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. 46,805 judgments in total from the Sindh High Court.

• M.J.A. Gazdar vs Hassan Akbar and 8 others1987 MLD 2169 · Sindh High Court · 1987-06-04Read full judgment →
• M.A.Aziz Siddiqui vs Mst.Aziz Khatoon1987 MLD 3081 · Sindh High Court · 1987-04-14Read full judgment →
• M. Yasin Khan vs M. Qaiser Qureshi1987 CLC 698 · Sindh High Court · 1986-10-22Read full judgment →
• M. Bashir Abid vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 1874 · Sindh High Court · 1986-10-21Read full judgment →
• M Uhammad Ali and 3 others vs Nissar Ahmed and 11 others1987 MLD 3067 · Sindh High Court · 1987-05-12Read full judgment →
• M a Hmood vs Settlement Commissioner and another1987 CLC 706 · Sindh High Court · 1986-10-14Read full judgment →
• M .N Aseem Iqbal vs Dawood College of Engineering and Technology, Karachi and others1987 MLD 2580 · Sindh High Court · 1987-02-16Read full judgment →
• Lt.Col. M.M.A. Beg and others vs Messrs Sarhad Bank Limited1987 CLC 2298 · Sindh High Court · 1987-02-25Read full judgment →
• Loung Represented By His Legal Heirs- vs Dur Muhammad And Another1987 PLD Karachi 515 · Sindh High Court · 1987-05-18Read full judgment →
• Loung represented by his Legal Heirs vs Dur Muhammad and another1987 PLD Karachi 515 · Sindh High Court · 1987-05-18Read full judgment →
• Lithocraft Corporation vs A. Habib through his Legal Heirs1987 CLC 1730 · Sindh High Court · 1987-03-18Read full judgment →
• Levi Strauss & Co. vs The Assistant Registrar of Trade Marks1987 MLD 466 · Sindh High Court · 1986-05-12Read full judgment →
• Lateef Ahmed vs Sahibullah and another1987 MLD 2131 · Sindh High Court · 1987-05-17Read full judgment →
• Laskhari vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 1333 · Sindh High Court · 1986-09-22Read full judgment →
• Lal Muhammad Brohi vs Iqbal Ahmad and another1987 CLC 484 · Sindh High Court · 1986-09-23Read full judgment →
• Lal Din vs The State and 2 others1987 P Cr. L J 263 · Sindh High Court · 1986-04-28Read full judgment →
• Lahorimal vs Sain Bukhsh and others1987 CLC 800 · Sindh High Court · 1986-09-01Read full judgment →
• Korangi Feed Limited vs Muhammad Yousaf Omer1987 MLD 868 · Sindh High Court · 1986-12-08Read full judgment →
• Kia Industrial Co. Ltd. and Kia Motorcycle Co. Ltd. vs The Deputy1987 CLC 1286 · Sindh High CourtRead full judgment →
• Khwaja Sethi Muhammad Moinuddin vs (M/s). United Bank Ltd. KarachiK.L.R. 1987 Labour and Service Cases 21 · Sindh High Court · 1986-03-19Read full judgment →
• Khushi Muhammad vs Abdul Hafeez And Another1987 P Cr. L J 615 · Sindh High Court · 1981-11-02Read full judgment →
• Khurshid Haider Naqvi vs The State-1987 P C r. L J 71 · Sindh High Court · 1986-08-10Read full judgment →
• Khuda E Nazar vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 9 · Sindh High Court · 1986-10-20Read full judgment →
• Khuda Bux Bhango vs Settlement Commissioner (Land) and others1987 MLD 2350 · Sindh High Court · 1986-03-03Read full judgment →
• Khuda Bakhsh vs The State and another1987 MLD 1429 · Sindh High Court · 1986-12-03Read full judgment →
• Khizar Abbas vs Shahid Hussain1987 CLC 674 · Sindh High Court · 1986-11-20Read full judgment →
• Khawaja Khalid Mehmood vs Hakeem Muhammad Fazal Haq1987 MLD 718 · Sindh High Court · 1986-12-21Read full judgment →
• Khawaja Ghulam Qadir vs Messrs Regent Properties Ltd. and 5 others1987 MLD 646 · Sindh High Court · 1986-12-09Read full judgment →
• Khawaja Auto Cars Ltd. vs Shahnawaz Ltd. and another1987 CLC 469 · Sindh High Court · 1986-05-27Read full judgment →
• Khawaja Ammar Husain vs Muhammad Shabbiruddin Khan1987 CLC 1149 · Sindh High Court · 1985-11-06Read full judgment →
• Khatijan vs The State--Opponent1987 P Cr. L J 1359 · Sindh High Court · 1987-01-25Read full judgment →
• Khalilur Rehman vs The Controller of Post Offices, General Post1987 CLC 333 · Sindh High Court · 1986-10-05
  default in payment of renteviction applicationrented premisesnotice of transferpersonal requirementreconstructionburden of proof
  Summary & questions settled

