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Mahmood\r\nAhmad, Advocate, Lahore High Court, Jhelum\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eDiscretion in common parlance\r\nmeans prudence, freedom to act according to one\u0027s own judgment, to do what\r\nseems right or best. It may also mean freedom or authority to make judgments\r\nand to act as one sees fit, freedom to decide for oneself what should be done.\r\n(Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary of Current English; Collin\u0027s Concise\r\nDictionary Plus).\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eIn legal jargon, it has, inter\r\nalia, somewhat following connotation:\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u0026quot;Discretio est scire (or\r\nDiscerneri) per legem quid sit just um\u0026quot;. Discretion is to know through the\r\nlaw what is just. Discretion, when applied to a Court of Justice, means sound\r\ndiscretion guided by law. It must be governed by; rules, not by humour; it must\r\nnot be arbitrary, vague and fanciful, but legal and regular. (Per Lord\r\nMansfield, R. v. Wilkes 2 Buff. 25).\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eWhen an Act directs the Judge or\r\nMagistrate to proceed in the exercise of his discretion it does not mean that\r\nhe is to act according to his sweet will and pleasure, or caprice or mere fancy\r\nor private opinion, but according to the rules of reason and law and justice.\r\n(Rookes Case 5 Rep. 99).\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eA loose and unfettered discretion\r\nis likely to be the refuge of vagueness in decision, and the harbour of half\r\nformed thought. (Per Lord Penzance, Morgan v. Morgan, L.R.I. P \u0026amp; D 644).\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eMatters which come before a Court\r\nof Justice are generally of three classes:\u0026#8209;\u0026#8209;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e(1) Matters are question of law\u0026#8209;\u0026#8209;\u0026#8209;that\r\nis to say, all that are determined by authoritative legal principles.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e(2) Matters and questions of\r\njudicial discretion\u0026#8209;\u0026#8209;\u0026#8209;that is to say all matters and\r\nquestions as to what is right, just, equitable, or reasonable, except so far as\r\ndetermined by law.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e(3) Matters and questions of fact\u0026#8209;\u0026#8209;that\r\nis to say all other matters and questions whatever.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eIn matters of the first kind, the\r\nduty of the Court is to ascertain the rule of law and to decide in accordance\r\nwith it. In matters of the second kind, its duty is to exercise its moral\r\njudgment, in order to ascertain the right and justice of the case. The question\r\nas to what is the just and reasonable punishment to be imposed on an accused\r\nperson for his offence is a question of right or judicial discretion to be\r\ndetermined in accordance with the moral judgment of the Court. In matters of\r\nthe third kind, its duty is to exercise its intellectual judgment on the\r\nevidence submitted to it in order to ascertain the truth.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eThere are many cases in which the\r\nfreedom of judicial discretion on any point is not wholly taken away by a fixed\r\nrule of law, but it is merely restrained and limited by such a rule, and is\r\nleft to operate within the restricted sphere so allowed to it. In such a case\r\nthe question to be determined by; the Court is one of law so far as the law\r\ngoes and one of fact or judicial discretion as to the rest. The proper penalty\r\nfor an offence is usually a question of this nature. The law imposes a fixed\r\nmaximum but leaves the discretion of the Court to operate within the limits so\r\nfixed. So, in many cases judicial discretion, instead of being excluded is\r\nmerely limited and controlled by rules of law which determine the general\r\nconsiderations which are to be taken into account as relevant and material in the\r\nexercise of this discretion. The discretion of the Court has not been taken\r\naway, but it must be exercised within the limits, in the manner and upon the\r\nconsiderations thus authoritatively indicated by law. (Salmond on\r\nJurisprudence).\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eThere may well be School of\r\nThought disposed to accepting, polemically though that: \u0026quot;We must not make\r\na scare crow of the Law.