., Lahore vs Messrs Haji Allah1987 CLC 1435 · Lahore High Court · 1979-04-16Read full judgment →
• The General Manager, Pakistan Railways Headquarters Office, Lahore1987 PLC 561 · Lahore High Court · 1983-03-20Read full judgment →
• The Divisional Superintendent, Railways vs Shaukat Ali1987 PLC 797 · Lahore High Court · 1987-05-12Read full judgment →
• The Chairman, WAPDA and 2 others vs Advisory Board, Punjab Lahore1987 CLC 1503 · Lahore High Court · 1987-04-21
  Electricity Actdetection billelectric inspectoradvisory boardjurisdictiondishonest abstraction of energyconstitutional petition
  Summary & questions settled

  This constitutional petition challenges the vires of an appellate order passed by the Advisory Board, Punjab, which upheld the findings of an Electric Inspector regarding a disputed detection bill issued by WAPDA for alleged illegal consumption of electricity. The core legal question revolves around whether the introduction of section 26-A into the Electricity Act, 1910 in 1979 ousted the jurisdiction of the Electric Inspector and the Advisory Board under sections 24(2) and 26(6) of the said Act in cases involving dishonest abstraction or consumption of energy. The Lahore High Court dismissed the petition, holding that section 26-A, containing a non-obstante clause referring only to section 23, does not exclude the operation of sections 24(2) and 26(6). The Court laid down the principle that WAPDA's assessment powers under section 26-A remain subservient to the adjudicatory jurisdiction of the Electric Inspector and the Advisory Board, ensuring an independent forum to prevent arbitrariness and protect consumers from unchecked departmental power.

  Questions settled

  • Whether the introduction of section 26-A in the Electricity Act, 1910 ousted the jurisdiction of the Electric Inspector and the Advisory Board under sections 24(2) and 26(6)?
  • Does section 26-A of the Electricity Act, 1910 make WAPDA's assessment of energy theft immune from the adjudicatory powers of the Electric Inspector?
  • Whether an independent forum exists under the Electricity Act, 1910 to resolve billing disputes and differences between consumers and licensees regarding detection bills?
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• The Administrator, Lahore Municipal Corporation, Lahore vs Abdul1987 CLC 1261 · Lahore High Court · 1987-02-09
  mesne profitscivil procedureclosing of evidencefair compensationjurisdiction of civil courtland usedamages
  Summary & questions settled

  This appeal concerns a suit for the recovery of damages and mesne profits for the unauthorized use and occupation of land by the Lahore Municipal Corporation for dumping garbage. The core legal questions were whether the trial court correctly closed the appellant's evidence under Order XVII, Rule 3, Code of Civil Procedure 1908; whether the civil court had jurisdiction; and the appropriate method for calculating fair compensation. The Court held that the trial court was justified in closing the evidence due to the appellant's persistent negligence and failure to produce evidence despite multiple opportunities. It affirmed that the civil court had jurisdiction as the land was not agricultural and no landlord-tenant relationship existed. Regarding compensation, the Court rejected the trial court's excessive award, which yielded nearly 100% annual return on investment. Instead, it established the principle that in the absence of a contractual rate, fair compensation should be determined equitably, adopting the 8-10% annual return on initial cost formula analogous to the Requisitioning of Immovable Property Act 1956, modifying the decree accordingly.