  This civil appeal challenges an order of the Rent Controller dismissing the appellant landlord's eviction application against the respondents, who occupied a room as a post office. The core legal questions involved whether the respondents committed a default in the payment of rent and whether the lack of a specific plea regarding notice under section 18 of the Sind Rented Premises Ordinance, 1979 permitted the Rent Controller to dismiss the application on that ground, alongside questions of personal requirement and reconstruction. The Sindh High Court held that default in the payment of rent was duly established and that the Rent Controller erred in shifting the burden of proof regarding notice onto the appellant when the respondents raised no such plea in their written statement. Furthermore, subsequent payment of rent did not absolve the established default. The court affirmed the findings regarding the lack of proof for personal requirement and reconstruction but nonetheless allowed the appeal and ordered eviction exclusively on the ground of default in rent payment, granting a six-month period to vacate.

  Questions settled

  • Does a tenant need to be supplied with documents of title by a transferee before being bound to pay rent?
  • Can a Rent Controller decide a case on the absence of a notice under section 18 of the Sind Rented Premises Ordinance, 1979 when the tenant has not pleaded the want of such notice in the written statement?
  • Does the acceptance of rent by a landlord after the filing of an ejectment application create an estoppel or absolve the tenant from a prior default?
  • Is a landlord's mere desire to occupy a building sufficient to establish personal requirement for eviction under the Sind Rented Premises Ordinance, 1979?
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• Khalil Ahmed vs Dr. Ferozuddin and 2 others1987 MLD 631 · Sindh High Court · 1987-04-05Read full judgment →
• Khalid vs The State1987 MLD 1618 · Sindh High Court · 1987-02-19Read full judgment →
• Khalid Sher vs Principal and Chairman, Academic Council, Selection1987 PLD Karachi 255 · Sindh High Court · 1986-08-24Read full judgment →
• Khalid She R vs Principal and Chairman, Academic Council, Selection1987 PLD Karachi 255 · Sindh High Court · 1986-08-24Read full judgment →
• Khalid Saeed vs Hockey Club of Pakistan Ltd. and others1987 CLC 959 · Sindh High Court · 1986-11-18Read full judgment →
• Khurshid Ali vs Sadal Khan and 3 others1987 MLD 2065 · Sindh High Court · 1987-05-16Read full judgment →
• Kh. Imran Ahmad vs Noor Ahmad and another1987 CLC 561 · Sindh High Court · 1986-12-01Read full judgment →
• Kazi Ghulam Mustafa vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 2004 · Sindh High Court · 1986-12-23Read full judgment →
• Karachil Tariq Jaffer vs National Bank of Pakistan and others1987 CLC 2312 · Sindh High Court · 1986-11-18Read full judgment →
• Karachi Transport Workers Union vs Karachi Transport1987 PLC 4 56 · Sindh High Court · 1986-09-18Read full judgment →
• Karachi Metropolitan Corporation vs Miss Aisha1987 CLC 718 · Sindh High Court · 1986-09-30Read full judgment →
• Karachi Metropolitan Corporation and another vs Jannat Ali Notta1987 CLC 2190 · Sindh High CourtRead full judgment →
• Karachi Dock Labour Board vs Zulekha Bai1987 PLC 624 · Sindh High Court · 1986-12-14Read full judgment →
• Karachi Development Authority vs Wali Ahmed Khan1987 MLD 489 · Sindh High Court · 1987-03-31Read full judgment →
• Kamaluddin vs Shafi Muhammad Chaudhry and another1987 P Cr. L J 2274 · Sindh High Court · 1987-02-08Read full judgment →
• Kamal Ahmed Siddiqui vs State Bank of Pakistan1987 MLD 1508 · Sindh High Court · 1984-09-03Read full judgment →
• Kabiruddin A. Lalani and another vs Zafar Ishaq Ansari1987 CLC 1984 · Sindh High Court · 1986-12-01
  rent appealtentative rent orderstriking off defencenon-complianceejectmentSind Rented Premises Ordinancedefault in payment of rent
  Summary & questions settled

