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 Ibrahim Bhatti vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 194 · Lahore High Court · 1985-09-30Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Ibrahim and Others vs Qudrat Ullah Ruddy and Others1986 PLD Lahore 256 · Lahore High Court · 1986-03-21
  criminal revisiondischarge of accusedcancellation of casesummoning additional accusedcross-examinationprivate complaintpolice investigation
  Summary & questions settled

  This revision petition challenges an order passed by the Additional Sessions Judge summoning the petitioners to face trial under sections 302, 307, 148, and 149 of the Pakistan Penal Code 1860, despite their earlier discharge during police investigation. The core legal questions involve whether the discharge of an accused by a Magistrate amounts to cancellation of the case, and under what circumstances a trial court may summon a previously discharged accused during ongoing proceedings. The Lahore High Court held that the discharge of some accused while others are sent up for trial does not operate as a cancellation of the case against the discharged individuals, and that summoning an accused based on incomplete, un-cross-examined testimony is legally flawed. The court emphasized that evidence without cross-examination is not legally admissible evidence and set aside the summoning orders, directing the trial court to properly process the pending private complaint in accordance with the law.

  Questions settled

  • Whether the discharge of some accused persons by a Magistrate during investigation amounts to the cancellation of the case against them?
  • Can a Court of Session summon a previously discharged accused on the basis of incomplete and un-cross-examined testimony?
  • What is the legal effect of discharging an accused under section 173 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898?
  • How should a Court of Session handle a private complaint alongside a State case when certain accused have been discharged by the police?
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• Muhammad Hussain vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 1196 · Lahore High Court · 1986-02-02Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hussain vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 2717 · Lahore High Court · 1986-04-08Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hussain vs Muhammad Sadiq1986 MLD 1012 · Lahore High Court · 1986-04-18Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hussain vs Mian Iqbal Sala H Ud Din1986 CLC 1441 · Lahore High Court · 1986-02-24
  restoration of suitdismissal in defaultcivil revisionaffidavit evidencesufficient causecross-examinationprocedural law
  Summary & questions settled

  This civil revision arises from an order restoring a suit dismissed in default under Order IX, Rule 9 of the Code of Civil Procedure 1908. The petitioner challenged the trial court's decision to restore the suit without framing issues or recording formal evidence, arguing that such proceedings require the same rigor as an original suit. The core legal question was whether a trial court is mandatorily required to frame issues and record evidence when deciding an application for restoration of a suit dismissed in default. The High Court held that no such mandatory requirement exists. The court ruled that a trial court may satisfy itself regarding the 'sufficient cause' for non-appearance through affidavits and other documentary material. While a party may request the cross-examination of a deponent, the court is not obligated to record oral evidence sua sponte if the material on record is sufficient. The principle laid down is that restoration proceedings are not required to be treated as original suits, and courts have the discretion to decide based on affidavits unless a specific request for cross-examination is made and granted.

  Questions settled

  • Is a trial court mandatorily required to frame issues and record formal evidence when deciding an application for the restoration of a suit dismissed in default?
  • Can a court rely on affidavits to determine the existence of 'sufficient cause' for non-appearance in a restoration application?
  • Does the failure of a party to request the cross-examination of a deponent preclude them from later challenging the reliance on that affidavit?
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• Muhammad Hussain vs Assistant Commissioner and Another1986 PLD Lahore 116 · Lahore High Court · 1985-12-14Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hussain vs Additional Deputy Commissioner, Gujrat And 21986 CLC 816 · Lahore High Court · 1985-12-23Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hussain and 2 Others vs The State1986 PLD Lahore 34 · Lahore High Court · 1985-12-10Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hussain and 2 others vs Additional Settlement1986 MLD 1003 · Lahore High Court · 1986-02-05Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hayat vs The State1986 MLD 1711 · Lahore High Court · 1986-03-24Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hayat vs Muhammad Nawaz and others1986 MLD 1578 · Lahore High Court · 1986-05-12Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hayat vs Gul Muhammad and another1986 MLD 2399 · Lahore High Court · 1986-06-06Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hayat vs Ahmad Yar1986 PLD Lahore 270 · Lahore High Court · 1986-04-14
  pre-emption suitrejection of plaintZar-e-Panjumdeposit of court feestatutory holidaylimitation periodprocedural irregularity
  Summary & questions settled

