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. 232594 judgments in total.

• Sheikh MUHAMMAD AYUB Versus MUHAMMAD YOUSUF2005 CLD 588 · Lahore High Court · 2005-01-14Read full judgment →
• Chaudhry KHALID MAHMOOD Versus Chaudhry SAID MUHAMMAD2005 CLD 1864 · Lahore High CourtRead full judgment →
• NAZIR MUHAMMAD Versus CUSTOMS CENTRAL EXCISE AND SALES TAX (APPELLATE) TRIBUNAL, ISLAMABAD2005 CLD 159 · Lahore High CourtRead full judgment →
• Messrs AWAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS (AS THEN WERE) through Mahmood-ul-Alvi Versus UNITED BANK LIMITED through Manager2005 CLD 1397 · Lahore High Court · 2005-04-25Read full judgment →
• Messrs 3-A TRADE IMPEX through Partner Versus ASKARI COMMERCIAL BANK LTD. through Branch Manager2005 CLD 1379 · Lahore High CourtRead full judgment →
• Messrs MALIK ISRAR SALIM & BROTHERS through Proprietor Versus ALLIED BANK OF PAKISTAN LTD.2005 CLD 1083 · Lahore High Court · 2003-11-24Read full judgment →
• ATTA ULLAH KHAN Versus AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT BANK OF PAKISTAN2004 CLD 963 · Lahore High Court · 2003-10-09Read full judgment →
• AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT BANK OF PAKISTAN Versus MUHAMMAD AFZAL2004 CLD 949 · Lahore High Court · 2003-09-08Read full judgment →
• MASHREQ BANK Versus Messrs NAZIR COTTON MILLS2004 CLD 542 · Lahore High Court · 2004-02-26Read full judgment →
• MUHAMMAD JAVAID ANJUM Versus INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BANK OF PAKISTAN2004 CLD 520 · Lahore High CourtRead full judgment →
• NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION Versus NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION2004 CLD 1344 · Lahore High CourtRead full judgment →
• Mian FAZAL AHMAD Versus HABIB BANK LIMITED, MAIN MARKET, GULBERG, LAHORE2004 CLD 1073 · Lahore High Court · 2002-08-09Read full judgment →
• INTERNATIONAL MULTI LEASING COMPANY Versus CAPITAL ASSETS LEASING CORPORATION LIMITED2004 CLD 1 · Lahore High Court · 2003-11-25Read full judgment →
• MUSLIM COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED Versus Syed ATAULLAH SHAH2003 CLD 888 · Lahore High CourtRead full judgment →
• MAQI CHEMICALS INDDUSTRIES (PVT.) LIMITED Versus HABIB BANK LTD2003 CLD 571 · Lahore High Court · 2002-11-14Read full judgment →
• AZHAR HUSSAIN Versus MUHAMMAD IQBAL2003 CLD 521 · Lahore High Court · 2002-08-15Read full judgment →
• MASOOM INDUSTRIES Versus HABIB BANK LIMITED2003 CLD 386 · Lahore High Court · 2002-11-14Read full judgment →
• NEW RAHAT ENGINEERING WORKS Versus NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN2003 CLD 382 · Lahore High Court · 2002-10-28Read full judgment →
• MUHAMMAD HANIF Versus KISSAN DOST (PVT.) LIMITED2003 CLD 224 · Lahore High Court · 2002-05-06Read full judgment →
• AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT BANK OF PAKISTAN Versus JASARAT HUSSAIN2002 CLD 94 · Lahore High Court · 2001-06-04Read full judgment →
• ALLIED BANK OF PAKISTAN through Branch Manager Gole Cloth Branch, Faisalabad Versus JUDGE BANKING COURT NO. 1, FAISALABAD2002 CLD 684 · Lahore High Court · 2002-02-13Read full judgment →
• MESSRS RADIEUX (PRIVATE) LIMITED Versus INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BANK OF PAKISTAN2002 CLD 662 · Lahore High CourtRead full judgment →
• MUNIR AHMAD Versus JUDGE BANKING COURT2002 CLD 365 · Lahore High CourtRead full judgment →
• MST. KANIZ BIBI Versus THE MUSLIM COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED2002 CLD 312 · Lahore High Court · 2001-11-26Read full judgment →