  This rent appeal challenges an order passed by the Rent Controller under the Sind Rented Premises Ordinance, 1979, which struck off the appellant's defense for failing to comply with a tentative rent order. The core legal question was whether a tenant’s deposit of rent in a separate miscellaneous rent application, rather than in the specific ejectment case as directed by the Rent Controller, constitutes sufficient compliance with a tentative rent order. The High Court held that the appellant failed to comply with the specific directions of the Rent Controller. The court affirmed that the Rent Controller was justified in striking off the defense because the tenant had not deposited the rent in the account of the ejectment application as ordered. The court rejected the appellant's plea of illiteracy and technical error, emphasizing that the tenant was represented by counsel. The key principle laid down is that strict compliance with a Rent Controller’s order regarding the mode and place of rent deposit is mandatory, and failure to adhere to these specific directions constitutes default warranting the striking off of the defense.

  Questions settled

  • Does depositing rent in a separate miscellaneous application constitute compliance with a Rent Controller's order to deposit rent in a specific ejectment case?
  • Can a tenant's defense be struck off for failing to comply with a tentative rent order under the Sind Rented Premises Ordinance, 1979?
  • Is a claim of illiteracy a valid defense for failing to comply with a court order when the party is represented by legal counsel?
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• Kabiru Ddin vs Syed Sibtain Ahmad1987 CLC 604 · Sindh High Court · 1986-09-09
  ejectment executionrent controller jurisdictionseparate civil suit barres judicatathird party obstructionSind Rented Premises Ordinance
  Summary & questions settled

  This civil revision application arises out of concurrent decisions of the courts below dismissing a civil suit filed by the applicant, who claimed to be a tenant of the disputed premises and sought to challenge execution proceedings stemming from an ejectment order. The core legal question was whether a separate civil suit is maintainable for a third party claiming title or possession against an execution order passed under the Sind Rented Premises Ordinance, and whether the Rent Controller is competent to resolve such disputes. The Sindh High Court held that a separate civil suit is barred, as Order XXI of the Code of Civil Procedure applies and the Rent Controller possesses the authority to investigate and adjudicate upon all questions relating to the execution, discharge, or satisfaction of an eviction order. The court laid down the principle that the special framework of rent laws aims to prevent protracted multiple litigation, enabling executing authorities to determine bona fide claims of third parties resisting possession without necessitating a separate regular civil suit.

  Questions settled

  • Whether a separate civil suit is maintainable for a third party challenging an execution order passed under the Sind Rented Premises Ordinance?
  • Does a Rent Controller have the authority to investigate and determine questions of title or possession raised by an objector during execution proceedings?
  • Whether the principles of Order XXI of the Code of Civil Procedure apply to the execution of orders passed by a Rent Controller under the Sind Rented Premises Ordinance?
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• Kabeer And Another vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 1987 · Sindh High Court · 1987-03-01Read full judgment →
• K.M.Zaki and another vs Government of Pakistan through Ministry of Production and 3 others1987 MLD 587 · Sindh High Court · 1987-03-25Read full judgment →
• K.M.C. Sanitary and General Employees' Union vs Sind Labour Court1987 PLC 754 · Sindh High Court · 1987-04-09Read full judgment →
• K .S. Talati vs District Judge, Karachi and 2 others1987 MLD 912 · Sindh High Court · 1986-12-27Read full judgment →
• Mitho And 10 Others vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 1387 · Sindh High Court · 1986-09-22Read full judgment →
• Juma Gul vs Messrs Habib Bank Ltd And 3 Others1987 PLC 556 · Sindh High Court · 1987-03-17Read full judgment →
• Jeevan Jee vs Sharifuddin and 10 others1987 MLD 715 · Sindh High Court · 1986-12-10Read full judgment →
• Jawed Akhtar vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 1993 · Sindh High Court · 1986-12-08Read full judgment →
• Jawed Akhtar vs Sheikh Muhammad Yunus1987 MLD 487 · Sindh High Court · 1987-02-04Read full judgment →
• Jawaid Hyder Kazmi vs The State1987 MLD 1538 · Sindh High Court · 1987-02-24Read full judgment →
• Javed Iqbal vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 1237 · Sindh High Court · 1986-12-04Read full judgment →
• Javed Iqbal vs Government of Sind and another1987 CLC 2175 · Sindh High Court · 1987-03-17Read full judgment →
• Javed Akbar vs Karachi Development Authority and another1987 MLD 286 · Sindh High Court · 1987-02-24Read full judgment →
• Jan Muhammad vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 2302 · Sindh High Court · 1987-07-19
  criminal trialevidence on oathaccused as witnessrash and negligent drivingretrialcuring of illegalitytraffic accident
  Summary & questions settled

