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 Sattar Alias Sattari vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 383 · Lahore High Court · 1985-01-12Read full judgment →
• Abdul Rehman vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 2331 · Lahore High Court · 1986-03-23Read full judgment →
• Abdul Rehman and 6 others vs Assistant Commissioner and another1986 MLD 412 · Lahore High Court · 1985-11-19Read full judgment →
• Abdul Razaq Alias Allah Ditta vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 774 · Lahore High Court · 1985-10-28Read full judgment →
• Abdul Rasul Shams vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 183(1) · Lahore High Court · 1984-09-03Read full judgment →
• Abdul Rashid vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 405 · Lahore High Court · 1985-02-08Read full judgment →
• Abdul Rashid vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 1611 · Lahore High Court · 1985-11-02Read full judgment →
• Abdul Rashid vs Ausa Sheedathe State1986 MLD 2727 · Lahore High Court · 1985-06-30Read full judgment →
• Abdul Rasheed Alias, Sheeda vs The State1986 PCrLJ 177 · Lahore High Court · 1985-11-01Read full judgment →
• Abdul Rahim Alias Rehman vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 2833 · Lahore High Court · 1986-02-07Read full judgment →
• Abdul Rafiq and others vs Faisalabad Development Authority1986 MLD 875 · Lahore High Court · 1984-02-06Read full judgment →
• Abdul Malik And Others vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 399 · Lahore High Court · 1985-01-12Read full judgment →
• Abdul Majid vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 2426 · Lahore High Court · 1985-11-23Read full judgment →
• Abdul Majid vs Taj Bibi and others1986 MLD 2400 · Lahore High Court · 1986-07-01Read full judgment →
• Abdul Majid vs Superintendent of Police, Toba Tek Singh and 3 others-1986 P Cr. L J 253 · Lahore High Court · 1985-10-07Read full judgment →
• Abdul Majid Khan and others vs Member, Board of Revenue1986 MLD 782 · Lahore High Court · 1984-06-04Read full judgment →
• Abdul Majid And Others vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 1354 · Lahore High Court · 1983-10-22Read full judgment →
• Abdul Majid And 4 Others vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 1578 · Lahore High Court · 1986-02-03Read full judgment →
• Abdul Majeed vs Mst. Zubaida Begum1986 MLD 2108 · Lahore High Court · 1984-05-05Read full judgment →
• Abdul Khaliq And Another vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 2039 · Lahore High Court · 1986-02-07Read full judgment →
• Abdul Khalil and others vs Abdul Aziz and others1986 MLD 653 · Lahore High Court · 1985-06-29Read full judgment →
• Abdul Karim vs Umar Hayat and others-1986 P Cr. L J 97 · Lahore High Court · 1979-04-21Read full judgment →
• Abdul Karim And Another vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 847 · Lahore High Court · 1979-02-23Read full judgment →
• Abdul Karim and 4 others vs Settlement Commissioner (L)/Additional1986 MLD 1724 · Lahore High Court · 1985-12-04Read full judgment →
• Abdul Hayee and Others vs Muhammad Shafiq and Others1986 PLD Lahore 165 · Lahore High Court · 1986-02-01Read full judgment →
• Abdul Hassan vs Settlement Commissioner (Lands), Multan Division, Multan and others1986 MLD 2310 · Lahore High Court · 1985-12-14Read full judgment →
• Abdul Hamid vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 1087 · Lahore High Court · 1985-12-03Read full judgment →
• Abdul Hamid vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 2701(1) · Lahore High Court · 1986-05-10Read full judgment →
• Abdul Hamid And Others vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 2351 · Lahore High Court · 1985-12-15Read full judgment →
• Abdul Hamid And 3 Others vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 1580 · Lahore High Court · 1985-12-21Read full judgment →
• Abdul Hamid and 3 others vs Ch. Allah Bakhsh and 2 others1986 MLD 541 · Lahore High Court · 1986-01-26Read full judgment →
• Abdul Hameed And Others vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 25 · Lahore High Court · 1985-11-01Read full judgment →
• Abdul Hakim vs Deputy Settlement Commissioner, Gujranwala and 21986 MLD 410 · Lahore High Court · 1985-10-28Read full judgment →
• Abdul Hafeez vs The Settlement Commissioner, Centre III, Faridkot1986 MLD 406 · Lahore High Court · 1985-12-04Read full judgment →