• MESSRS KAPUR TEXTILE MILLS LIMITED THROUGH CHIEF EXECUTIVE Versus BANKERS EQUITY LIMITED THROUGH CHIEF EXECUTIVE2002 CLD 298 · Lahore High Court · 2001-10-08Read full judgment →
• MRS. RAKHSHANDA ASAD Versus MESSRS BANK OF PUNJAB THROUGH MANAGER2002 CLD 274 · Lahore High Court · 2001-10-17Read full judgment →
• TANVEER AKHTAR Versus NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN, SHAKARGARH2002 CLD 264 · Lahore High CourtRead full judgment →
• SHEIKH MUHAMMAD ZAFAR Versus DR. JEHAN ARA AHMAD2002 CLD 257 · Lahore High Court · 2001-10-11Read full judgment →
• IMMAD IFTIKHAR Versus HABIB BANK LIMITED2002 CLD 183 · Lahore High Court · 2001-10-24Read full judgment →
• Syed ABDULLAH SHAH Versus LAHORE CENTRAL COOPERATIVE BANK2002 CLD 1827 · Lahore High Court · 2002-07-02Read full judgment →
• BANK OF OMAN LTD. Versus MUHAMMAD ALI & BROTHERS2002 CLD 1753 · Lahore High Court · 2002-04-29Read full judgment →
• NAJABAT Versus A.D.B.P. HEAD OFFICE2002 CLD 1695 · Lahore High Court · 2002-06-13Read full judgment →
• WESTMINISTER ENTERPRISES Versus UNITED BANK LIMITED2002 CLD 162 · Lahore High Court · 2001-10-08Read full judgment →
• TANVIR RASOOL ROLLER FLOUR MILLS (PVT.) LIMITED Versus MAPCO2002 CLD 157 · Lahore High Court · 2001-08-09Read full judgment →
• RAHEEL IKHLAS Versus Messrs CITIBANK N.A.2002 CLD 1102 · Lahore High Court · 2002-03-21Read full judgment →
• JUBILEE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Versus OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN (PUBLIC)2025 CLD 827 · Islamabad High Court · 2025-05-22Read full judgment →
• ZAVER PETROLEUM CORPORATION (PVT.) LIMITED Versus SAIF ENERGY LIMITED2025 CLD 695 · Islamabad High Court · 2024-10-24Read full judgment →
• NATIONAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY Versus SARDAR MUHAMMAD ASHRAF D BALOCH (PRIVATE) LIMITED2025 CLD 230 · Islamabad High Court · 2025-01-22Read full judgment →
• MULTI NATIONAL VENTURE DEVELOPMENT (PVT.) LIMITED Versus DEFENCE HOUSING AUTHORITY2025 CLD 1871 · Islamabad High Court · 2023-02-14Read full judgment →
• Hafiz MUHAMMAD AMIR HUSSAIN Versus SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN2025 CLD 1323 · Islamabad High Court · 2025-06-30Read full judgment →
• ENGRO CORPORATION LIMITED Versus2025 CLD 1211 · Islamabad High Court · 2025-05-19Read full judgment →
• MURTAZA TALPUR Versus LEOPARDS COURIER SERVICES2025 CLD 1141 · Islamabad High Court · 2024-06-03
  consumer protectiongeneral and special damagesunfair trade practicelitigation costmental agonyIslamabad Consumer Courtcompensation
  Summary & questions settled

  This Division Bench of the Islamabad High Court disposed of criminal appeals concerning the scope of powers of the Islamabad Consumer Court under the Islamabad Consumer Protection Act, 1995 to grant general and special damages, alongside litigation costs. The core legal question was whether the Islamabad Consumer Court is empowered to award damages beyond the mere return of consideration, such as compensation for mental torture, agony, and expenses. The court held that Section 9(3) of the Islamabad Consumer Protection Act, 1995 uses the broad term 'any damage or loss', which encompasses all forms of damage or loss suffered as a consequence of an unfair trade practice, provided such damages are duly proved through evidence. The court laid down the principle that the Consumer Court possesses the jurisdiction to award general and special damages as well as litigation costs after conducting a proper inquiry and recording evidence, thereby preventing multiplicity of proceedings, and set aside the contrary view in previous case law.