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eSetting it up to fear the birds\r\nof prey,\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eAnd let it keep one shape till\r\ncustom make\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eTheir perch and not their terror,\r\n\u0026quot; (Shakespeare; Measure For Measure)\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eBut Judges are not at liberty to\r\nadd to or take from or modify the letter of law, simply because they have\r\nreason to believe that the true sententia legis is not completely or correctly\r\nexpressed by it. The Court must be content to accept the litera legis as the\r\nexclusive and conclusive evidence of the sententia legis. Any other course is\r\nviolative of the principles of interpretation of laws and is likely to breed\r\njudicial mavericks who in an anxiety to do substantial justice and claim kudos would,\r\nunwittingly, be doing more harm than good to the cause of justice.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eIt can also be argued that\r\nnecessity has no law. (\u0026quot;Necessitas non habet legem\u0026quot;.)\r\n\u0026quot;Necessity, said Lord Bacon is of three sorts; necessity of conversation of\r\nlife; necessity of obedience and necessity of the act of God or a\r\nstranger\u0026quot;. \u0026quot;Necessitas publica major est quam privata\u0026quot;: Public\r\nnecessity is greater than private. Public welfare is of greater importance that\r\nprivate necessity; \u0026quot;Salus populi est suprema lex\u0026quot;: The safety of the\r\npeople is the supreme law. The maxim is based on the implied assent of every\r\nmember of society, that his own individual welfare shall, in cases of\r\nnecessity, yield to that of the community. Every man when he enters into society,\r\ngives up, says Blackstone, a part of his natural liberty in consideration of\r\nreceiving the advantages of mutual commerce, and obliges himself to conform to\r\nthose laws, which the community has thought proper to establish. Of maxims,\r\nBacon says, \u0026quot;They are general dictates of reason running through the law,\r\nand constitute its ballast\u0026quot;. \u0026quot;So far, of course, as the maxims embody\r\nfundamental conceptions of justice, and are of the essence of the English Law,\r\nthey are valid and require to be reckoned for all time. But the wit of the\r\njurist has occasionally devised axiom suitable only to his own epoch of legal\r\ndevelopment, and consequently, bound to become obsolete. (The Law Times, 5th\r\nOctober, 1901, p.505).\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eIncidentally, the application of\r\nthe maxims ibid. by our superior judiciary in handing down some monumental\r\njudgments in the short albeit chequered Constitutional history of the country\r\nis viewed with circumspection both by \u0026quot;the laity\u0026quot; and those in\r\n\u0026quot;Holy Orders\u0026quot;.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eThe ineluctable conclusion is,\r\nthat though discretion is a necessary concomitant of law in the administration\r\nof justice, yet time has proved that more often than not man has erred in its\r\nexercise. Perhaps, the first instance of the misuse of discretion in the\r\nhistory of mankind is when Adam chose to eat the fruit of that forbidden tree.\r\nIn Milton\u0027s words: \u0026quot;Of Man\u0027s first disobedience, and the fruit of that\r\nforbidden tree, whose mortal taste.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eBrought death into the world, and\r\nall our woe with loss of Eden... In defence, he says:\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u0026quot;She gave him of that fair enticing\r\nfruit \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003ewith liberal hand; he scrupled\r\nnot to eat \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eAgainst his better knowledge; not\r\ndeceived, \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eBut fondly overcome with female\r\ncharm. \u0026quot;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eIt will not be wrong to assume\r\nthat vesting of discretion in man and its misuse is as old as mankind. It is, therefore,\r\nall the more important that the lesser mortals who have strong proclivity to\r\nfollow \u0026quot;the Old Adam\u0026quot; are given as little discretionary powers as\r\npossible. One tends to think and think inexorably that a possible solution to\r\nthe unsatisfactory and not too happy a state of affairs in the country\u0027s lower\r\njudiciary lies in the drastic clipping of its discretion. In any case, there is\r\nan urgent need of counselling the subordinate Judges to tutor their discretion\r\nso as to restore the quickly effervescing public faith in the country\u0027s\r\njudicial system.