• Abdul Ghani vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 2047 · Lahore High Court · 1986-04-01Read full judgment →
• Abdul Ghani vs Sh. Inayatullah and others1986 MLD 531 · Lahore High Court · 1986-01-20Read full judgment →
• Abdul Ghani vs Habib Ahmad and 4 Others1986 PLD Lahore 113 · Lahore High Court · 1984-06-10Read full judgment →
• Abdul Ghafoor and another vs The State1986 MLD 1551 · Lahore High Court · 1986-05-09Read full judgment →
• Abdul Ghaffar vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 860 · Lahore High Court · 1985-10-01Read full judgment →
• Abdul Aziz vs The State-1986 P Cr. L J 2614 · Lahore High Court · 1986-05-06Read full judgment →
• Abdul Aziz vs Muhammad Ismail And 5 Others1986 P Cr. L J 2061 · Lahore High Court · 1986-04-04Read full judgment →
• Abdul Ali And Others vs Additional District Judge And Other1986 CLC 1011 · Lahore High Court · 1985-10-07Read full judgment →
• Abdul Aleem vs Settlement Commissioner (Lands) and 2" others1986 MLD 2370 · Lahore High Court · 1986-02-03Read full judgment →
• Abbas vs The State1986 P Cr. L J 386 · Lahore High Court · 1985-03-10Read full judgment →
• A Dministratorgeneral Punjab vs M. Stanley Charles William Rose1986 PLD Lahore 333 · Lahore High Court · 1986-07-22Read full judgment →
• A Bdur Rashid vs Mst. Aisha Bibi and another1986 MLD 656 · Lahore High Court · 1984-12-16Read full judgment →
• Zulfiqar Ali vs The State1985 P Cr. L J 1449 · Lahore High Court · 1985-02-09Read full judgment →
• Zulfiqar Ali alias Japhu vs The State1985 P Cr. L J 2728 · Lahore High Court · 1985-04-28Read full judgment →
• Ziaul Haq and anothers vs The State1985 P Cr. L J 1015 · Lahore High Court · 1984-12-16Read full judgment →
• Zar Badshah Masood vs Commandant/Magistrate Ist Class and1985 P Cr. L J 499 · Lahore High Court · 1984-10-02Read full judgment →
• Zaman vs The State1985 PLD Lahore 566 · Lahore High Court · 1985-05-19Read full judgment →
• Zakir Hussain Shah vs The State1985 P Cr. L J 2428 · Lahore High Court · 1985-05-24Read full judgment →
• Zakaullah vs The State1985 P Cr. L J 85 · Lahore High Court · 1984-08-14Read full judgment →
• Zahoor Mahmood Farooqi vs The Punjab Public Service Commission, Lahore1985 PLD Lahore 358 · Lahore High Court · 1985-03-06Read full judgment →
• Zahoor Hussain and anothers vs The State1985 P Cr. L J 862 · Lahore High Court · 1984-07-07Read full judgment →
• Zahoor Ahmad vs The State1985 P Cr. L J 2289 · Lahore High Court · 1985-05-13Read full judgment →
• Zahoor Ahmad and anothers vs The State1985 P Cr. L J 1879 · Lahore High CourtRead full judgment →
• Zahoor Ahmad and 5 Others vs Manzoor Hussain and 2 Others1985 PLD Lahore 417 · Lahore High Court · 1985-05-18Read full judgment →
• Zahoor Ahmad and 3 others vs Noor Muhammad and another1985 MLD 761 · Lahore High Court · 1984-04-28Read full judgment →
• Zahid Bashir vs Mumtaz Begum1985 MLD 933 · Lahore High Court · 1984-12-16Read full judgment →
• Zaffar Ullah Khan and others vs Abdur Rehman and others1985 MLD 1574 · Lahore High Court · 1985-01-13
  proprietary rightsagreement to sellrevenue mutationlimitation periodbona fide purchaserState landsuit for declaration
  Summary & questions settled

  This civil suit was instituted by the legal representatives of the original allottee of State land, Miran Bakhsh, along with their subsequent lessee, seeking declarations of ownership, possession, and the cancellation of certain revenue mutations regarding land situated in Tehsil Toba Tek Singh. The core legal questions revolved around whether the original owner had validly sold his proprietary rights during his lifetime, whether the suit was barred by limitation, and whether a subsequent purchaser acquired good faith title. The High Court held that although the initial mutation of sale was prematurely attested and void, the subsequent execution of a joint document and full payment of the sale consideration by the vendees effectively completed the sale during the vendor's lifetime, thereby extinguishing the plaintiffs' right to the property. The Court laid down the principle that a revenue mutation is not a title-creating instrument but a piece of evidence, and that a plaintiff in actual possession suing for a declaration is governed by Article 120 of the Limitation Act 1908 rather than Article 91.

