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.

• Asghar Ali vs Muhammad Ramzan1986 P Cr. L J 2342 · Lahore High Court · 1985-03-17Read full judgment →
• Asghar Ali Khan vs Shahid Farooq and another1986 P Cr. L J 1352 · Lahore High Court · 1985-11-02Read full judgment →
• Asghar Ali and 3 Others vs The State1986 PLD Labore 180 · Lahore High Court · 1985-11-18Read full judgment →
• Arshad And Another vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 2743 · Lahore High Court · 1986-04-23Read full judgment →
• Arshad And Another vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 2474 · Lahore High Court · 1986-04-28Read full judgment →
• Anwarul Haq Khan vs The State and 2 others1986 MLD 1930 (1) · Lahore High Court · 1985-09-28Read full judgment →
• Anwar vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 454 · Lahore High Court · 1985-10-20Read full judgment →
• Anwar And 3 Others vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 1616 · Lahore High Court · 1986-02-25Read full judgment →
• Amjad Saeed And Others vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 2775 · Lahore High Court · 1985-06-07Read full judgment →
• Amir Hamza vs The State1986 PCr. L J 2541(1) · Lahore High Court · 1986-04-07Read full judgment →
• Amir Din vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 985 · Lahore High Court · 1986-09-13Read full judgment →
• Amir Begum vs The Province of Punjab through Secretary, Housing and Physical Planning Department, Lahore and another1986 MLD 1174 · Lahore High Court · 1986-04-30Read full judgment →
• Amir Bakhsh and another vs The State1986 MLD 1110 (1) · Lahore High Court · 1985-01-18Read full judgment →
• Amir And Another vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 695 · Lahore High Court · 1985-09-15Read full judgment →
• Amir Abdullah Khan vs Deputy Settlement Commissioner1986 MLD 731 · Lahore High Court · 1983-12-10Read full judgment →
• Ameer And Others vs Sikandar And Other1986 CLC 2046(2) · Lahore High Court · 1985-10-22Read full judgment →
• Amanullah vs Member,Board of Revenue and others1986 MLD 2110 · Lahore High Court · 1986-05-17Read full judgment →
• Amanullah Alias Mahni vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 876 · Lahore High Court · 1985-11-02Read full judgment →
• Altaf-Ur-Rehman and others vs Secretary, Social Welfare, Local1986 MLD 2740 · Lahore High CourtRead full judgment →
• Altaf Hussain vs The State1986 MLD 2819 · Lahore High Court · 1986-06-02Read full judgment →
• Altaf Hussain Shah vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 2202 · Lahore High Court · 1986-06-30
  suspension of sentencebail pending appealself-defencepolice encountercounter-versionjudicial inquirymurder
  Summary & questions settled

  This is an application for the suspension of sentence filed by Altaf Hussain Shah, a police sub-inspector convicted under section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code 1860 and sentenced to death for the killing of Sikandar Hayat Khan during a police encounter. The core legal question concerns whether the sentence of a convicted appellant should be suspended and bail granted pending appeal under section 426 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898, particularly where a plausible plea of self-defence is raised and supported by a judicial inquiry report, a counter-version, and the stance of the State. The Lahore High Court held that the appellate court possesses unfettered discretion under section 426 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 to suspend sentences and grant bail for good and sufficient reasons, which must be exercised judicially. The court laid down the principle that where a plea of self-defence is supported by a judicial inquiry and surrounding circumstances requiring serious re-examination, and where the State does not support the conviction, the sentence of death may be suspended and bail granted pending the final hearing of the appeal.

  Questions settled

  • Does section 426 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 impose any limitation on the powers of the High Court to grant bail to an accused convicted of murder?
  • Can the appellate court suspend a death sentence and release a convict on bail pending appeal when a plausible plea of self-defence is raised?
  • Whether the lack of support for a conviction by the State is a relevant factor in considering an application for the suspension of sentence under section 426 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898?
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• Altaf Hussain Shah vs Khaliq Dad Khan And Another1986 P Cr. L J 734 · Lahore High Court · 1984-10-28Read full judgment →
• Allied Bank of Pakistan vs United Builders and others1986 MLD 473 · Lahore High Court · 1985-07-01Read full judgment →
• Allah Yar vs Resident Magistrate, Sillanwali and 2 others1986 MLD 1108 · Lahore High Court · 1986-05-18Read full judgment →
• Allah Wasaya vs Neka And 3 Others1986 P Cr. L J 2361 · Lahore High Court · 1985-10-29Read full judgment →
• Allah Wasaya vs Irshad Hussain and ANoTHER1986 PLD Lahore 29 · Lahore High Court · 1985-10-12Read full judgment →
• Allah Rakha vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 1928 · Lahore High Court · 1986-03-11Read full judgment →
• Allah Rakha And Othersl vs Rukan Din And Other1986 CLC 2316 · Lahore High Court · 1986-03-03Read full judgment →
• Allah Rakha And Others vs Muhammad Latif1986 CLC 2390 · Lahore High Court · 1985-11-24Read full judgment →
• Allah Ra Khi vs Sughra Bibi And Other1986 CLC 2095 · Lahore High Court · 1986-04-13
  land allotmentmaintenanceinheritancecancellation of allotmentconstitutional petition
  Summary & questions settled

