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 Mushtaq Ahmad1985 P Cr. L J 2292 · Lahore High Court · 1985-05-26Read full judgment →
• The State vs Munawaruddin and anothers1985 P Cr. L J 1431 · Lahore High Court · 1985-02-19Read full judgment →
• The State vs Muhammad Younus and anothers1985 P Cr. L J 81 · Lahore High Court · 1984-06-23Read full judgment →
• The State vs Muhammad Muzaffar1985 P Cr. L J 1486 · Lahore High Court · 1984-10-29Read full judgment →
• The State vs Muhammad Aslam and 2 others1985 P Cr. L J 124 · Lahore High Court · 1979-01-22Read full judgment →
• The State vs Muhammad Amin and others1985 P Cr. L J 472 · Lahore High Court · 1984-10-21Read full judgment →
• The State vs Kh. Manzoor Ahmad1985 P Cr. L J 1265 · Lahore High Court · 1985-01-25Read full judgment →
• The State vs Ishfaq Ahmad1985 P Cr. L J 2846 · Lahore High Court · 1985-01-19Read full judgment →
• The State vs Hassan Muhammad1985 P Cr. L J 2490 · Lahore High Court · 1985-03-10Read full judgment →
• The State vs Haider Shah and others1985 P Cr. L J 1488 · Lahore High Court · 1984-10-22Read full judgment →
• The State vs Ghulam Shah1985 P Cr. L J 2716 · Lahore High Court · 1985-04-29Read full judgment →
• The State vs Ghulam Haider1985 P Cr. L J 1226 · Lahore High Court · 1984-09-22Read full judgment →
• The State vs Bahara and 7 others1985 P Cr. L J 1736 · Lahore High Court · 1985-03-30Read full judgment →
• The State vs Aziz Khan and 4 others1985 P Cr. L J 1453 · Lahore High Court · 1982-03-19Read full judgment →
• The State vs Atta Muhammad Zafar (Magistrate)1985 P Cr. L J 2816 · Lahore High Court · 1984-10-23Read full judgment →
• The State vs Assistant Commissioner, Minchinabad1985 MLD 1421 · Lahore High Court · 1984-09-01Read full judgment →
• The State vs Ashiq Muhammad and Others1985 PLD Lahore 634 · Lahore High Court · 1985-07-13Read full judgment →
• The State vs Ali Nawaz and 3 others1985 P Cr. L J 137 · Lahore High Court · 1979-01-20Read full judgment →
• The State vs Abdul Sattar and others1985 P Cr. L J 549 · Lahore High Court · 1984-10-14Read full judgment →
• The State vs Abbas Shah and anothers1985 P Cr. L J 128 · Lahore High Court · 1984-05-06Read full judgment →
• The Province of Punjab through Secretary, Communication & Works1985 MLD 1616 · Lahore High Court · 1985-09-22Read full judgment →
• The Managing Committee, Attock Industrial School vs Presiding1985 PLC 936 · Lahore High Court · 1985-07-09Read full judgment →
• The Chairman Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Islamabad and 2 others vs Nasir Ahmad and another1985 MLD 1119 · Lahore High Court · 1983-12-21Read full judgment →
• The Administrator Thal Development, Bhakkar vs Sher Muhammad1985 MLD 139 · Lahore High Court · 1985-06-04Read full judgment →
• Tharaj vs Assistant Commissioner/Additional Settlement1985 CLC 1871 · Lahore High Court · 1985-03-13Read full judgment →
• Thal Industries Corporation vs Thal Development Authority and others1985 MLD 1463 · Lahore High Court · 1985-06-25Read full judgment →
• Tayyab Hussain vs Relief Commissioner and another1985 CLC 2024 · Lahore High Court · 1984-11-27Read full judgment →
• Tayaba Enterprises vs Collector Of Customs Lahore.PTCL 1985 (CL.) 285 · Lahore High Court · 1985-05-04Read full judgment →
• Tasaddaq Elahi and 3 others vs The State1985 P Cr. L J 2226 · Lahore High Court · 1985-05-14Read full judgment →
• Tariq Mahmood vs The State1985 P Cr. L J 1105 · Lahore High Court · 1984-10-01Read full judgment →
• Tanwir Ahmad and 4 others vs The State1985 P Cr. L J 1394 · Lahore High Court · 1985-02-15Read full judgment →
• Talib Hussain vs Mst.Bashiran Bibi and 2 others1985 CLC 592 · Lahore High Court · 1984-09-18Read full judgment →
• Talat Mahmood vs Punjab University, Lahore and 4 others1985 MLD 1136 · Lahore High Court · 1984-03-19Read full judgment →
• Taj Muhammad vs The State1985 P Cr. L J 2857 · Lahore High Court · 1982-02-12Read full judgment →
• Taj Din vs Muhammad Asghar and 2 others1985 MLD 560 · Lahore High Court · 1984-02-20Read full judgment →
• Syed Sultan Ali Shah vs Ghulam Muhammad1985 P Cr. L J 1720 · Lahore High Court · 1985-03-18Read full judgment →
• Syed Shah Hassan vs The State1985 P Cr. L J 220 · Lahore High Court · 1984-08-14Read full judgment →
• Syed Nasim Asghar vs Walt Muhammad and 3 Others1985 PLD Lahore 531 · Lahore High Court · 1985-07-07Read full judgment →
• Syed Mujtaba Ahmad and 3 Others vs Chief Settlement Commissioner, Punjab Board of Revenue and ANOTHERs1985 PLD Lahore 185 · Lahore High Court · 1984-12-08Read full judgment →
• Syed Muhammad Yousaf Shah vs Additional District Judge and others1985 CLC 2877 · Lahore High Court · 1985-03-17Read full judgment →
• Syed Muhammad Tufail vs Deputy Commissioner, Sialkot and 3 others1985 MLD 1179 · Lahore High Court · 1984-06-19Read full judgment →
• Syed Khalid Bashir and 148 others vs Province of the Punjab and another1985 MLD 137 · Lahore High Court · 1985-06-09Read full judgment →
• Syed Iltaf Hussain Shah vs DR. Muhammad Din and Others1985 PLD Lahore 380 · Lahore High Court · 1985-05-13Read full judgment →
• Syed Ijaz Hussain vs Munir Ahmad and others1985 CLC 1926 · Lahore High Court · 1985-01-19Read full judgment →
• Syed Hamid Muqeem Bokhary vs The State1985 PLD Lahore 71 · Lahore High Court · 1984-11-06
  revision petitionsummoning of accusedcolumn No. 2cancellation of casepolice investigationinnocencejurisdiction of MagistrateAdditional Sessions Judge
  Summary & questions settled