  Questions settled

  • Which article of the Limitation Act governs a suit for declaration of title brought by a plaintiff who is in actual physical possession of the immovable property?
  • Does a revenue mutation operate as a document creating legal rights or establishing legal relationship?
  • Whether proprietary rights vest in a tenant of State land upon the deposit of the purchase price in the Government Treasury without the execution of a formal sale-deed?
  • Does a premature attestation of a sale mutation render a subsequent valid completion of sale through an agreement and full payment nugatory?
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• Zafar Yab Ali and others vs Settlement Commissioner and others1985 CLC 2647 · Lahore High Court · 1982-02-21Read full judgment →
• Zafar Shah and others vs The State1985 MLD 752 · Lahore High Court · 1983-12-18Read full judgment →
• Zafar Islam Abid vs The State1985 P Cr. L J 1529 · Lahore High Court · 1984-06-19Read full judgment →
• Zafar Iqbal vs The State1985 P Cr. L J 1606 · Lahore High Court · 1984-08-04Read full judgment →
• Zafar Hayat and anothers vs The State1985 P Cr. L J 1272 · Lahore High Court · 1985-03-10Read full judgment →
• Zafar and anothers vs The State1985 P Cr. L J 1288 · Lahore High Court · 1985-02-15Read full judgment →
• Yaseen vs Hussain Bakhsh and 4 others1985 CLC 1889 · Lahore High Court · 1985-02-02Read full judgment →
• Wazir Khan and anothers vs The State and anothers1985 P Cr. L J 1426 · Lahore High Court · 1985-03-10Read full judgment →
• Wazir Khan and another vs Ch. Muhammad Siddique, Settlement1985 MLD 201 · Lahore High Court · 1985-04-15Read full judgment →
• Water and Power Dev$1Opment Authority through its Director Legal vs Rahwali Sugar Mills, Rahwali, Gujranwala1985 MLD 1624 · Lahore High Court · 1984-03-17Read full judgment →
• Wasal alias Nilo vs SH. Muhammad Amjad and 3 Others1985 PLD Lahore 56 · Lahore High Court · 1984-09-16Read full judgment →
• Waryam and anothers vs The State1985 P Cr. L J 162 · Lahore High Court · 1974-11-03Read full judgment →
• Waryam and 8 others vs Faiz Ahmad and others1985 CLC 2259 · Lahore High Court · 1983-12-06Read full judgment →
• WAPDA vs Pervaiz Hassan1985 PLC (C.S.) 460 · Lahore High Court · 1984-06-25Read full judgment →
• WAPDA vs Abdul Manaf and another1985 PLC 92 · Lahore High Court · 1984-05-06Read full judgment →
• WAPDA through its Chairman vs Punjab Labour Court No.2, Lahore and others1985 PLC (C.S.) 360 · Lahore High Court · 1984-05-06Read full judgment →
• Walla Cotton Mills Ltd. vs Income-Tax Officer and Others1985 PTD 510 · Lahore High Court · 1984-10-09Read full judgment →
• Wali Muhammad vs Dur Muhammad and others1985 CLC 516 · Lahore High Court · 1984-09-30Read full judgment →
• Wali Muhammad and others vs The State1985 P Cr. L J 756 · Lahore High Court · 1984-01-22Read full judgment →
• Wali Muhammad and 4 others vs The State and anothers1985 P Cr. L J 1342 · Lahore High Court · 1985-02-18Read full judgment →
• Wakil Shah and ANOTHERs vs The State1985 PLD Lahore 520 · Lahore High Court · 1985-02-25Read full judgment →
• Vice-President, National Bank of Pakistan Gujranwala Zone and another vs Punjab Labour Appellate Tribunal and 7 others1985 PLC 1053 · Lahore High Court
  National Industrial Relations CommissionWage Commission AwardLabour Court JurisdictionNationalised BanksIndividual GrievanceIndustrial DisputeRetrenchmentStanding Orders Exclusion
  Summary & questions settled

  Constitutional petitions were filed challenging orders of the Labour Courts and Punjab Labour Appellate Tribunal regarding nationalised bank employees, raising questions regarding the jurisdiction of Labour Courts vis-a-vis the National Industrial Relations Commission (NIRC), the enforceability of Wage Commission Awards under Section 25-A of the Industrial Relations Ordinance 1969, and the applicability of the West Pakistan Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Orders) Ordinance 1968. The Lahore High Court held that nationalised banks are run by or under the authority of the Federal Government and governed by statutory rules framed under the Wage Commission Award, thereby excluding the Standing Orders Ordinance pursuant to its Section 1(4) proviso and Section 38-I of the IRO. The High Court further held that a Wage Commission Award is not an 'award' under Section 2(ii) enforceable via Section 25-A before a Labour Court, and jurisdiction to enforce rights thereunder vests exclusively with the NIRC under Section 22-B(3)(a). Consequently, the Labour Courts lacked jurisdiction, rendering their orders void. The banks' petitions were allowed, and the employees' petitions were dismissed.