  This constitutional petition challenges the orders of the revenue authorities cancelling the land allotment originally made to the petitioner's deceased mother. The core legal question is whether land allotted strictly for the maintenance of a deceased person can be inherited by her legal heirs and whether notice is required to be given to such heirs prior to cancellation. The Lahore High Court held that an allotment made exclusively for maintenance purposes terminates upon the death of the allottee, whereupon the land reverts to the state, and no notice is required to be issued to the heirs since they hold no inheritable right in such property. The petition was dismissed in limine.

  Questions settled

  • Does land allotted for the sole purpose of maintenance devolve upon the legal heirs of the deceased allottee?
  • Is notice required to be given to the legal heirs before cancelling a maintenance allotment upon the death of the allottee?
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• Allah Ditta vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 2702 · Lahore High Court · 1986-05-09Read full judgment →
• Allah Ditta vs Member, Board of Revenue And Other1986 CLC 1043 · Lahore High Court · 1985-10-05Read full judgment →
• Allah Ditta vs Deputy Settlement Commissioner and others1986 MLD 2307 · Lahore High Court · 1985-10-26Read full judgment →
• Allah Ditta and others vs Jalal Din and others1986 MLD 2039 · Lahore High Court · 1986-05-06Read full judgment →
• Allah Ditta And 3 Others vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 1987 · Lahore High Court · 1986-03-02Read full judgment →
• Allah Dawai Aliaskalsoom Bibi vs Ghulam Qasim Khan1986 CLC 847 · Lahore High Court · 1985-10-12Read full judgment →
• Allah Bux vs Member, Board of Revenue (Colonization) and Others1986 PLD Lahore 249 · Lahore High Court · 1986-04-25Read full judgment →
• Allah Bakhsh vs The State and other1986 P Cr. L J 2451 · Lahore High Court · 1986-05-13Read full judgment →
• Allah Bakhsh vs Pehlwan1986 MLD 1188 · Lahore High Court · 1986-05-17Read full judgment →
• Allah Bakhsh vs Abdur Rashid And Others1986 PCr. L J 1797(2) · Lahore High Court · 1985-11-19Read full judgment →
• Allah Bakhsh And Others vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 2562 · Lahore High Court · 1979-03-04Read full judgment →
• Allah Bakhsh and another vs Settlement Commissioner and another1986 MLD 467 · Lahore High Court · 1985-12-03Read full judgment →
• Allah Bakhsh Alias Qaiser vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 651 · Lahore High Court · 1985-09-27Read full judgment →
• Alia Sghar vs Muhammad Sharif and 5 others1986 MLD 2048 · Lahore High Court · 1986-06-16Read full judgment →
• Ali Nawaz Chohan And Another vs Mushtaq Hussain Shah1986 P Cr. L J 2222 · Lahore High Court · 1986-06-16Read full judgment →
• Ali Muhammad vs Maula Bakhsh And Other1986 CLC 2404 · Lahore High Court · 1985-11-17Read full judgment →
• Ali Muhammad vs Malik Pir Bakhsh1986 PLD Lahore 39 · Lahore High Court · 1983-03-20Read full judgment →
• Ali Muhammad And Others vs Taj Muhammad And Another1986 CLC 2511 · Lahore High Court · 1985-12-03Read full judgment →
• Ali Mazhar Shah vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 2780 · Lahore High Court · 1986-04-21Read full judgment →