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eIt is axiomatic to say that every\r\nMuslim, Qazi or not, must endeavour with unflinching faith, to seek complete\r\nand authoritative guidance from the Holy Qur\u0027an (the fount of knowledge) and\r\nthe glorious Sunnah of the Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him)\u0026#8209;\u0026#8209;Beacon\r\nlight for the straying soul.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eLast but not least:\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u0026quot;Praise be to Allah.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eThe Cherisher and Sustainer of\r\nthe Worlds;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eMost Gracious, Most Merciful;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eMaster of the Day of Judgement\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eThee do we worship,\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eAnd thine aid we seek.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eShow us the straight way;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eThe way of those on whom\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eThou hast bestowed Thy Grace,\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eThou whose \u0026quot;(portion)\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eis not wrath,\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-left:2.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent:\r\n-2.0in\u0027\u003eAnd who go not astray\u003cspan style=\u0027mso-tab-count:1\u0027\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-left:2.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent:\r\n-2.0in\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-left:2.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent:\r\n-2.0in\u0027\u003e(The Holy Qur\u0027an Text, Translation and \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-left:2.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent:\r\n-2.0in\u0027\u003eCommentary by Abdullah Yousaf Ali; New Edition, 1983.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ch1 style=\u0027margin-right:0in\u0027\u003eMR. JUSTICE SH. IJAZ NISAR, JUDGE, SUPREME COURT\r\nOF PAKISTAN\u003c/h1\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eMr. Justice Sh. Ijaz Nisar, was\r\nborn on 15th June, 1935 at Sahiwal; passed Matriculation Examination from\r\nGovernment High School, Sahiwal; did Graduation from Government College,\r\nSahiwal; obtained Degree of Law from University of the Punjab, Lahore; started\r\nlegal practice at Sahiwal in 1958; appointed as Public Prosecutor in 1963;\r\nserved in that capacity at Sheikhupura, Gujranwala and D.G. Khan; directly\r\nappointed as District and Sessions Judge in 1968, served as District and\r\nSessions Judge at D. G. Khan, Sargodha, Rawalpindi and Lahore; served as\r\nSpecial Judge Banking at Lahore; Chairman, Drug Court Punjab and N.\u0026#8209;W.F.P.;\r\nJudge, Special Court for Terrorist Activities; Judge Special Court for Speedy\r\nTrials; appointed as Law Secretary to Punjab Government in 1981; appointed as\r\nJudge of the Lahore High Court in July, 1983; served as Chairman, Punjab Local\r\nCouncils Election Authority; successfully conducted local bodies elections in\r\n1991; served as Chairman, Provincial Review Board, Member of Law Reforms\r\nCommittee; appointed as Acting Chief Justice of High Court on four different\r\noccasions. \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eA widely travelled person having\r\nrepresented Pakistan at various Conferences and Courses held in UK, USA and Japan.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eMr. Justice Sh. Ijaz Nisar\r\nbelongs to a family of lawyers. His late father Sh. Nisar Ahmad was an eminent\r\nlawyer of Punjab having twice elected as Member, Bar Council. He was founder of\r\nMuslim League in District Sahiwal and had represented the case of Pakistan\r\nbefore the Boundary Commission and had also represented Pakistan in various\r\nConferences on Cooperative.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eJustice Sh. Ijaz Nisar\u0027s uncle\r\nSh. Maqbool Ahmad was the President of Lahore High Court Bar Association, his first\r\ncousin Sh. Khurshid Ahmad was also a very active member of Lahore High Court\r\nBar Association and was also Federal Minister for Law in the Ayub\u0027s regime.