  Questions settled

  • Whether the Islamabad Consumer Court is empowered under Section 9(3) of the Islamabad Consumer Protection Act, 1995 to award general and special damages for mental torture, agony, and financial loss?
  • Does the phrase 'any damage or loss' in Section 9(3) of the Islamabad Consumer Protection Act, 1995 restrict compensation solely to the return of consideration paid?
  • Can a consumer court award litigation costs to a successful party in a complaint arising out of an unfair trade practice?
  • Is a consumer required to institute a separate civil suit for the recovery of special or general damages, or can such claims be adjudicated by the Consumer Court?
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• The MD /CEO UNITED INSURANCE COMPANY OF PAKISTAN LIMITED, LAHORE Versus The PRESIDENT OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN2024 CLD 931 · Islamabad High Court · 2024-05-31Read full judgment →
• CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY OF PAKISTAN Versus LTH JV2024 CLD 1055 · Islamabad High Court · 2024-07-22Read full judgment →
• MEEZAN BANK LIMITED Versus The PRESIDENT ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN2022 CLD 291 · Islamabad High Court · 2021-12-21Read full judgment →
• SAIF POWER LIMITED Versus FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN2022 CLD 1382 · Islamabad High Court · 2022-06-06Read full judgment →
• GULZAR FIROZ Versus DIRECTOR GENERAL OF TRADE ORGANIZATIONS2021 CLD 778 · Islamabad High Court · 2020-12-22Read full judgment →
• SAIF UR REHMAN KHAN Versus BANKING COURT, ISLAMABAD2021 CLD 690 · Islamabad High Court · 2021-01-19Read full judgment →
• AEHSUN M.H. SHAIKH Versus APPELLATE BENCH NO. IV, SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN2020 CLD 389 · Islamabad High Court · 2019-11-25Read full judgment →
• POLYFINE CHEMPHARMA (PVT.) LIMITED Versus MONOPOLY CONTROL AUTHORITY, GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN2015 CLD 764 · Islamabad High Court · 2014-11-12Read full judgment →
• S.M. BAQIR BUKHARY Versus STANDARD CHARTERED BANK2015 CLD 1902 · Islamabad High Court · 2015-03-31Read full judgment →
• ARSHAD ALI KHAN Versus S. M. ISMAIL2009 CLD 624 · Islamabad High Court · 2008-04-17Read full judgment →
• NAJMA SUGAR MILLS LTD. Through Company Secretary Versus MEGA TRADING COMPANY through Chief Executive2009 CLD 163 · Islamabad High CourtRead full judgment →
• MUSLIM COMMERCIAL BANK LTD. Versus DEWAN SALMAN FIBRE LIMITED2009 CLD 1492 · Islamabad High Court · 2009-04-15Read full judgment →
• STATE LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF PAKISTAN Versus Mst. RIFFAT ASGHAR2024 CLD 431 · Insurance Tribunal, Multan · 2023-10-25Read full judgment →
• IJAZ BROTHERS Versus SILVER STAR INSURANCE2025 CLD 1912 · Insurance Tribunal, Lahore · 2024-11-05Read full judgment →
• MUHAMMAD ASLAM Versus AZAD GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR2012 CLD 675 · High Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir · 2011-12-07Read full judgment →
• Shaikh AFTAB AHMAD Versus GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Islamabad2016 CLD 544 · Federal Shariat Court · 2015-04-16Read full judgment →
• PAKISTAN MOBILE COMMUNICATION LIMITED (MOBILINK) Versus AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY2024 CLD 39 · Sindh Environmental Protection Tribunal · 2023-10-04Read full judgment →
• Versus , Ali Chughtai2025 CLD 1732 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN · 2025-04-25Read full judgment →
• 2025 CLD 16732025 CLD 1673 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTANRead full judgment →
• 2025 CLD 15702025 CLD 1570 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN · 2025-06-02Read full judgment →
• 2025 CLD 15222025 CLD 1522 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTANRead full judgment →