• Ali Khan Alias Nabi Khan And Others vs The Additional Commissioner1986 CLC 2335 · Lahore High CourtRead full judgment →
• Ali Hussain vs Dr. Maqbool Ahmad And Other1986 CLC 609 · Lahore High Court · 1985-06-02Read full judgment →
• Ali Bakhsh vs Settlement Commissioner (Land) And Other1986 CLC 835 · Lahore High Court · 1985-11-17Read full judgment →
• Ali Akbar vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 611 · Lahore High Court · 1985-11-17Read full judgment →
• Ali Ahmad & Company vs Municipal Committee, Pasrur through its1986 MLD 628 · Lahore High Court · 1985-03-26Read full judgment →
• Alam Sher vs The State1986 MLD 1559 · Lahore High Court · 1986-06-10Read full judgment →
• Alam Sher And 4 Others vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 2487 · Lahore High Court · 1986-06-10Read full judgment →
• Ala Ud Din vs Settlement Commissioner And Other1986 CLC 2821 · Lahore High Court · 1985-10-29Read full judgment →
• Al-Sayed Hanif Ali Ibrahim Harzallah and 26 others vs The State1986 MLD 2398 · Lahore High Court · 1986-08-24Read full judgment →
• Akram And Others vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 2580 · Lahore High Court · 1986-04-20Read full judgment →
• Akra Alias Tashfeen vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 2876 · Lahore High Court · 1986-01-28Read full judgment →
• Akhtar. Kahloon And Another vs The- State1986 P Cr. L J 699 · Lahore High Court · 1985-07-12Read full judgment →
• Akhtar Hussain Zaidi vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 1742 · Lahore High Court · 1985-09-09Read full judgment →
• Akhtar Hussain And 2 Others vs Additional District Judge, Vehari And Other1986 CLC 209 · Lahore High Court · 1984-06-05Read full judgment →
• Akhlaq Ahmad vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 255 · Lahore High Court · 1985-10-07Read full judgment →
• Akbar Badshah vs Raza Muhammad1986 CLC 2258 · Lahore High Court · 1986-06-06Read full judgment →
• Akbar And 3 Others vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 2260 · Lahore High Court · 1985-10-08Read full judgment →
• Aisha vs Maqbool Hussain & Others1986 P Cr. L J 2424 · Lahore High Court · 1985-11-09Read full judgment →
• Ahmon alias Ahmann and others vs Ghulam and others1986 MLD 646 · Lahore High Court · 1985-06-24Read full judgment →
• Ahmed Din vs Shah Muhammad and another1986 MLD 1902 · Lahore High Court · 1986-08-01Read full judgment →
• Ahmed Ali And Others vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 1845 · Lahore High Court · 1985-11-17Read full judgment →
• Ahmadyar And 19 Others vs Bashir Ahmad And Another1986 P Cr. L J 1309 · Lahore High Court · 1986-01-24Read full judgment →
• Ahmad vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 2682 · Lahore High Court · 1986-04-25Read full judgment →
• Ahmad vs Member (Colonies), Board of Revenue, Punjab, Lahore and another1986 MLD 1032 · Lahore High Court · 1986-04-26Read full judgment →
• Ahmad Khan and Another vs Zahur Ahmad Khan Tareen and 7 Others1986 PLD Lahore 184 · Lahore High Court · 1986-03-18
  Land Reforms Regulationeconomic holdingalienation of landvoid orderlimitationconstitutional jurisdictionjurisdiction
  Summary & questions settled