\r\nMany of his family members are still actively practising at the Bar.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ch1 style=\u0027margin-right:0in\u0027\u003eSH. RIAZ\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"\u003e \r\n\u003c/span\u003eAHMED, CHIEF JUSTICE,LAHORE HIGH COURT\u003c/h1\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eSh. Riaz Ahmad son of late Sh.\r\nManzoor Ahmad, Advocate Quetta was born on 9th of March, 1938. He was enrolled\r\nas pleader on 16\u0026#8209;8\u0026#8209;1960 and as Advocate High Court on 25\u0026#8209;9\u0026#8209;1962.\r\nShe Riaz Ahmad was enrolled as Advocate, Supreme Court of Pakistan in February,\r\n1968.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eSh. Riaz Ahmad practised at the\r\nBar for 14 years till appointment as an Assistant Advocate\u0026#8209;General Punjab\r\nin 1974; during the practice at the Bar worked as Legal Advisor to the Standard\r\nBank West Pakistan, Family Planning Department, University of the Punjab; Taken\r\nOver Industries i.e., Ravi Rayon, Ittehad Chemicals and WAPDA etc. He was\r\nbrought on the State list in 1963 to represent the Province of the West\r\nPakistan in the High Court and the Supreme Court of Pakistan; conducted many\r\ncases on the Constitutional, Criminal as well as Civil sides of the Law. He was\r\npart time Lecturer in the Punjab University Law College Lahore from 1967 to\r\n1974.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eSh. Riaz Ahmad was appointed as\r\nan Assistant Advocate\u0026#8209;General to the Government of Punjab on 24\u0026#8209;1\u0026#8209;1974,\r\nand with the shifting of the Supreme Court to Rawalpindi was transferred to\r\nRawalpindi. He worked exclusively in the Supreme Court of Pakistan from\r\nNovember, 1974 to May 1980; represented not only Punjab but other Provinces and\r\nthe Federal Government before the Supreme Court; conducted many important cases\r\nof Constitutional importance in the Supreme Court of Pakistan.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eHe worked as Member of the\r\nResearch Committee to assist the Attorney\u0026#8209;General of Pakistan for the\r\npreparation of Reference to be filed in the Supreme Court of Pakistan against\r\nthe National Awami Party in 1975\u0026#8209;76.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eSh. Riaz Ahmad was appointed as\r\nAdvocate\u0026#8209;General, Punjab on 27th of May, 1980 i.e., the Principal Law\r\nOfficer of the Government of Punjab; worked in the said capacity till 3rd of\r\nMarch, 1984. \u003cspan style=\u0027mso-tab-count:1\u0027\u003e  \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eSh. Riaz Ahmad was appointed as a\r\nJudge of the Lahore High Court on 3rd of March, 1984; he was Member of the\r\nPunjab University Law College Committee since 1980 and was appointed as a\r\nChairman, Board of Governors of the Quaid\u0026#8209;e\u0026#8209;Azam Law College; as a\r\nJudge of the Lahore High Court Sh. Riaz Ahmad was appointed as Tribunal to hold\r\nan enquiry into the Badshahi Mosque incident at Lahore. He was nominated at\r\nBahawalpur Bench of the Lahore High Court for one year from 1985\u0026#8209;86. He\r\nheld the Office of the Chairman of Punjab Bar Council from 1980 to 1984. He was\r\nChairman of the Enrolment Committee of Punjab Bar Council for enroling the\r\nAdvocates; Member of the Committee constituted by the Government of Punjab to\r\nrun the affairs of Islamia College Civil Lines, Lahore; Member of the Syndicate\r\nAgriculture University, Faisalabad; Member of the Judicial Commission to probe\r\ninto the causes of the air crash of C\u0026#8209;130 Aircraft at Bahawalpur wherein\r\nGeneral Zia\u0026#8209;ul\u0026#8209;Haq and others were killed; Member of the Election\r\nCommission of Pakistan; Member of the Executive Council of the Allama Iqbal\r\nOpen University, Islamabad.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eShe Riaz Ahmad was appointed\r\nSecretary Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs of the Federal Government in\r\nDecember, 1993. He was appointed as ad hoc Judge of the Supreme Court of\r\nPakistan in June, 1995 and assumed duties as senior Judge of the Lahore High\r\nCourt in 1996 and worked as Acting Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court from\r\n8th of April, 1997 till 22nd of April, 1997.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eHe has been appointed as the\r\nChief Justice Lahore High Court, Lahore on 30th of May, 1997.