  Questions settled

  • Can a trial court close a party's evidence under Order XVII Rule 1(3) of the Code of Civil Procedure 1908 even if it erroneously cited Order XVII Rule 3?
  • Does a civil court have jurisdiction to adjudicate a claim for mesne profits regarding land used for dumping garbage?
  • What is the equitable method for calculating compensation for unauthorized use of land when no contractual rate exists?
  • Is a plaintiff entitled to future mesne profits up to the date of the decree if specifically prayed for in the plaint?
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• Taufique Ahmad vs S.H.O., Police Station, Civil Lines, Sialkot and 21987 P Cr. L J 2384 · Lahore High Court · 1987-09-07Read full judgment →
• Tassadaq Hussain Naqvi vs Seth Muhammad Ismail and others1987 MLD 2616 · Lahore High Court · 1987-06-15Read full judgment →
• Tasleem Begum and 6 Others vs The State and Another1987 PLD Lahore 212 · Lahore High Court · 1987-02-17Read full judgment →
• Tasleem Begum and 6 Other vs The State and AnotherP.L.D.1987 Lahore 212 · Lahore High Court · 1987-02-17Read full judgment →
• Tariq vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 972 · Lahore High Court · 1987-02-08Read full judgment →
• Tariq Mahmood vs The State1987 MLD 2327 · Lahore High Court · 1984-11-10Read full judgment →
• Tariq Mahmood vs The Pakistan Television Corporation Ltd. And Others1987 PLC 671 · Lahore High Court · 1986-11-24Read full judgment →
• Tariq Khan vs The State1987 MLD 1735 · Lahore High Court · 1987-03-30Read full judgment →
• Tariq Hussain Shah and others vs Muhammad Siddique and others1987 MLD 428 · Lahore High Court · 1987-02-23Read full judgment →
• Talib Hussain vs The State1987 MLD 2682 · Lahore High Court · 1987-06-13Read full judgment →
• Talib Hussain vs Muhammad Tufail And Another1987 P Cr. L J 176 · Lahore High Court · 1986-11-19Read full judgment →
• Talib Hussain vs Banu Muhammad Shafi and 12 Others1987 PLD Lahore 4 · Lahore High Court · 1986-10-08Read full judgment →
• Talib Hussain vs Babu Muhammad Sham and 12 Other1987 PLD Lahore 4 · Lahore High Court · 1986-10-08Read full judgment →
• Talib Hussain And Others vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 1319 · Lahore High Court · 1987-12-15Read full judgment →
• Talib Hussain And 3 Others vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 1254 · Lahore High Court · 1985-03-10Read full judgment →
• Taj Muhammad vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 2201 · Lahore High Court · 1987-05-10Read full judgment →
• Taj Muhammad And 2 Others vs Ahmad Mian And Another1987 P Cr. L J 2195(2) · Lahore High Court · 1987-01-01Read full judgment →
• Taj Din And Another vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 2256 · Lahore High Court · 1987-04-19Read full judgment →
• Taj Din and another vs Hayat Muhammad and 3 others1987 MLD 2724 · Lahore High Court · 1987-09-22Read full judgment →
• T He State vs Muhammad Aslam1987 MLD 2697 · Lahore High Court · 1987-06-07Read full judgment →
• Syed. Shabbir Hussain Shah vs The State1987 MLD 3085 · Lahore High Court · 1987-08-19Read full judgment →
• Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah vs The Chairman, Federal Land Commission, Islamabad1987 CLC 2092 · Lahore High Court · 1987-05-19Read full judgment →
• Syed Willayat Shah vs Additional Deputy Commissioner (General), Dera Ghazi Khan and another1987 MLD 2536 · Lahore High Court · 1987-06-14Read full judgment →
• Syed Rahat Hussain Zaidi vs Settlement Commissioner and others1987 CLC 2495 · Lahore High Court · 1984-07-08Read full judgment →
• Syed Munir Hussain Shah vs Mst. Syeda Mahfooz Begum and others1987 CLC 1241 · Lahore High Court · 1985-12-23Read full judgment →
• Syed Khalid Bashir And Other vs Province of the Punjab And Others.1987 PLC (C.S.) 669 · Lahore High Court · 1987-06-03Read full judgment →
• Syed Izhar Ahmad Gilani and anothers vs Malik Muhammad Akram and another1987 CLC 1223 · Lahore High Court · 1983-03-21Read full judgment →
• Syed Intiz Ar Hussain Mehdi vs Returning Officer and others1987 MLD 3058 · Lahore High Court · 1987-12-06Read full judgment →
• Syed Ghazanfar Abbas vs Latif and 3 Others1987 PLD Lahore 284 · Lahore High Court · 1987-02-14Read full judgment →
• Syed Ghazanfar Abbas vs Latif and 3 Other1987 PLD Lahore 284 · Lahore High Court · 1987-02-14Read full judgment →
• Syed Dawood Raza vs The State1987 MLD 1741 · Lahore High Court · 1987-05-06Read full judgment →
• Syed Azharul Hassan Naqvi vs Hamida Bibi alias Eshrat Jahan and 31987 CLC 1041 · Lahore High Court · 1983-05-11Read full judgment →
• Syed Ashraf Ali Shah vs The Divisional Superintendentpakistan1987 PLC 629 · Lahore High Court · 1987-05-19Read full judgment →
• Syed Ashraf Ali Shah vs THB Divisional Superintendent PakistanK.L.R. 1987 Labour and Service Cases 239 · Lahore High Court · 1987-05-19Read full judgment →
• Syed Anwar Hussain Shah vs Nazir Ahmad1987 PLD Lahore 555 · Lahore High Court · 1987-07-13Read full judgment →
• Syed Amjad Hussain Shah vs Member, Board of Revenue (Colonies), Punjab, Lahore and 4 others1987 CLC 1868 · Lahore High Court · 1987-04-21Read full judgment →
• Syed Amjad Ali Shah vs Muhammad Afzal and 3 Others1987 PLD Lahore 280 · Lahore High Court · 1987-03-30Read full judgment →
• Syed Amjad Ali Shah vs Muhammad Afzal and 3 Other1987 PLD Lahore 280 · Lahore High Court · 1987-03-30Read full judgment →
• Syed Abid Hussain Shamsi vs Secretary to Government of the Punjab1987 PLD Lahore 463 · Lahore High Court · 1987-06-06Read full judgment →
• Syed Abid Hussain Shamsi vs Secretary to Government of the Punjab1587 PLD Lahore 463 · Lahore High CourtRead full judgment →
• Syed Abid Ali and others vs Deputy Settlement Commissioner and others1987 MLD 353 · Lahore High Court · 1986-12-21Read full judgment →
• Surraya Bibi and 2 others vs Assistant Commissioner/Additional1987 MLD 503 · Lahore High Court · 1986-01-18Read full judgment →
• Superintending Engineer (H.Q.) Irrigation, Lahore Zone And Another vs Punjab Labour Appellate Tribunal And Another1987 PLC 180 · Lahore High Court · 1986-05-12
  sub-engineerworkmancivil servanttermination of serviceindustrial relationsstanding ordersstatutory rules
  Summary & questions settled