  This criminal appeal challenges the conviction and sentence of the appellant under sections 304, 308, and 427 of the Pakistan Penal Code 1860 arising from a fatal traffic accident. The core legal question centered on whether the failure of the trial court to examine the accused on oath as mandated by section 340(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 vitiated the trial, a question previously settled by a reference to a larger Bench holding that calling upon the accused to give evidence on oath is a mandatory integral part of the trial. The court held that the omission by the trial court to record the accused's evidence on oath or ascertain if he declined rendered the trial incomplete and could not be cured under section 537 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898. Consequently, the court set aside the impugned judgment and remanded the matter to the trial court for retrial from the stage where the illegality occurred.

  Questions settled

  • Whether section 340(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 casts a mandatory duty upon a criminal court to record the evidence on oath of the accused?
  • Does the failure of a trial court to call upon the accused to give evidence on oath under section 340(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 render the trial incomplete?
  • Can the omission to examine the accused on oath under section 340(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 be cured under section 537 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898?
  • Does asking an accused during examination under section 342 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 if he wishes to file a statement on oath constitute due compliance with section 340(2)?
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• Jan Muhammad And 2 Others vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 276 · Sindh High Court · 1986-08-04Read full judgment →
• Jamna Das and 2 others vs Secretary (RS & Ep) Notified Officer and 41987 MLD 270 · Sindh High Court · 1987-01-22Read full judgment →
• Jamil Ahmed vs The State1987 PLD Karachi 389 · Sindh High Court · 1986-11-13Read full judgment →
• Jamia Industries Ltd. vs Cosmic Company Ltd.1987 MLD 53 · Sindh High Court · 1986-12-07Read full judgment →
• James Masih vs The State1987 MLD 1601 · Sindh High Court · 1987-07-02Read full judgment →
• James And 3 Others vs The State and 7 others1987 P Cr. L J 1345 · Sindh High Court · 1987-02-22Read full judgment →
• Jamal Ahmad vs Zakaria1987 MLD 295 · Sindh High Court · 1983-03-06Read full judgment →
• Jamal Ahmad vs Muhammad Bashir1987 MLD 2112 · Sindh High Court · 1986-02-12Read full judgment →
• Jalil Yahya Siddiqui vs Abdul Rehman1987 MLD 2840 · Sindh High Court · 1987-05-05Read full judgment →
• Jalees Ahmad vs Mrs. Abida Ismail1987 MLD 114 · Sindh High Court · 1986-09-29Read full judgment →
• Jalal vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 573 · Sindh High Court · 1986-10-15Read full judgment →
• Jahon Peter vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 357 · Sindh High Court · 1986-11-10Read full judgment →
• J.M. Saklaim vs Naqi1987 MLD 2046 · Sindh High Court · 1987-05-31Read full judgment →
• Ismail vs Mst. Sara Bai and another1987 CLC 1393 · Sindh High Court · 1987-04-08
  tentative rent orderstriking off defencedefault in rentmiscellaneous rent caseurban rent restrictionejectment appealtechnical default
  Summary & questions settled

