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.

• Muhammad Khan and 4 others vs The State1987 MLD 802 · Lahore High Court · 1986-07-16Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Khan And 2 Others vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 2266 · Lahore High Court · 1987-04-08Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Khalid vs The State1987 MLD 975 · Lahore High Court · 1982-03-30Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Khalid vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 1301 · Lahore High Court · 1986-12-03Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Khalid and 5 others vs Municipal Committee and 10 others1987 CLC 250 · Lahore High Court · 1986-03-18Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Kafait And Others vs The State-1987 P C r. L J 1001 · Lahore High Court · 1986-10-28Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Javaid And Others vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 2037 · Lahore High Court · 1986-10-07Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Jan vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 1828 · Lahore High Court · 1986-07-22Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Jan and others vs United Bank Ltd.1987 CLC 1215 · Lahore High Court · 1987-01-31Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Jamil vs Waqar Azim and another1987 P Cr. L J 221 · Lahore High Court · 1986-05-13Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Jamil vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 986 · Lahore High Court · 1986-11-19Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Jamil vs Muhammad Ayub and another1987 MLD 2722 · Lahore High Court · 1987-10-03Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Jameel Alias Jeela vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 2462 · Lahore High Court · 1987-05-18Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Jaffar vs Zill-E-Hussain and another1987 MLD 1050 · Lahore High Court · 1981-10-20Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Israr And 5 Others vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 244 · Lahore High Court · 1986-12-06Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Ismail vs Asghari Khanum1987 CLC 315 · Lahore High Court · 1978-12-03Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Ismail And Others vs The State-1987 PCr. L J 682(1) · Lahore High Court · 1981-11-15Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Ishaque vs The State1987 MLD 935 · Lahore High Court · 1983-12-05Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Ishaque vs The State-1987 MLD 1041 · Lahore High Court · 1981-11-18Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Ishaq vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 989 · Lahore High Court · 1986-10-27Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Ishaq vs Muhammad Shafi1987 CLC 1125 · Lahore High Court · 1986-09-20Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Irshad vs The State1987 PLD Lahore 105 · Lahore High Court · 1987-01-13Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Iqbal vs The State1987 MLD 1653 · Lahore High Court · 1987-06-01Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Iqbal vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 207 · Lahore High Court · 1986-10-27Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Iqbal and others vs The State1987 MLD 2659 · Lahore High Court · 1987-06-17Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Iqbal And Others vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 621 · Lahore High Court · 1987-02-11Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Iqbal and others vs Mst. Sultana Begum and others1987 CLC 582 · Lahore High Court · 1986-12-02Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Iqbal And Another vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 1178 (2) · Lahore High Court · 1986-10-27Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Iqbal Alias Laddu Alias Billu, And Other vs The StateK.L.R. 1987 Shariat Cases 13 · Lahore High Court · 1986-07-09Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Iqbal Alias Laddu Alias Billu And Others vs The State1987 P Cr. L J 506 (2) · Lahore High Court · 1988-07-09Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Iqbal alias Bala and 2 Others vs The State1987 PLD Lahore 275 · Lahore High Court · 1987-01-27Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Iqbal Alias Bala and 2 Other vs The State1987 PLD Lahore 275 · Lahore High Court · 1987-01-27Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Inayat vs Ghulam Murtaza1987 PLD Lahore 537 · Lahore High Court · 1987-06-13
  pre-emption decreeexecution of decreesymbolic possessionphysical possessionco-sharertenantexecuting court jurisdictioncivil revision
  Summary & questions settled

  This civil revision petition challenges concurrent orders of the lower courts directing the delivery of actual physical possession of agricultural land in execution of a pre-emption decree. The core legal questions concern whether an executing court can construe a decree to ascertain its true intent, whether a vendee whose claim as tenant or co-sharer has been negated holds possession as a trespasser, and whether a subsequent application for physical possession is maintainable after symbolic possession was mistakenly delivered. The Lahore High Court held that the executing court has the power and duty to construe the decree and examine the record to ensure proper execution, that a vendee continues to hold possession as a judgment-debtor until physical possession is delivered, and that an application seeking correct execution after an inchoate or mistaken delivery of symbolic possession is competent and constitutes a continuation of the original proceedings. The revision was accordingly dismissed with costs.