  This regular second appeal arose from a suit for pre-emption where the trial court rejected the appellant's plaint for failing to deposit the required Zar-e-Panjum (1/5th of the sale price) by the deadline. The appellant was ordered to deposit the amount by May 9, 1976. As May 9 was a holiday, the appellant was entitled to deposit the amount on the next working day, May 10, 1976. However, the trial court rejected the plaint at 8:00 a.m. on May 10, 1976, after the appellant stated he lacked the funds at that early hour. The core legal question was whether a court has the jurisdiction to reject a plaint for non-deposit of Zar-e-Panjum before the expiry of the full day allowed for such deposit. The High Court held that the rejection was premature and legally unsustainable. The court established the principle that where a deadline falls on a holiday, the party has the entire next working day to comply; therefore, a court cannot reject a plaint during the course of that final day, regardless of a party's statement regarding their inability to pay at an early hour.

  Questions settled

  • Can a court reject a plaint for non-deposit of Zar-e-Panjum before the expiry of the full day allowed for the deposit?
  • Does a party have the entire working day to deposit Zar-e-Panjum if the original deadline falls on a public holiday?
  • Is an order rejecting a plaint for non-deposit of Zar-e-Panjum sustainable if passed in the early hours of the final day available for such deposit?
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• Muhammad Hayat Khan vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 893 · Lahore High Court · 1985-12-13Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hayat And Others vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 924 · Lahore High Court · 1984-07-25Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hayat And 5 Others vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 241 · Lahore High Court · 1985-09-06Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hassan vs Mst. Robina Shaheen And Another1986 CLC 275 · Lahore High Court · 1985-10-20Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hanif vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 2346 · Lahore High Court · 1985-12-01Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hanif vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 403 · Lahore High Court · 1985-04-09Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hanif vs Syed Walayat Ali Bokhari, Settlement1986 CLC 2825 · Lahore High CourtRead full judgment →
• Muhammad Hanif vs Sher Ahmad1986 MLD 884 · Lahore High Court · 1984-04-10Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hanif And Others vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 2102 · Lahore High Court · 1986-02-18Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hanif And Others vs Mst. Shama Mai1986 P Cr. L J 746 · Lahore High Court · 1984-11-12
  revisional jurisdictionHudood casesFederal Shariat CourtHigh Court jurisdictioninterlocutory orderscase decidedOffence of Zina Ordinance
  Summary & questions settled

  This criminal revision petition before the Lahore High Court arose from proceedings under Article 6 of the Offence of Zina (Enforcement of Hudood) Ordinance, 1979, where the petitioner challenged an interlocutory order passed by the Additional Sessions Judge dismissing an application to summon certain documents relating to a disputed marriage. A preliminary objection was raised by the Assistant Advocate-General regarding the maintainability of the revision in the High Court, contending that revisional jurisdiction exclusively vests in the Federal Shariat Court under Article 203-DD of the Constitution of Pakistan 1973 (as introduced by President's Order No. V of 1982). The core legal question was whether the High Court retains revisional jurisdiction over interlocutory orders passed in pending Hudood cases or if such jurisdiction is exclusively vested in the Federal Shariat Court. The Court held that the legislature intended to confer total revisional jurisdiction over Hudood cases exclusively upon the Federal Shariat Court, and that the term 'case decided' under Article 203-DD encompasses interlocutory orders and pending proceedings. Consequently, the High Court dismissed the petition as not maintainable before it, establishing that revisions against any orders in Hudood cases lie exclusively before the Federal Shariat Court.