• WAFI ENERGY HOLDING LIMITED FROM MESSRS THE SHELL PETROLEUM COMPANY LIMITED Versus2025 CLD 1514 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTANRead full judgment →
• IN THE MATTER OF SHOW CAUSE NOTICE ISSUED TO MESSRS AL-GHAZI TRACTOR LIMITED REGARDING DECEPTIVE MARKETING PRACTICES Versus2025 CLD 1478 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN · 2025-05-13Read full judgment →
• IN THE MATTER OF OF A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN FLY JINNAH SERVICES (PRIVATE) LIMITED AND AIR ARABIA ACADEMY LLC. Versus2025 CLD 1336 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN · 2025-03-20Read full judgment →
• IN THE MATTER OF ACQUISITION OF % SHAREHOLDING OF WOOT TECH (PRIVATE) LIMITED Versus2025 CLD 1314 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN · 2025-05-02Read full judgment →
• IN THE MATTER OF SHOW-CAUSE NOTICE ISSUED TO M/S HYUNDAI NISHAT MOTOR PRIVATE LIMITED Versus2025 CLD 1276 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN · 2025-04-15Read full judgment →
• 2025 CLD 10992025 CLD 1099 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN · 2025-05-27Read full judgment →
• 2025 CLD 10652025 CLD 1065 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN · 2025-05-19Read full judgment →
• 2023 CLD 1482023 CLD 148 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN · 2022-12-01Read full judgment →
• 2022 CLD 2662022 CLD 266 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN · 2021-10-22Read full judgment →
• PAKISTAN SUGAR MILLS ASSOCIATION (PSMA) AND MEMBER UNDERTAKINGS Versus2022 CLD 1068 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN · 2021-08-12
  cartelizationconcerted practicesensitive commercial informationsugar millsexport quotabid riggingcompetition lawburden of proof
  Summary & questions settled

  This judgment arises from proceedings initiated by the Competition Commission of Pakistan through show-cause notices issued to the Pakistan Sugar Mills Association and various sugar mills for prima facie violations of section 4 of the Competition Act, 2010. The core legal questions involve whether the sugar mills engaged in anti-competitive practices by sharing commercially sensitive stock information, collectively determining export quantities to control domestic supply and influence prices, establishing zonal divisions to coordinate sales, fixing quantities in Utility Stores Corporation tenders, and collectively ceasing sugarcane crushing. The Commission's majority holding establishes that the exchange of real-time mill-specific stock data, collective export pre-determination, zonal coordination, and tender quantity fixing constitute prohibited concerted practices and agreements under section 4 of the Competition Act, 2010. The court laid down key principles regarding the broad scope of 'agreements' and 'concerted practices' under competition law, the admissibility of digital and forensic evidence including mobile phone data, the application of the civil standard of proof on the balance of probabilities in administrative proceedings, and the limitations of the state action doctrine when regulated industries engage in uncoordinated private collusion.

  Questions settled

  • Whether the exchange of mill-specific stock information among competitors through a trade association constitutes a prohibited concerted practice under section 4 of the Competition Act, 2010?
  • Whether collective discussions and pre-determination of sugar export quantities by member mills amount to setting or controlling supply in violation of the Competition Act, 2010?
  • Whether smartphones and digital data retrieved from mobile devices are admissible as electronic evidence during an inspection under section 34 of the Competition Act, 2010?
  • Whether the standard of proof applicable in administrative proceedings before the Competition Commission of Pakistan is beyond reasonable doubt or based on the balance of probabilities?