  This criminal revision petition assails the order of the Additional Sessions Judge summoning the petitioner as an accused to face trial under sections 302, 109, 148, and 149 of the Pakistan Penal Code 1860, following a murder incident arising from labor union rivalry. The investigating agency repeatedly found the petitioner innocent, and the case against him was effectively cancelled by the Magistrate. The core legal questions involved the authority of a Magistrate to cancel a case triable by the Court of Session and the power of the Additional Sessions Judge to summon a person found innocent by the police in the absence of fresh material. The Lahore High Court held that once a case has been cancelled regarding an accused found innocent by the police, the trial court lacks jurisdiction to summon him as an accused without new material on record, and the aggrieved party's proper remedy is to file a private complaint. The petition was accepted and the summoning order set aside.

  Questions settled

  • Whether a Magistrate has jurisdiction to cancel a case or discharge an accused in matters triable exclusively by the Court of Session?
  • Can an Additional Sessions Judge summon a person found innocent by the police as an accused without any fresh material coming on record?
  • What is the appropriate remedy for a complainant when the police report declares an accused person innocent?
  • How should a police report under section 173 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 be construed when containing conflicting statements regarding an accused's innocence?
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• Syed Farhat Ali vs Syed Abbas Ali Shah and another1985 MLD 556 · Lahore High Court · 1984-02-21Read full judgment →
• Syed Barkat Hussain Shah and others vs Divisional Canal Officer and others1985 CLC 2679 · Lahore High Court · 1983-03-06Read full judgment →
• Syed Azadar Hussain vs Abdul Majid and anothers1985 P Cr. L J 2099 · Lahore High Court · 1983-10-14Read full judgment →
• Syed Altaf Hussain Shah Sherazi vs The State1985 MLD 826 · Lahore High Court · 1985-07-08Read full judgment →
• Syed Ali Asghar and others vs Government of Punjab and another1985 CLC 183 · Lahore High Court · 1984-09-25Read full judgment →
• Syed Ali Akbar vs The State1985 P Cr. L J 411 · Lahore High Court · 1984-09-29Read full judgment →
• Sultan Mahmud vs The State1985 P Cr. L J 1302 · Lahore High Court · 1985-02-05Read full judgment →
• Sultan and anothers vs The State1985 P Cr. L J 569 · Lahore High Court · 1984-11-24Read full judgment →
• Sultan and anothers vs Bahar Shah and anothers1985 P Cr. L J 1577 · Lahore High Court · 1982-11-26Read full judgment →
• Sufi Abdul Hameed vs Government of West Pakistan and others1985 CLC 58 · Lahore High Court · 1984-06-02Read full judgment →
• Subedar (Rtd.) Muhammad Ali vs Muhammad Anwar and 3 others1985 CLC 668 · Lahore High Court · 1984-09-30
  Lambardar appointmentadministrative discretionwrit jurisdictionvested rightdisqualificationmoral turpitudeLand Revenue Rules
  Summary & questions settled