  This constitutional petition challenges the orders of revenue and land authorities regarding the disputed sale of agricultural land under the Land Reforms Regulation 115 of 1972. The core legal questions involved whether the second sale transaction violated the statutory restriction on alienating land below an economic holding, the validity of condoning delay in filing an appeal against a void order, and the competence of the Additional Chief Land Commissioner. The Lahore High Court held that while the second sale was subsequent in time and contravened the provisions of the Land Reforms Regulation, the entire transaction could not be declared void; rather, the sale was valid to the extent of the permissible area (36 Kanals 1 Marla) that did not breach the economic holding limit, while the excess was void. The Court also held that no limitation runs against a void order and that a party participating in proceedings without objection cannot raise jurisdiction issues for the first time in constitutional jurisdiction.

  Questions settled

  • Whether an alienation of agricultural land that reduces a holding below the limit of an economic holding is void in toto or only to the extent of the excess?
  • Does limitation run against an order that is void ab initio or passed without proper service?
  • Can a party who submits to the jurisdiction of a tribunal without objection raise the question of competency for the first time in constitutional jurisdiction?
  • Whether a registered document operates from the date of its registration or the date of its execution?
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• Ahmad Hayat And Others vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 1877 · Lahore High Court · 1986-02-28Read full judgment →
• Ahmad Din vs Hassan and others1986 MLD 1025 · Lahore High Court · 1986-04-01Read full judgment →
• Ahmad Bakhsh vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 2281 · Lahore High Court · 1985-11-16Read full judgment →
• Ahmad Ali and 2 Others vs The State1986 PLD Lahore 154 · Lahore High Court · 1985-11-17Read full judgment →
• Agha Munir Khan vs The State1986 MLD 1764 · Lahore High Court · 1986-02-07Read full judgment →
• Agha Hassan Khan vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 2869 · Lahore High Court · 1986-03-31Read full judgment →
• Agha Hasan Khan vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 2560 · Lahore High Court · 1986-03-31Read full judgment →
• Aftab Ahmad vs The State1986 MLD 2525 · Lahore High Court · 1986-03-24Read full judgment →
• Afrahim And Another vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 259 · Lahore High Court · 1985-07-08Read full judgment →
• Adamji Insurance Co. vs Sarwar Rana And Others1986 PLC 588 · Lahore High Court · 1985-10-22Read full judgment →
• Abid Nasir vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 906(2) · Lahore High Court · 1985-12-13Read full judgment →
• Abid Javaid and another vs The State1986 MLD 2724 · Lahore High Court · 1985-10-04Read full judgment →
• Abid Ali Shahid And Another vs The State and 2 others1986 P Cr. L J 1172 · Lahore High Court · 1986-01-28Read full judgment →
• Abdur Rehman vs The Settlement Commissioner, Lahore Division, Lahore and 2 others1986 MLD 1017 · Lahore High Court · 1986-02-12Read full judgment →
• Abdur Rehman and others vs Muhammad Ramz an and others1986 MLD 788 · Lahore High Court · 1984-05-08Read full judgment →
• Abdur Rashid vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 1898 · Lahore High Court · 1986-03-10Read full judgment →
• Abdur Rahim vs Mst. Zahran1986 MLD 798 · Lahore High Court · 1984-02-28Read full judgment →
• Abdur Rahim Allah Ditta Steel Rerolling Mills and others vs Water and Power Development Authority, Lahore and others1986 MLD 2735 · Lahore High CourtRead full judgment →
• Abdur Rahim Alias Rahim Bakhsh vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 787(2) · Lahore High Court · 1985-05-31Read full judgment →
• Abdur AllAQ vs The State1986 MLD 1101(1) · Lahore High Court · 1984-11-26Read full judgment →
• Abdul, Majeed and 2 Others vs The State and Another1986 PLD Lahore 293 · Lahore High Court · 1985-11-05Read full judgment →
• Abdul Wahid And Another vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 1336 · Lahore High Court · 1985-02-17Read full judgment →
• Abdul Waheed vs The State1986 PLD Lahore 81 · Lahore High Court · 1985-01-12
  quashment of proceedingsprivate complaintpreliminary inquiryjurisdiction of Ilaqa Magistratesection 561-A Cr.P.C.section 202 Cr.P.C.discharge of accusedsummoning for trial
  Summary & questions settled

  This is a petition filed under section 561-A of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 for the quashment of proceedings pending before an Additional Sessions Judge. The petitioner was initially discharged by the police during investigation, after which the complainant filed a direct private complaint before the Sessions Judge, who transferred it to the Ilaqa Magistrate without ordering an inquiry. The Magistrate nevertheless conducted a preliminary inquiry under section 202, and upon receipt of the police challan, the Additional Sessions Judge summoned the petitioner to face trial. The core legal question was whether an Ilaqa Magistrate can voluntarily conduct a preliminary inquiry under section 202 without a specific direction from the Sessions Court, and whether subsequent summoning orders based on such an inquiry are sustainable. The court held that in the absence of a specific order directing an inquiry, the Ilaqa Magistrate's inquiry was without jurisdiction, a nullity in law, and an abuse of the process of the court. The court laid down the principle that a Magistrate cannot gratuitously embark on a preliminary inquiry without specific statutory authorization, and proceedings emanating from such invalid inquiries are liable to be quashed.

  Questions settled

  • Can an Ilaqa Magistrate voluntarily conduct a preliminary inquiry under section 202 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 without a specific direction from the Sessions Judge?
  • Whether proceedings emanating from a gratuitous inquiry conducted without jurisdiction by an Ilaqa Magistrate amount to an abuse of the process of the court?
  • Is a petition under section 265-K of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 competent where the initial inquiry itself was coram non judice?
  • Can an Additional Sessions Judge summon an accused who was previously discharged by the police without first recording evidence and finding a prima facie case?
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• Abdul Shakur And 9 Others vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 667 · Lahore High Court · 1985-12-01Read full judgment →
• Abdul Sattar vs Election Tribunal for Union Councils of Tehsil1986 MLD 540 · Lahore High Court · 1986-03-01Read full judgment →
• Abdul Sattar And Others vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 1048 · Lahore High Court · 1984-05-15Read full judgment →