| Citation(s) |
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| 2014 SLG 2309 2014 SLD 2309 2014 PLD 369 |
Lahore High Court
Writ Petition No. 452 of 2014, decided on 24th February, 2014
MAMOON RASHID SHEIKH, J
Taufiq Asif and Faisal Khan Niazi for Petitioner
Writ Petition No. 452 of 2014, decided on 24th February, 2014
MAMOON RASHID SHEIKH, J
Taufiq Asif and Faisal Khan Niazi for Petitioner
VS
PUNJAB BAR COUNCIL through Vice Chairman and others
Law: Pakistan Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Rules, 1976
Section: 175G,175H
Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973
Section: 199
Law: Constitution of High Court Bar Association of Rawalpindi (1981)
Section: 10
Pakistan Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Rules, 1976--- ----Rr. 175-G & 175-H [inserted by Pakistan Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils (Second Amendment) Rules, 2013]---Constitution of High Court Bar Association of Rawalpindi (1981), Art. 10---Constitution of Pakistan. Art.199---Constitutional petition---Term of office---Outgoing office bearers of Rawalpindi High Court Bar Association contend that even after completion of their tenure, they were competent to decide appeals of candidates who had been disqualified at the time of filing of their nomination papers---Validity---Tenure of outgoing office-bearers could not be extended in any circumstances in view of the provision of Art.10 of Constitution of High Court Bar Association of Rawalpindi, 1981---Outgoing office-bearers were unable to establish that they had vested right to continue in office to hear appeals of disqualified candidates---Petitioner did not have any locus standi to bring petition before High Court---High Court refrained to dilate upon vires or legality of order passed by Punjab Bar Council whereby caretaker President of Bar Association had been appointed---Petition was dismissed in circumstances. Julius Salik v. Returning Officer and 27 others 1989 CLC 2499; Anjum and 2 others v. Mst. Sufaidan and 3 others PLD 1989 Lah. 103; Shah Muhammad v. Shafey Ali Khan and others 1988 MLD 956; Abdul Wahid and another v. Din Muhammad and others PLD 1982 Lah. 168; Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif v. President of Pakistan and others PLD 1993 SC 473; Sajjad Ahmad Bhatti v. Federation of Pakistan through Secretary Establishment Division, Islamabad and others 2009 SCMR 1448 and Federation of Pakistan through Secretary Establishment Division v. Shahid Hayat and another 2010 SCMR 169 ref. ORDER MAMOON RASHID SHEIKH, J.---As per the array of parties the instant petition has been filed by the High Court Bar Association Rawalpindi through Taufiq Asif, its President and the members of the Executive Committee. Para-1 of the petition, however, maintains that the petitioner is the Executive Committee of the High Court Bar Association Rawalpindi for the year 2013-2014. I, therefore, propose to treat the petition as…
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