  This appeal is directed against the order of the Rent Controller striking off the appellant's defence and directing him to hand over vacant possession of the disputed premises for alleged non-compliance with a tentative rent deposit order. The core legal question is whether depositing rent in a pre-existing miscellaneous rent case instead of the main ejectment case amounts to a contumacious default warranting the striking off of the tenant's defence under rent restriction laws. The Sindh High Court allowed the appeal, holding that where a tenant has regularly deposited rent in a miscellaneous rent case prior to and during the ejectment proceedings without mala fides, doing so constitutes a technical defect rather than a willful disobedience of the court's order. The court laid down the principle that a technical error in the docket number for rent deposits, absent contumacious conduct or bad faith, does not justify the penal consequence of striking off a tenant's defence and ordering eviction.

  Questions settled

  • Whether depositing rent in a miscellaneous rent case instead of the main ejectment case amounts to disobedience of a tentative rent order?
  • Can a technical defect in the deposit of rent entail the penalty of striking off the tenant's defence and eviction?
  • Does the continuation of rent deposits in a pre-existing miscellaneous case constitute contumacious conduct by the tenant?
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• Ismail And Others vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 1390 · Sindh High Court · 1986-11-13Read full judgment →
• Islamic Republic of Pakistan through Assistant Collector of Customs1987 MLD 2588 · Sindh High Court · 1987-02-08Read full judgment →
• Islam Khan and 9 others vs The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation1987 MLD 640 · Sindh High CourtRead full judgment →
• Ishfaque Ahmad And 15 Others vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 427 · Sindh High Court · 1986-09-29Read full judgment →
• Irshad vs The State-1987 P Cr. L J 2131 · Sindh High Court · 1987-06-29Read full judgment →
• Irshad H. Khan vs Mrs. Parveen Ajaz1987 PLD Karachi 466 · Sindh High Court · 1987-06-11Read full judgment →
• Irshad Ali vs Soof Khan and another1987 MLD 498 · Sindh High Court · 1987-02-25Read full judgment →
• Irshad Ahmad vs Muhammad Rafiq Siddiqui and another1987 MLD 1000 · Sindh High Court · 1984-03-04Read full judgment →
• Investment Corporation of Pakistan vs S.Ahmad Sarwana (Advocate)1987 MLD 2442 · Sindh High Court · 1986-01-16Read full judgment →
• International Building Industries Limited vs Jumma and 14 others1987 CLC 138 · Sindh High Court · 1986-09-28Read full judgment →
• Interform Design Associates (Pvt.) Ltd. vs Bahria Foundation1987 MLD 656 · Sindh High Court · 1987-03-05Read full judgment →
• Inshah Allah Begum and others vs Izzat Khan and others1987 MLD 2566 · Sindh High Court · 1987-03-22Read full judgment →
• Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan vs Chemfabs Ltd. and others1987 CLC 2286 · Sindh High Court · 1984-05-13Read full judgment →
• Indus Pencil Industries (Pvt.) Ltd.--Plaintiff vs Indus Copy House--1987 MLD 2073 · Sindh High Court · 1987-04-27Read full judgment →
• Inayat Ali vs Mst. Saeeda Begum and 8 others1987 CLC 445 · Sindh High Court · 1986-10-08Read full judgment →
• In re: Mst. Ishrat Jehan and another vs Not1987 MLD 314 · Sindh High Court · 1986-11-23Read full judgment →
• In re: Mrs. Zamarrud Sabzwar vs Not1987 CLC 1112 · Sindh High Court · 1986-09-04Read full judgment →
• In re : Arif Bilal vs Not1987 CLC 1280 · Sindh High Court · 1987-03-29Read full judgment →
• Imran Soomr0 vs Mst. Bilqees1987 MLD 713 · Sindh High Court · 1987-04-01Read full judgment →
• Imdad Ali vs Federal Land Commission, Rawalpindi and 2 Other1987 PLD Karachi 8 · Sindh High Court · 1986-09-09Read full judgment →
• Imdad Ali vs Federal Land Commission, R.Awalpindi and 2 Others1987 PLD Karachi 8 · Sindh High Court · 1986-09-09Read full judgment →
• Imamad Din vs Mst.Amina and others1987 MLD 747 · Sindh High Court · 1986-11-23Read full judgment →