  Questions settled

  • Does the Lahore High Court retain revisional jurisdiction over cases tried under the Offence of Zina (Enforcement of Hudood) Ordinance, 1979?
  • Does Article 203-DD of the Constitution of Pakistan 1973 confer exclusive revisional jurisdiction on the Federal Shariat Court in Hudood cases?
  • Do the words 'case decided' in Article 203-DD of the Constitution of Pakistan 1973 include interlocutory orders passed during the pendency of a trial?
  • Can a revision against an interim order passed by a trial court in a Hudood case be maintained before the High Court?
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• Muhammad Hanif and others vs Faqir Muhammad and others1986 MLD 2368 · Lahore High Court · 1986-07-07Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hanif And Another vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 2621 · Lahore High Court · 1986-05-20Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hanif and 7 others vs Additional Commissioner, Lahore and 4 others1986 MLD 497 · Lahore High Court · 1985-12-22Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hanif and 4 others vs The State1986 MLD 2445 · Lahore High Court · 1985-05-27Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Haneef vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 2576 · Lahore High Court · 1985-12-06Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Han1f vs The State1986 PLD Lahore 120 · Lahore High Court · 1985-11-30Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Hafeez vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 1940 · Lahore High Court · 1985-10-15Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Gulzar Khan Lashari And 4 Others vs The State and another1986 P Cr. L J 1171 · Lahore High Court · 1984-01-29Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Gulzar Khan And Others vs Assistant Collector And Other1986 CLC 2781 · Lahore High Court · 1985-12-16Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Ghayyur Alias Ghori And Others vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 2344 · Lahore High Court · 1985-12-04Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Faryad vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 2327 · Lahore High Court · 1985-09-28Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Farooq vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 755 · Lahore High Court · 1984-09-17Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Farooq vs Muhammad Abdullah1986 CLC 801 · Lahore High Court · 1985-11-06Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Ehsan And Others vs Deputy Settlement Commissioner1986 CLC 826 · Lahore High Court · 1985-11-19Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Din vs Shahbaz Ahmad and another1986 MLD 1121 · Lahore High Court · 1986-04-07Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Din vs Muhammad Yousaf And Other1986 CLC 2351 · Lahore High Court · 1986-02-23Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Din vs Malik Din And 2 Other1986 CLC 427 · Lahore High Court · 1985-11-04Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Din vs Additional Deputy Commissioner And Other1986 CLC 2846 · Lahore High Court · 1985-11-09Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Din and others vs Muhammad Amin and others1986 MLD 576 · Lahore High Court · 1985-07-20Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Din and 3 others vs O.S.D. General Record Office, Board of Revenue, Lahore and another1986 MLD 432 · Lahore High Court · 1986-01-20Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Din Alias Manhu And Another vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 884 · Lahore High Court · 1985-12-14Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Boota vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 2738 · Lahore High Court · 1986-04-25Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Bibi and others vs Nawaz and others1988 MLD 771 · Lahore High Court · 1984-06-08Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Bashir vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 2657 · Lahore High Court · 1986-05-10Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Bashir vs Muhammad Jaffar1986 MLD 2303 · Lahore High Court · 1985-12-07Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Bashir and others vs Sultan Ahmad and others1986 MLD 2759 · Lahore High Court · 1985-12-21Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Bashir Alias Billa And Others vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 1863 · Lahore High Court · 1985-10-21Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Baqar vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 2002 · Lahore High Court · 1986-01-12Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Bakhsh vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 936 · Lahore High Court · 1984-08-28Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Bakhsh vs The State and others1986 P Cr. L J 2718 · Lahore High Court · 1986-03-31Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Bakhsh Alias Mamda vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 2362 · Lahore High Court · 1985-05-28Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Azeem vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 904 · Lahore High Court · 1985-05-14Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Azeem And 4 Others vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 310 · Lahore High Court · 1985-09-21Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Azam vs The State1986 MLD 1689 (2) · Lahore High Court · 1986-08-04Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Ayub vs Election Tribunal for Local Council of Tehsil1986 CLC 1276 · Lahore High Court · 1985-12-02Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Asloob Qureshi vs Muhammad Bashir and Another1986 PLD Lahore 14 · Lahore High Court · 1985-09-27Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Aslam vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 720(2) · Lahore High Court · 1985-09-08Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Aslam vs Rasul Bakhsh and others1986 MLD 2289 · Lahore High Court · 1986-05-03Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Aslam vs Lahore Development Authority, Lahore And Others1986 P Cr. L J 2330 · Lahore High Court · 1986-02-18Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Aslam And Another vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 2262 · Lahore High Court · 1985-11-04Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Aslam And Another vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 2810 · Lahore High Court · 1986-03-01Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Aslam and another vs Ehsan Ullah1985 MLD 1015 · Lahore High Court · 1985-11-30Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Aslam And 6 Others vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 2661 · Lahore High Court · 1986-03-09Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Aslam alias Billu vs The State1986 MLD 1152 · Lahore High Court · 1986-04-08Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Aslam Alias Billa vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 779 · Lahore High Court · 1985-12-13Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Asif vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 1923 · Lahore High Court · 1986-03-23Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Asif and another vs The State1986 MLD 1691 · Lahore High Court · 1986-08-04Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Asif Ali vs Ahmad Naseem And 7 Others1986 P Cr. L J 1316 · Lahore High Court · -Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Ashraf vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 2209 · Lahore High Court · 1985-10-29Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Ashraf vs The Additional District Judge and 3 others1986 MLD 2042 · Lahore High Court · 1986-04-11Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Ashraf vs Messrs Provinco Ginners (Private) Ltd. and 21986 MLD 2681 · Lahore High CourtRead full judgment →
• Muhammad Ashraf and others vs Muhammad Hussain and others1986 MLD 1904 · Lahore High Court · 1986-05-27Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Ashraf and others vs Mst. Iqbal Begum and others1986 MLD 486 · Lahore High Court · 1985-12-22Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Ashraf And Another vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 2212 · Lahore High Court · 1986-01-31Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Ashraf And Another vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 2043 · Lahore High Court · 1986-03-01Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Ashraf And 4 Others vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 2786 · Lahore High Court · 1986-03-25Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Ashraf And 3 Others vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 2703 · Lahore High Court · 1986-03-18Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Ashraf And 2 Others vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 2873 · Lahore High Court · 1986-04-19Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Ashraf and 2 others vs Khawaja Saeed-Ul-Hassan, Additional District Judge, Rahimyar Khan and another1986 MLD 1652 · Lahore High Court · 1986-02-03Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Ashiq vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 352 · Lahore High Court · 1985-05-14Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Ashiq And Others vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 841 · Lahore High Court · 1978-12-12Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Asghar vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 2169 · Lahore High Court · 1985-10-01Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Asghar vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 1030 · Lahore High Court · 1986-08-27Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Asghar Malik vs Federation of Pakistan1986 CLC 2136 · Lahore High Court · 1986-06-01Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Asghar And Others vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 1784 · Lahore High Court · 1985-12-10Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Asghar And Another vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 498 · Lahore High Court · 1985-11-10Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Asghar And Another vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 432 · Lahore High Court · 1985-11-10Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Asghar And 2 Others vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 1389 · Lahore High Court · 1986-01-11Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Arshad vs The State1986 MLD 2443 · Lahore High Court · 1986-04-07Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Arshad vs The State Respondent1986 P Cr. L J 2024 · Lahore High Court · 1986-03-16Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Waseem vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 2275 · Lahore High Court · 1985-09-16Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Arshad And Others vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 490 · Lahore High Court · 1985-07-07Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Arshad And Another vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 315 · Lahore High Court · 1985-05-27Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Arif vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 2265 · Lahore High Court · 1986-02-02Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Arif and others vs Board of Technical Education and others1986 MLD 749 · Lahore High Court · 1982-03-02Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Arif and another vs The State1986 MLD 1143 · Lahore High Court · 1986-03-07Read full judgment →