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003cb\u003eWELCOME ADDRESS BY MR. JUSTICE\r\nMUHAMMAD ARIF ON THE EVE OF FULL COURT REFERENCE IN HONOUR OF MR. JUSTICE\r\nSHEIKH RIAZ AHMED, CHIEF JUSTICE, LAHORE HIGH COURT\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eHon\u0027ble Chief Justice, Learned\r\nbrothers, Learned Attorney\u0026#8209;General for Pakistan, Learned Advocate\u0026#8209;General\r\nPunjab, President, Supreme Court Bar Association, Vice\u0026#8209;Chairman, Punjab\r\nBar Council; President, High Court Bar Association, Lahore, President, High Court\r\nBar Association, Multan, President, High Court Bar Association, Bahawalpur,\r\nPresident, High Court Bar Association, Rawalpindi, Revered members of the Bar,\r\nLadies and gentlemen!\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eI am extremely grateful to\r\nprovidence for providing me this opportunity to welcome Mr. Justice Sheikh Riaz\r\nAhmed on his assumption of high office. of Chief Justice of Lahore High Court.\r\nIn fact, I only join all other colleagues in this Court in welcoming him as\r\nsuch, today.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e2. My association with Justice\r\nSheikh Riaz Ahmed dates hack to early sixties and, saying it differently,\r\neversince his enrolment as a Pleader in the erstwhile High Court of West\r\nPakistan. I need not repeat his bio\u0026#8209;data and curriculum vitae as the same\r\nhave been recounted admirably by those who have preceded me. His rich\r\nexperience in all the fields of law as a lawyer, Principal Law Officer of the\r\nProvince and Chairman, Punjab Bar Council, Federal Law Secretary and a Judge of\r\nthis Court as also ad hoc Judge, Supreme Court of Pakistan, before the judgment\r\nof the Supreme Court of Pakistan in Judges\u0027 case, will stand him in good stead\r\nin attending to his current responsibilities.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e3. Normally, such occasions have\r\nbeen prefaced with the word \u0027formal\u0027; in the past. I intend to draw your\r\nattention to, among others, the problems with which both, this Court and the\r\nlegal fraternity, are beset. The pendency of cases at the Principal Seat and\r\nthe Benches has attained gigantic proportion. The litigants in general and the\r\nlawyers community in particular, have legitimate complaints to make against the\r\ndelayed resolution of the cases by the judicial wing of the Statecraft.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e4. Sir, the entire lot of powers\r\nstand divided betwixt Legislature, Executive and Judicial wings in any given\r\ndispensation in a written Constitution. The subjection of all concerned, in the\r\nmatter of exercise of their powers, under the Constitution, of necessity, makes\r\nthe Judicial wing of much greater importance in seeing to it that the first two\r\norgans remain within the confines of their jurisdiction in accord therewith.\r\nThe study of a Constitution of any country is nothing more or less than the\r\nstudy of the constraints placed under the law on the exercise of their\r\nrespective powers by the members of the Legislature, the Executive and the\r\nJudiciary. In a Parliamentary form of Government, the law makers/Legislature\r\nand the Executive organ of the State have an edge\u0026#8209;over the personnel in a\r\nPresidential system when it is noticed that the requirements of the Executive\r\nwing can be got fulfilled easily by making laws or by introducing amendments in\r\nthe existing laws, from the competent Legislature. The concentration of the\r\npowers of these two disciplines in a discernible group/groups in the\r\nStatecraft, can present problems of various magnitude for the purposes of their\r\nresolution by the Judicial wing. The increase in State\u0026#8209;activity, has\r\ngiven rise to complex\u0026#8209;problems to be tackled and resolved strictly in\r\naccord with the Constitution and the law. That litigation has increased in the\r\npast about half a century, is stating the too obvious. The increase in\r\nlitigation and corresponding increase in the number of membership of the legal\r\nprofession, at all levels in the country, has brought to the fore the need for\r\nhaving greater number of persons in the Judiciary, at all levels.