  This constitutional petition challenged the appointment of a Lambardar by the Revenue Authorities, specifically contesting the eligibility of the appointee due to a past criminal conviction. The petitioner argued that the respondent’s conviction for theft in 1959, involving moral turpitude, disqualified him from holding the office of Lambardar under the Land Revenue Rules, 1968. The core legal question was whether a decades-old conviction constitutes an absolute, perpetual disqualification for such an administrative appointment and whether the High Court should interfere with the discretionary selection made by revenue authorities. The Court held that the appointment of a Lambardar is an administrative function, and no individual possesses a vested right to the office. It determined that a conviction from twenty-four years prior, for which the respondent had already served his sentence and maintained a clean record, did not render him unsuitable. The Court affirmed that revenue authorities possess the discretion to assess candidate suitability, and absent illegality, such administrative decisions are not subject to interference in writ jurisdiction.

  Questions settled

  • Does a decades-old criminal conviction constitute a permanent disqualification for the office of Lambardar?
  • Does an individual have a vested right to be appointed as a Lambardar?
  • Can the High Court interfere with the discretionary appointment of a Lambardar by revenue authorities in writ jurisdiction?
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• State vs Manzoor Hussain1985 MLD 1029 · Lahore High Court · 1984-08-14Read full judgment →
• State Bank Of Pakistan, Karachi. vs M/s. Chenab Contractors Ltd.,Sialkot.PTCL 1985 (CL.) 433 · Lahore High Court · 1985-04-21Read full judgment →
• State Bank of Pakistan, Karachi vs Messrs Chenab Contractors Ltd., SialkotPLD 1985 Lahore 404(2) · Lahore High CourtRead full judgment →
• State Bank of Pakistan vs Zor Engineers Ltd. and 3 others1985 MLD 199(1) · Lahore High Court · 1984-11-27Read full judgment →
• Soofi Nisar Ahmad vs The Settlement Commissioner, Lahore Division, Lahore and 2 others1985 MLD 1007 · Lahore High Court · 1984-03-17Read full judgment →
• Sohail Azam vs The State1985 P Cr. L J 388 · Lahore High Court · 1984-06-16Read full judgment →
• Sohail Akhtar vs Land Acquisition Collector, L.D.A. and others1985 CLC 1540 · Lahore High Court · 1985-02-19Read full judgment →
• Siraj Din vs Haji Chiragh Din through his Legal Heirs1985 MLD 1500 · Lahore High Court · 1984-05-15Read full judgment →
• Sikander Ali Khan and others vs Ghulam Qasim and others1985 CLC 1881 · Lahore High Court · 1985-01-11Read full judgment →
• Sikandar Khan vs The State1985 P Cr. L J 2000 · Lahore High Court · 1983-11-02Read full judgment →
• Siddique Masih vs The State1985 MLD 766 · Lahore High Court · 1984-04-20Read full judgment →
• Siddique and others vs The State1985 MLD 1371 · Lahore High Court · 1984-09-17Read full judgment →
• Siddiq vs Farzand Ali and Others1985 PLD Lahore 474 · Lahore High Court · 1985-03-26Read full judgment →
• Shukar Din vs The State1985 P Cr. L J 1376 · Lahore High Court · 1984-08-04Read full judgment →
• Shukar Din and others vs Khan Muhammad and others1985 CLC 1929 · Lahore High Court · 1984-11-04Read full judgment →
• Shereen Masood vs University of the Punjab through The Vice-1985 CLC 2987 · Lahore High Court · 1985-06-17Read full judgment →
• Shera and two others vs The State1985 MLD 842 · Lahore High Court · 1985-02-23Read full judgment →
• Sher Zaman and anothers vs The State1985 P Cr. L J 1705 · Lahore High Court · 1985-02-20Read full judgment →
• Sher Muhammad vs The State1985 MLD 1018 · Lahore High Court · 1984-02-13Read full judgment →
• Sher Muhammad vs Additional Settlement Commissioner (Land) and others1985 CLC 2742 · Lahore High Court · 1984-06-03Read full judgment →
• Sher Khan and ANOTHERs vs The State1985 PLD Lahore 554 · Lahore High Court · 1985-05-07Read full judgment →
• Sher and others vs Nazar Muhammad and others1985 CLC 1967 · Lahore High Court · 1984-12-16Read full judgment →
• Sher Ali and others vs The State1985 MLD 36 · Lahore High Court · 1984-04-29Read full judgment →
• Sheikh Naseer-Ud-Din vs Secretary to Government of Punjab,Communications and Works Department, Lahore and 24 Others1985 PLC (C.S.) 901 · Lahore High Court · 1985-05-29Read full judgment →
• Sheikh Dawood Ahmad vs District Judge, Lahore and others1985 CLC 2658 · Lahore High Court · 1984-08-11Read full judgment →
• Sheikh Daud Ahmad vs District Judge, Lahore and 18 others1985 CLC 108 · Lahore High Court · 1984-08-11Read full judgment →
• Shaukat vs The State1985 MLD 732 · Lahore High Court · 1983-12-19Read full judgment →
• Shaukat Hussain vs The State1985 P Cr. L J 2143 · Lahore High Court · 1984-10-28Read full judgment →
• Shaukat Ali vs Abdul Rauf and another1985 MLD 779 · Lahore High Court · 1984-04-28Read full judgment →
• Shaukat Ali and anothers vs Muhammad Yusuf Shah and 5 others1985 P Cr. L J 543 · Lahore High Court · 1984-10-26Read full judgment →
• Shaukat Ali and ANOTHERs vs Muhammad Hussain and ANOTHERs1985 PLD Lahore 645 · Lahore High Court · 1985-05-05Read full judgment →
• Sharif and anothers vs The State1985 P Cr. L J 2750 · Lahore High Court · 1985-06-08Read full judgment →
• Sharafud Din vs Additional Settlement Commissioner, Lahore and others1985 CLC 2562 · Lahore High Court · 1984-10-16Read full judgment →
• Sharafat Ali vs Muhammad Boota and another1985 CLC 1063 · Lahore High Court · 1984-12-12
  specific performancedismissal for defaultrestoration of suitabsence of counseloriginal proceedingsrecording of evidence
  Summary & questions settled

