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" DISSOLUTION OF CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY OF PAKISTAN DISSOLUTION OF CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY OF PAKISTAN   AND   THE LEGAL BATTLES OF MOULVI TAMIZUDDIN KHAN   By   Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada, Senior Advocate   The dark night of 23rd October, 1954 has been described as the Night of the Generals. The Prime Minister, Muhammad Ali Bogra returned from his foreign tour and drove straight to the Governor‑General House with a General to his right and a General to his left and was forced to agree to a proclamation dissolving the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan. The dawn of 24th October witnessed the demise of the sovereign democratic set, up.   The case of Moulvi Tamizuddin Khan v. The Federation of Pakistan and others filed in Chief Court of Sindh in November, 1954 challenging the validity of the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan by the Governor‑General is undoubtedly a causea celebre. In view of the attempts of the authorities and their agencies to prevent the presentation of the writ petition, Moulvi Tamizuddin Khan reached the Court in a rickshaw through the side gate clad in burqa. His lawyers were threatened with arrests. I narrowly escaped from the car accident which seemed to be an attempt on my life. The Intelligence personnel tried to snatch the petition but the timely action of Mr. Roshan Ali Shah, the Registrar of the Sindh Chief Court, saved the situation. Sir George Constatine the Chief Justice threatened to take contempt action. The leading counsel Mr. D.N. Pritt had to be contacted confidentially and messages were exchanged in codes as if between the physician and the patient. Its brief account is found in the memories of Mr. Pritt entitled, `The Defence Accuses'. The unanimous decision of the Sindh Chief Court…