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e5. Sir, you are already cognizant\r\nof the enormity of the situation and the problem to that extent can be attended\r\nto by issuing appropriate directions to the lower judiciary and sorting out the\r\ncases in this Court, in a chronological order. I assure you that any remedial\r\nmeasures to be initiated by you with a view to completely and effectively doing\r\naway with the backlog, will have our fullest support. The cases on the civil,\r\ncriminal, company, taxation, rehabilitation and other facets or branches of the\r\nlaw can be assigned to appropriate Benches to be constituted at the Principal\r\nSeat and the Benches. It is heartening to note that you have revised the roster\r\nof sittings commencing 2nd of June, 1997. Three Division Benches at the\r\nPrincipal Seat each for LPAs, ICAs and RFAs and Murder References and Criminal\r\nAppeals as also one Division Bench for \u0027Special Court Appeals\u0027 in addition to\r\n32\u0026#8209;Single Benches, will go a long way in resolution of the causes both in\r\nthe category of pending matters and new institutions. Constitution of\r\nappropriate Benches for Company, Taxation and Customs\u0026#8209;causes may also be\r\ngone ahead to complete the picture at the Principal Seat and the Benches.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e6. I am taking this opportunity\r\nto suggest the following categories of cases to be allocated to all the\r\ncolleagues at the Principal Seat and the Benches on the criminal side and civil\r\nside, respectively:\u0026#8209;\u0026#8209;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eA\u0026#8209;\u0026#8209;\u003cu\u003eCriminal Side\u003c/u\u003e:\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e(i) Criminal miscellaneous\r\napplications seeking suspension of sentences in pending appeals, only in those\r\nmatters where they fall for resolution separately from the main causes.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e(ii) All criminal miscellaneous\r\napplications seeking bail for the accused.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e(iii) All Constitution petitions\r\nseeking registration of cases by the concerned S.H.Os.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e(iv) All habeas corpus petitions.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e(v) All Constitution petitions\r\nasking for the issuance of a writ/order in the nature of prohibition or to\r\nquash criminal cases.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003eB\u0026#8209;\u0026#8209;\u003cu\u003eCivil Side:\u003c/u\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e(i) Civil revisions questioning\r\nthe grant or otherwise of interim relief to litigants.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e(ii) Transfer applications in\r\nrelation to family matters and civil suits.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e(iii) Civil revisions in cases in\r\nwhich the appeals under section 96, C.P.C. have been decided by the appellate\r\nforum.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e(iv) Petitions under Article 199\r\nof the Constitution in relation to family  matters, rent causes, rehabilitation\r\ncases and cases pertaining to civil servants.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e(v) As regards the service\r\ncauses, it may be of some help to obtain relevant information in that regard\r\nfrom the office of the Registrar and then proceed with fixing an outer\u0026#8209;limit,\r\npreferably of 90 days, to resolve them, so that the litigants concerned are\r\naccorded the benefit of their litigation by promotion etc.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e7. Sir, you have been associated\r\nwith the pre\u0026#8209;service and in service training of members of lower\r\njudiciary both at the NIPA, Lahore and the Federal Judicial Service Academy,\r\nIslamabad. I have an inkling that your predecessors had made some progress in\r\nthe matter of establishing a Provincial Judicial Officers Training Academy at\r\nLahore and it would be worth your while, to finalize the said proposal with a\r\nview to achieving the desired results.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e8. Before concluding I on my own\r\nbehalf and on behalf of my brother -judges assure you of our full cooperation\r\nin the discharge of your duties as Chief Justice. We pray to Almighty God that\r\nHe may grant you the strength, courage and wisdom to perform your duties as\r\nChief Justice in the most befitting manner. Aameen!\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportEmptyParas]\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003c/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003c/body\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003c/html\u003e\r\n"