  This writ petition arises from a constitutional challenge to an order passed by the Punjab Labour Appellate Tribunal, which had reinstated a temporary Sub-Engineer of the Irrigation Department whose services were terminated. The core legal questions involved whether a Sub-Engineer employed by the provincial Irrigation Department qualifies as a workman entitled to invoke labor laws, whether the West Pakistan Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Orders) Ordinance, 1968 applies when statutory service rules exist, and whether a terminated employee who no longer holds active employment can maintain a grievance petition under section 25-A of the Industrial Relations Ordinance, 1969. The Lahore High Court held that while the respondent was a workman under the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923, the existence of the statutory West Pakistan Irrigation Department Subordinate Engineering Service Rules, 1968 excluded the application of the Standing Orders Ordinance pursuant to its first proviso to section 1(4). Furthermore, the Court held that a terminated employee does not fall within the definition of worker under section 2(xxviii) of the Industrial Relations Ordinance, 1969 unless the termination relates to an industrial dispute. Consequently, the Labour Appellate Tribunal's order was declared without lawful authority and set aside.

  Questions settled

  • Whether a Sub-Engineer employed in the provincial Irrigation Department is a civil servant or a workman under the relevant labor and civil service laws?
  • Does the existence of statutory service rules for an establishment exclude the application of the West Pakistan Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Orders) Ordinance, 1968 under the first proviso to section 1(4)?
  • Can a dismissed or discharged employee maintain a grievance petition under section 25-A of the Industrial Relations Ordinance, 1969 if the termination is not connected with an industrial dispute?
  • Does an ordinary letter of appointment constitute a 'settlement' within the meaning of section 2(xxiv) of the Industrial Relations Ordinance, 1969?
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• Sultan vs The State1987 MLD 978 · Lahore High Court · 1983-06-14Read full judgment →
• Sultan Safdar Ali vs Asghar Ali and 5 others1987 MLD 2516 · Lahore High Court · 1987-09-16Read full judgment →
• Sultan Muhammad Khan vs Mst. Jameelan and others1987 CLC 1184 · Lahore High Court · 1986-10-04Read full judgment →
• Sultan Mahmood vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 1482 · Lahore High Court · 1987-04-29Read full judgment →
• Sultan Ahmad Awan vs Ghulam Muhammad Awan Advocate And Another1987 PLD Lahore 663 · Lahore High Court · 1987-05-25Read full judgment →
• Sultan Ahmad Awan vs Ghulam Muhammad Awan Advocate and another (Copy)1987 PLD Lahore 663 · Lahore High Court · 1987-05-25Read full judgment →
• Suhail Malik vs Principal, Nishtar Medical College, Multan and others1987 MLD 2552 · Lahore High Court · 1973-08-03Read full judgment →
• Sufi Muhammad Ramzan, Contractor, Municipal Committee, Mianwali1987 PLD Lahore 262 · Lahore High Court · 1987-03-17Read full judgment →
• State vs Tufail Ahmad Shah1987 MLD 1136 · Lahore High Court · 1986-07-30Read full judgment →
• State vs Munawar Ali1987 MLD 1678 · Lahore High Court · 1987-03-24Read full judgment →
• State Bank of Pakistan vs Muhammad Ilyas and others1987 CLC 1954 · Lahore High Court · 1987-03-09Read full judgment →
• Soofi Dilawar Hussain Chishti vs Muhammad Afzal1987 MLD 3050 · Lahore High Court · 1987-07-08Read full judgment →
• Sohail Akhtar vs The State1987 MLD 3182 · Lahore High Court · 1987-10-20Read full judgment →
• Sirdara vs Shera and 3 others1987 P C r. L J 968 · Lahore High Court · 1986-04-16Read full judgment →