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• 2021 CLD 12662021 CLD 1266 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN · 2021-08-16Read full judgment →
• SHOW CAUSE NOTICE ISSUED TO MESSRS RECKITT BENCKISER PAKISTAN LTD Versus2020 CLD 995 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN · 2019-12-26Read full judgment →
• SHOW CAUSE NOTICE ISSUED TO MESSRS PAKISTAN FLOUR MILLS Versus2020 CLD 433 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN · 2019-12-13Read full judgment →
• SHOW CAUSE NOTICE ISSUED TO MESSRS PAKISTANI LEATHER JACKET HOUSE Versus2020 CLD 394 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN · 2019-09-17Read full judgment →
• SHOW CAUSE NOTICES ISSUED TO NIMKO CORNER MESSRS KARACHI NIMCO Versus2020 CLD 277 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN · 2019-12-23Read full judgment →
• MIR HASSAN BUILDERS AND DEVELOPERS (PVT.) LIMITED Versus2020 CLD 219 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN · 2019-11-22Read full judgment →
• SUKKUR TESTING SERVICES (SMC-PVT.) LIMITED Versus2020 CLD 1361 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN · 2020-02-12Read full judgment →
• SHOW CAUSE NOTICE ISSUED TO MESSRS AT-TAHUR (PVT.) LIMITED Versus2020 CLD 1148 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN · 2019-12-27Read full judgment →
• NEUCON PAKISTAN LTD. Versus2019 CLD 37 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN · 2018-09-24Read full judgment →
• NFC EMPLOYEES CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY LTD. Versus2019 CLD 164 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN · 2018-11-26Read full judgment →
• RELIANCE PAINTS PAKISTAN Versus2018 CLD 873 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN · 2018-03-30Read full judgment →
• TAIZGAM FEED MANUFACTURERS ON COMPLAINT FILED BY MESSRS AL-REHMAN OIL MILLS Versus2018 CLD 682 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN · 2017-12-29Read full judgment →
• EDEN BUILDERS (PRIVATE) LIMITED FOR DECEPTIVE MARKETING PRACTICES Versus2018 CLD 482 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN · 2017-12-15Read full judgment →
• GREEN FIELD DEVELOPERS (PRIVATE) LIMITED Versus2018 CLD 404 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN · 2017-12-21Read full judgment →
• SHAJARPAK (PVT.) LIMITED Versus2018 CLD 1380 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN · 2018-08-27Read full judgment →
• SHAINAL AL-SYED FOODS FOR DECEPTIVE MARKETING PRACTICES Versus2018 CLD 1115 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN · 2018-03-30Read full judgment →
• SHOW CAUSE NOTICE ISSUED TO PAKISTAN STATE OIL COMPANY LTD. FOR DECEPTIVE MARKETING PRACTICES Versus2017 CLD 932 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN · 2016-11-29Read full judgment →
• SHOW CAUSE NOTICES ISSUED TO DAIRY COMPANIES FOR DECEPTIVE MARKETING PRACTICES Versus2017 CLD 789 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN · 2017-01-18Read full judgment →
• SHAFIQUE AND SONS Versus2017 CLD 189 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN · 2016-06-30Read full judgment →
• PROCTOR AND GAMBLE PAKISTAN (PVT.) LIMITED Versus2017 CLD 1609 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN · 2017-07-20Read full judgment →
• COLGATE PALMOLIVE FOR DECEPTIVE MARKETING PRACTICES Versus2017 CLD 1550 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN · 2017-08-10Read full judgment →
• WYETH PAKISTAN LIMITED AGAINST RECKITT BENCKISER PAKISTAN LTD. FOR DECEPTIVE MARKETING PRACTICES Versus2016 CLD 40 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN · 2015-01-08Read full judgment →
• PHASE II REVIEW OF AMALGAMATION OF PAKISTAN MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED AND WARID TELECOM (PRIVATE) LIMITED Versus2016 CLD 1344 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTANRead full judgment →
• AL-HAJ MIAN LIAQUAT ALI AND DR. SHAZIA LIAQUAT OF LIAQUAT HOSPITAL LAHORE Versus2015 CLD 1908 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN · 2015-02-11Read full judgment →
• 1-LINK GUARANTEE LTD. AND MEMBER BANKS Versus2012 CLD 1762 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN · 2012-06-28Read full judgment →
• WATEEN TELECOM (PVT.) LIMITED Versus , Asim Hafeez2011 CLD 1376 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN · 2011-03-22Read full judgment →
• SHOW-CAUSE NOTICES Nos.18 AND 19 OF 2010 issues to Messrs ACE GROUP OF INDUSTRIES Versus2010 CLD 1840 · COMPETITION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN · 2010-08-16Read full judgment →