  Questions settled

  • Whether according to the decree physical possession of the suit property was required to be given to the decree holder?
  • Whether the petitioner-vendee's claim as co-sharer or tenant is tenable in execution proceedings and can operate as a bar against delivery of physical possession in execution?
  • Whether an executing court can entertain an application aimed at securing execution of a decree according to its true intent by delivery of physical possession when symbolic possession had been erroneously delivered?
  • Whether there is any legal bar against the executing court taking proceedings to construe and determine the real intent of the decree for the purpose of proper execution on the basis of material already on record or by allowing corroborative fresh material to be produced?
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• Muhammad Inayat vs Abdul Latif1987 MLD 2889 · Lahore High Court · 1987-10-25Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Inayat and others vs Nasiruddin1987 MLD 140 · Lahore High Court · 1986-12-22Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Ilyas alias Labha vs The State1987 MLD 3154 · Lahore High Court · 1987-04-19Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Ikram vs The State1987 MLD 2002 · Lahore High Court · 1987-06-23Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Ikram and 22 others vs Mst. Mumtaz Begum and 45 others1987 MLD 1094 · Lahore High Court · 1987-05-09Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Idrees And Another vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 1224 · Lahore High Court · 1987-02-10Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Ibrahim vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 1302 · Lahore High Court · 1987-01-24Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hussain vs Bashir Ahmed and Others1987 PLD Lahore 392 · Lahore High Court · 1987-02-14Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hussain vs Bashir Ahmed And Other1987 PLD Lahore 392 · Lahore High Court · 1987-02-14Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hussain vs Abdul Majid1987 MLD 1285 · Lahore High Court · 1987-06-30Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hussain Lambardar vs The Member, Board of Revenue, West1987 MLD 420 · Lahore High Court · 1987-04-08Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hussain And Others vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 702 · Lahore High Court · 1982-11-07Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hussain and others vs Mst. Saeeda Begum and others1987 MLD 397 · Lahore High Court · 1983-04-17Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hussain And Another vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 220 · Lahore High Court · 1986-05-11Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hussain and 3 others vs The State1987 MLD 2030 · Lahore High Court · 1987-08-03Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hussain and 2 others vs Walayat Hussain and 22 Others1987 PLD Lahore 615 · Lahore High Court · 1987-04-28Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hussain And 2 Other vs Walayat Hussain And 22 Other1987 PLD Lahore 615 · Lahore High Court · 1987-04-28Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hayat vs The State1987 MLD 1030 · Lahore High Court · 1984-04-29Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hayat vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 1312 · Lahore High Court · 1987-03-11Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hashim And Another vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 461 · Lahore High Court · 1986-10-19Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Haroon vs The Divisional Superintendent, PakistanK.L.R. 1987 Labour and Service Cases 77 · Lahore High CourtRead full judgment →
• Muhammad Hanif vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 1885 · Lahore High Court · 1987-04-21Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hanif vs The State- Respondent1987 PCrLJ 1300 · Lahore High Court · 1986-12-21Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hanif vs Member Board of Revenue, Punjab and 10 others1987 CLC 1873 · Lahore High Court · 1987-06-24Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hanif And Another vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 2245 · Lahore High Court · 1987-03-24Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hanif And 4 Others vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 440 · Lahore High Court · 1982-06-28Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hanif and 2 others vs Abdul Latif and 2 others1987 CLC 2393 · Lahore High Court · 1987-02-21Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Habib vs Lal Din Etc.K.L.R. 1987 Revenue Cases 33 · Lahore High Court · 1986-10-01Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Habib vs Lal Din and others1987 MLD 74 · Lahore High Court · 1986-10-01Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Gulzar vs The State1987 MLD 1748 · Lahore High Court · 1987-02-28Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Gulzar vs The State and 2 others1987 MLD 2312 · Lahore High Court · 1985-06-03Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Gulzar and 3 others vs The State1987 MLD 2313 · Lahore High Court · 1985-06-03Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Farooq vs State and another1987 P Cr. L J 689 · Lahore High Court · 1983-06-23Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Draiz vs The State1987 MLD 1690(2) · Lahore High Court · 1987-05-24Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Din vs Sh. Faqir Muhammad1987 PLD Lahore 205 · Lahore High Court · 1987-02-08
  pre-emptioncustom of pre-emptionurban immovable propertyburden of proofcivil revision
  Summary & questions settled

  This civil revision petition arises out of a pre-emption suit filed in respect of urban immovable property situated in Bhakkar City. The core legal question was whether the plaintiff had successfully proved the existence of the custom of pre-emption in the locality prior to the commencement of the relevant statute, as required by law. The Lahore High Court held that the lower appellate and trial courts misread the documentary and oral evidence, improperly relying on a defective decree-sheet that did not establish the existence of custom or even contain judicial reasoning on the point. The Court laid down that to satisfy the statutory requirements under the pre-emption legislation, a plaintiff must establish the existence of the custom of pre-emption from at least the period of the Punjab Pre-emption Act 1905, extending to the Punjab Pre-emption Act 1913. The revision petition was accepted, the judgments of the lower appellate court were set aside, and the plaintiff's pre-emption suit was dismissed with costs.