  Questions settled

  • Whether the National Industrial Relations Commission has exclusive jurisdiction to the exclusion of Labour Courts in matters relating to the enforcement of Wage Commission Awards?
  • Whether an award delivered by a Wage Commission falls within the definition of 'award' under Section 2(ii) enforceable under Section 25-A of the Industrial Relations Ordinance 1969?
  • Whether the West Pakistan Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Orders) Ordinance 1968 applies to employees of nationalised banks governed by a Wage Commission Award?
  • Whether a dismissed employee whose dismissal is not connected with an industrial dispute qualifies as a 'worker' under Section 2(xxviii) of the Industrial Relations Ordinance 1969?
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• Vains Muhammad and another vs Province of the Punjab, through Collector, Sargodha and 4 others1985 MLD 1122 · Lahore High Court · 1984-01-24Read full judgment →
• Usman Pirzada vs The Additional District and Sessions Judge, Lahore1985 MLD 549 · Lahore High Court · 1984-02-21Read full judgment →
• Usman Ghani alias Shan and another vs The State1985 MLD 1359 · Lahore High Court · 1985-06-07Read full judgment →
• United Bank Ltd. vs Jaffar Flour & Oil Mills Ltd. and 2 Others1985 PLD Lahore 541 · Lahore High Court · 1985-04-19Read full judgment →
• Union Council No. 16, Tehsil Khushab vs Habib Textile Mills and others1985 CLC 1930 · Lahore High Court · 1985-02-04Read full judgment →
• Umer Din vs Ghazanfar ALl and Others1985 PLD Lahore 498 · Lahore High Court · 1985-04-28Read full judgment →
• Umar Hayat vs Muhammad Ashraf and 4 others1985 P Cr. L J 1741 · Lahore High Court · 1985-03-16Read full judgment →
• Umar Hayat and others vs The State1985 P Cr. L J 2038 · Lahore High Court · 1985-01-15Read full judgment →
• Umar Din--Petitioneir vs A.C.Kamalia and others1985 CLC 2982 · Lahore High Court · 1985-02-22Read full judgment →
• Umar Din vs Shamas Din and 12 others1985 MLD 1485 · Lahore High Court · 1985-07-09Read full judgment →
• Umar Din and others vs Deputy Settlement Commissioner and others1985 CLC 2900 · Lahore High Court · 1985-06-27Read full judgment →
• Umar Din (Deceased) through legal heirs representatives and others vs Deputy Settlement Commissioner and others1985 MLD 1451 · Lahore High Court · 1985-06-18Read full judgment →
• Ujalla Cotton Mills Ltd. vs Income Tax Officer And OtherPTCL 1985 (CL.) 345 · Lahore High Court · 1984-10-09Read full judgment →
• Tufail Muhammad vs Water and Power Development Authority1985 MLD 1449 · Lahore High Court · 1983-12-12Read full judgment →
• The West Punjab Textile Mills Ltd. vs The Water and Power Development1985 MLD 99 · Lahore High Court · 1985-02-16Read full judgment →
• The State vs Zainul Abdin1985 P Cr. L J 1351 · Lahore High Court · 1985-02-12Read full judgment →
• The State vs Saleem Khan1985 PLD Lahore 345 · Lahore High Court · 1985-03-01Read full judgment →