• Siraj Din vs The State and 2 others1987 P Cr. L J 1043 · Lahore High Court · 1987-02-17Read full judgment →
• Sikandar Khan vs Member (Colonies) Board of Revenue Punjab, Lahore1987 CLC 1624 · Lahore High Court · 1987-04-22Read full judgment →
• Sikandar Hayat and 3 others vs The State1987 MLD 1928 · Lahore High Court · 1987-06-03Read full judgment →
• Suleman And Another vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 572 · Lahore High Court · 1986-07-19Read full judgment →
• Sik a ND a R Din vs Additional Commissioner (Revenue), Rawalpindi1987 CLC 2428 · Lahore High Court · 1987-09-16Read full judgment →
• Shujaat Ali vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 601 · Lahore High Court · 1980-04-02Read full judgment →
• Sheru And 3 Others vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 318 · Lahore High Court · 1987-12-10Read full judgment →
• Sher Muhammad vs The StateK L.R. 1987 Shariat Cases 25 · Lahore High Court · 1986-12-16Read full judgment →
• Sher Muhammad vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 1022 · Lahore High Court · 1986-12-16Read full judgment →
• Sher Muhammad vs Muhammad IqbalK. L. R. 1987 Shariat Cases 11 · Lahore High Court · 1985-12-23Read full judgment →
• Sher Muhammad And Another vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 1023 · Lahore High Court · 1986-10-20Read full judgment →
• Sher Muhammad And 2 Others vs The State -1987 PCr.LJ 1169 · Lahore High Court · 1986-12-01Read full judgment →
• Sher Mu H a Mma D vs Inam Elahi1987 CLC 813 · Lahore High Court · 1986-10-13Read full judgment →
• Sher Din vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 904 · Lahore High Court · 1987-02-01Read full judgment →
• Sher Baz vs The State1987 MLD 1646 · Lahore High Court · 1971-10-19Read full judgment →
• Shaukat Masih vs The State- Respondent1987 P Cr. L J 1661 · Lahore High Court · 1987-05-11Read full judgment →
• Shaukat Manzur and Another vs The State1987 PLD Lahore 200 · Lahore High Court · 1987-01-28Read full judgment →
• Shaukat Mahmood vs The State1987 MLD 1690(1) · Lahore High Court · 1987-03-01Read full judgment →
• Shaukat Ali vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 1455 · Lahore High Court · 1985-10-12Read full judgment →
• Shaukat Ali and anothers vs Sultan Ahmad1987 CLC 124 · Lahore High Court · 1986-05-26Read full judgment →
• Sharifan Bibi vs Muhammad Ilyas And Others1987P Cr. L J 2497 · Lahore High Court · 1987-02-11Read full judgment →
• Sharafat Ali vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 180 · Lahore High Court · 1986-11-18Read full judgment →
• Sharaf Din and 5 others vs Mst. Sarwar and 3 others1987 CLC 1672 · Lahore High Court · 1987-05-20Read full judgment →
• Shamsuddin vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 1234 · Lahore High Court · 1987-03-08Read full judgment →
• Shamshad vs The State1987 MLD 1778 · Lahore High Court · 1987-04-07Read full judgment →
• Shams Din vs Aman Ullah and 3 Others1987 PLD Lahore 471 · Lahore High Court · 1987-06-15Read full judgment →
• Shams Din vs Aman Ullah And 3 Other1987 PLD Lahore 471 · Lahore High Court · 1987-06-15Read full judgment →
• Shamoon vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 592 · Lahore High Court · 1983-10-26Read full judgment →
• Shamoon vs The State and 6 others1987 P Cr. L J 289(1) · Lahore High Court · 1986-12-17Read full judgment →
• Shamim Akhtar another s vs Municipal Committee, Jaranwala and another1987 CLC 299 · Lahore High Court · 1986-11-25Read full judgment →
• Shama And Others vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 693 · Lahore High Court · 1981-06-03Read full judgment →
• Shakeel Ahmad vs The State1987 PLD Lahore 162 · Lahore High Court · 1987-02-02Read full judgment →
• Shakarganj Sugar Mills Ltd., Jhang vs Cane Commissioner, Punjab, Lahore and another1987 CLC 1647 · Lahore High Court · 1987-04-29Read full judgment →