  This first appeal arose from an order of the Senior Civil Judge, Gujranwala, which dismissed a petition for the restoration of a civil suit for specific performance. The suit had been dismissed for default under Order IX, Rule 8 of the Code of Civil Procedure 1908 due to the non-appearance of the plaintiff and his counsel. The trial court summarily rejected the restoration petition under Order IX, Rule 9 of the Code of Civil Procedure 1908 without calling for a reply or recording evidence, solely on the ground that no explanation was provided for the counsel's absence. The High Court held that proceedings under Order IX, Rule 9 are original in nature and must be decided on evidence, meaning the trial court committed a material irregularity by failing to afford the plaintiff an opportunity to lead evidence. Furthermore, the Court reiterated that if a plaintiff demonstrates sufficient cause for their own personal non-appearance, the suit should be restored despite any negligence or unexplained absence on the part of their counsel. The appeal was allowed, the impugned order was set aside, and the case was remitted to the trial court for a fresh decision after recording evidence.

  Questions settled

  • Whether a petition for restoration of a suit under Order IX Rule 9 of the Code of Civil Procedure 1908 can be summarily dismissed without calling for a reply and recording evidence?
  • Can a plaintiff be penalized and denied restoration of a suit solely due to the unexplained absence of their counsel if the plaintiff has shown sufficient cause for their own personal non-appearance?
  • Are proceedings under Order IX Rule 9 of the Code of Civil Procedure 1908 considered original proceedings requiring adjudication on evidence?
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• Shamshad Hussain alias Shada vs The State1985 P Cr. L J 2494 · Lahore High Court · 1985-03-09Read full judgment →
• Shams Din vs Additional Settlement Commissioner and Others1985 PLD Lahore 508 · Lahore High Court · 1985-06-04Read full judgment →
• Shamas Din vs The State1985 MLD 679 · Lahore High Court · 1984-02-05Read full judgment →
• Shamas Din vs Additional Settlement Commissioner, Lahore and others1985 MLD 1266 · Lahore High Court · 1985-06-04Read full judgment →
• Shamas Din and others vs The State1985 P Cr. L J 1744 · Lahore High Court · 1985-03-15Read full judgment →
• Sham Muhammad vs The State1985 P Cr. L J 2157 · Lahore High Court · 1985-02-08Read full judgment →
• Shakir Hussain vs The State1985 MLD 809 · Lahore High Court · 1985-01-27Read full judgment →
• Shaikh Tahir Iqbal vs Mazhar-Ul-Hassan, Chairman, Municipal1985 PLC (C.S.) 757 · Lahore High Court · 1985-03-11Read full judgment →
• Shahzad Tabassam Bhatti vs The State1985 P Cr. L J 2214 · Lahore High Court · 1984-12-21Read full judgment →
• Shahzad Mahmood vs The State1985 P Cr. L J 1968 · Lahore High Court · 1985-04-14Read full judgment →