  Questions settled

  • Whether the existence of the custom of pre-emption can be proved on the basis of verbal statements of witnesses without judicial precedents?
  • What is the required period from which a plaintiff must prove the existence of the custom of pre-emption under the Punjab Pre-emption Act 1913?
  • Does a mere copy of a dismissed decree-sheet without supporting judgment establish the existence of a pre-emption custom?
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• Muhammad Din vs S.H.O. and others1987 MLD 2657 · Lahore High Court · 1987-03-16Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Din vs Muhammad Din and 7 others1987 CLC 1090 · Lahore High Court · 1987-01-17Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Din vs Abdul Rehman and other1987 MLD 2497 · Lahore High Court · 1983-10-12Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Din and another vs Muhammad Sharif and others1987 CLC 1046 · Lahore High Court · 1986-12-22Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Chiragh vs Abdur Rashid And 6 Others1987 P Cr. L J 1950 · Lahore High Court · 1987-04-11Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Butta vs The Member, Board of Revenue, Punjab, Lahore1987 CLC 515 · Lahore High Court · 1986-05-11Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Buta vs The State1987 MLD 1842 · Lahore High Court · 1987-03-17Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Buta And Another vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 730 · Lahore High Court · 1986-12-17Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Boota vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 1061 · Lahore High Court · 1983-02-02Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Boota vs Muhammad Sarwar1987 CLC 211 · Lahore High Court · 1986-09-09Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Bashir vs The State1987 MLD 2695 · Lahore High Court · 1987-07-29Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Bashir vs The State-1987 P C r. L J 230 · Lahore High Court · 1986-08-14Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Bashir vs The State- Respondent1987 P Cr. L J 2263 · Lahore High Court · 1987-03-07Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Bashir and others vs The State1987 MLD 1130 · Lahore High Court · 1987-05-23Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Bashir and another vs The State1987 MLD 3024 · Lahore High Court · 1987-05-25Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Bashir And 9 Others vs The State and another1987 P Cr. L J 411 · Lahore High Court · 1983-04-16Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Bashir Ahmed vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 1908 · Lahore High Court · 1987-04-22Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Azeem vs The State1987 MLD 1039 · Lahore High Court · 1982-12-13Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Azam vs The State1987 PLD Lahore 456 · Lahore High Court · 1987-06-13Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Azam vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 1534 · Lahore High Court · 1987-03-11Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Ayub vs The State1987 MLD 1302 · Lahore High Court · 1987-07-04Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Ishaque vs Fazal Muhammad and 4 others1987 CLC 1037 · Lahore High Court · 1983-04-18Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Attique Warsi vs The Managing Director, Kakakhail1987 PLC 787 · Lahore High Court · 1986-10-12Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Aslani vs Member, Board of Revenue and others1987 MLD 2280 · Lahore High Court · 1987-06-24Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Aslam vs The State1987 MLD 819 · Lahore High Court · 1987-05-23Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Aslam vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 656 · Lahore High Court · 1983-09-12Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Aslam vs The Deputy Commissioner/Collector1987 PLD Lahore 251 · Lahore High Court · 1987-03-15Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Aslam vs The Deputy Commissioner/Collector with1987 PLD Lahore 251 · Lahore High Court · 1987-03-15Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Aslam vs Muhammad Sarwar And Another1987 P Cr. L J 438 · Lahore High Court · 1986-07-15Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Aslam vs Mst. Fateh Bibi1987 P Cr. L J 2028 · Lahore High Court · 1986-11-22Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Aslam vs Kausar Parveen and another1987 CLC 256 · Lahore High Court · 1986-04-22
  KhulaDissolution of marriageWrit jurisdictionFamily CourtRe-appraisal of evidenceJurisdictional defectConstitutional petition
  Summary & questions settled

  This writ petition challenged a Family Court decree dissolving the petitioner's marriage with the respondent on the ground of Khula. The petitioner contended that the dissolution was invalid because the respondent failed to prove her allegations of cruelty and because no consideration was returned. The core legal question was whether a Khula decree is sustainable absent proof of specific cruelty and whether the High Court, in writ jurisdiction, can re-appraise evidence to overturn a factual finding. The Court held that the right of Khula is established upon the Qazi's satisfaction that the wife has developed intense hatred for her husband, rendering a harmonious union impossible. The failure to prove specific cruelty does not negate the wife's right to Khula if the court is satisfied regarding the breakdown of the marriage. Furthermore, the Court affirmed that writ jurisdiction is limited to jurisdictional defects and does not permit the re-appraisal of evidence or the correction of mere errors of fact or law. Consequently, the petition was dismissed in limine.

  Questions settled

  • Can a High Court re-appraise evidence in writ jurisdiction to overturn a factual finding of a Family Court?
  • Does the failure to prove specific allegations of cruelty preclude a wife from obtaining a decree for dissolution of marriage on the ground of Khula?
  • Is a decision by a court of competent jurisdiction immune from interference in writ proceedings merely because the decision is allegedly incorrect in fact or law?
  • Is a wife liable to return consideration for Khula if no benefits were received during the marriage?
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• Muhammad Aslam vs Family Judge and 2 others1987 CLC 247 · Lahore High Court · 1986-07-02Read full judgment →