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• In the matter of M/s Indus Dyeing & Manufacturing Company Limited vsSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of M/s Hyder Bhimji & Co. Chartered Accountants vs N/ASecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of M/s Huffaz Seamless Pipe Industries Limited vs N/ASecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the Matter of M/s Hashmi Can Company Limited vs NotSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of M/s Haseeb Waqas Sugar Mills Limited vs N/ASecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of M/s Hamza Sugar Mills Limited vs NotSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of M/s Hamid Textile Mills Limited vs N/ASecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of M/s Hamid Textile Mills Limited vs NotSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the Matter of M/s Haji Dossa Limited vs NotSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of M/s Hajara Textile Mills Limited vs NotSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of M/s Hafizullah & Co. Chartered Accountants vs N/ASecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the Matter of M/s Hafiz Textile Mills Limited vs NotSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the Matter of M/s Gharibwal Cement Limited vs NotSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of M/s Gangat & Co., Chartered Accountants vs NotSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• Muhammad Aslam vs The State2016 YLR 559 · Sindh High Court · 2014-10-03
  quashment of FIRre-investigationfurther investigationclass C reportpowers of magistrateCopyright Ordinance
  Summary & questions settled

  This criminal miscellaneous application was filed under Section 561-A of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 seeking the quashment of an FIR registered under the Copyright Ordinance 1962 and challenging orders passed by the Judicial Magistrate directing repeated re-investigation of the matter. The core legal question was whether a Magistrate is legally barred from ordering subsequent or further investigations after a report has been submitted or accepted. The Sindh High Court dismissed the application, holding that under Section 173 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898, there is no legal limit to the number of investigations that can be held into a crime when the initial investigation is incomplete or has not properly uncovered and collected the facts and evidence. The key principle laid down is that further or fresh investigation by the police is permissible under the law to unearth the truth, and a Magistrate's order directing the same does not suffer from legal infirmity merely because multiple inquiries were initiated.

  Questions settled

  • Is there any legal limit to the number of investigations that can be held into a crime under Section 173 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898?
  • Can a Magistrate order re-investigation of a case after a police report has been submitted?
  • Whether an order directing repeated police investigation is liable to be quashed under Section 561-A of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898?
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• In the matter of M/s FR Merchant & Co. Chartered Accountants Auditor ofSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of M/s Fazal Vegetable Ghee Mills Limited vs NotSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of M/s Fateh Sports Wear Limited vs NotSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of M/s F.R. Merchant & Co., Chartered Accountants vsSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of M/s F.R Merchant & Co., Chartered Accountants vsSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the Matter of M/s F.P. Textile Mills Limited vs NotSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of M/s F. P. Textile Mills Limited vs NotSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of M/s Extraction Pakistan Limited vs NotSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of M/s Excel Insurance Company Limited vs NotSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of M/s Essa Cement Industries Limited vs NotSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of M/s Efu General Insurance Limited vs NotSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of M/s East West Life Assurance Company Limited vs NotSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of M/s East West Insurance Company Limited vs NotSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of M/s Din Textile Mills Limited vs N/ASecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the Matter of M/s Dandot Cement Company Limited vs NotSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the Matter Of M/s Dadabhoy Insurance Company Limited vs NotSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of M/s Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited vs N/ASecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of M/s Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited vs NotSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the Matter of M/s Crescent Steel and Allied Products Limited vs N/ASecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of M/s Crescent Steel and Allied Product Limited vs NotSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the Matter of M/s Crescent Knitwear Limited vs N/ASecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of M/s Climax Engineering Company Limited vs N/ASecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
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• In the matter of M/s Abbas Engineering Industries Limited vs NotSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
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• In the matter of Mushtaq Ahmed vs NotSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · 2005-10-04Read full judgment →
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• In the matter of Munaf Sattar Securities (Pvt.) Limited vs NotSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · 2005-09-09Read full judgment →
• In the matter of Multiline Securities (Pvt.) Limited vs NotSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · 2005-09-28Read full judgment →
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• In the matter of Muhammad Munir Muhammad Ahmed Khanani SecuritiesSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of Muhammad M. Ismail, Director of Ismail Industries LimitedSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of Muhammad Irfan/Osama vs NotSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · 2005-10-06Read full judgment →
• In the matter of Muhammad Iqbal vs NotSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · 2005-10-06Read full judgment →
• In the matter of Muhammad Bilal vs NotSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · 2005-10-05Read full judgment →
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• In the matter of Muahammad Anaf Kapadia Securities (SMC-Pvt.) LimitedSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of Ms. Nimra Malik vs NotSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of Ms. Memoona Ejaz vs N/ASecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of Ms. Kiran Piyarali Siaani vs N/ASecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of Ms. Khadija Qureshi, Director of Mahmood Textile MillsSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of Ms. Fauzia Javaid, Director of Icc Textiles Limited vs N/ASecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of Mrs. Uzma Mehmood Ali, Director of Metropolitan SteelSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of Mrs. Tahira Gull vs NotSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · 2005-09-02Read full judgment →
• In the matter of Mrs. Shahnaz Aziz, Ex-Director of Kohat Cement CompanySecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of Mrs. Sana Anis vs N/ASecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of Mrs. Samina Hafeez vs N/ASecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of Mrs. Samina Abid, Director of J.K. Spinning Mills Limited vs NotSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of Mrs. Saira Touqeer vs N/ASecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of Mrs. Safia Shakir, Director of Metropolitan Steel CorporationSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of Mrs. Nosheen Qureshi, Director of Asia Insurance CompanySecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of Mrs. Nasreen Humayun Shaikh, More than 10 a ShareholderSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of Mrs. Nasim Akhtar vs NotSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of Mrs. Nargis Jehangir, Director of Mian Textile ndustriesSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of Mrs. Najma Kazim Jafri vs N/ASecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of Mrs. Nageen Faiq, Director of J.K. Spinning Mills Limited vs NotSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of Mrs. Maria Asif vs N/ASecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of Mrs. Maliha Faisal, Director of Artistic Denim Mills Limited vs N_aSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of Mrs. Goshi M. Bhandara, Director of Murrree BrewerySecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of Mrs. Ghazala Amjad, Director of Kohat Cement CompanySecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of Mrs. Fatima Fazal, Director of Reliance Weaving MillsSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
• In the matter of Mrs. Farhat Jehan, Director of J.K. Spinning Mills Limited vs NotSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan · -Read full judgment →
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