Case Details

Citation(s)
2016 SLG 3827 2016 SLD 3827 2016 YLR 1847
Sindh High Court, Hyderabad Bench
Second Appeals Nos. 11 and 12 of 2014, decided on 9thDecember, 2014. Date of hearing: 12th November, 2014.
SALAHUDDIN PANHWAR, JUSTICE
Saeeduddin Siddique for Appellants.Abdul Haseeb Khuwaja for
Respondents Nos. 1 to 5.Mukhtiar Ahmed Khanzada for
Respondents Nos.6 to 8.

MUHAMMAD ARIF AND othersVS.MST. MUMTAZ HAROON AND 6 others

Law:

Section:

(a) Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908)----- -----S. 114 & O. XLVII, Rr. 1, 2 & 4-----Limitation Act (IX of 1908), Arts. 161, 162 & 173-----Review of -----Limitation-----Trial Court decreed suit filed by plaintiffs and that by defendants was dismissed-----Lower Appellate Court earlier allowed both the appeals filed by defendants, but on review dismissed the appeals-----Plea raised by defendants was that review application filed by plaintiffs was barred by limitation-----Validity-----Review in question was in respect of passed by Lower Appellate Court, which did not fit within the meaning of Arts. 161 & 162 of Limitation Act, 1908, therefore, would fall within the meaning of Art. 173 of Limitation Act, 1908, which provided period of ninety days for review-----Review in question was filed within a period of 24 days; therefore, such review was not hit by Art. 173 of Limitation Act, 1908-----Review was maintainable, in circumstances. (b) Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908)----- -----Ss.114, 152 & O. XX, R.3-----Judgment, alteration of----- Competence of Court-----Principle-----Courts can alter or add in pronounced while exercising jurisdiction under S. 152, C.P.C. or on review-----Competence of Court to alter or add in already pronounced is protected by law itself. (c) Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908)----- -----O. XLVII, R. 1(1)(c)-----Review-----Term 'sufficient reasons'-----Reviewing Court-----Jurisdiction----- Scope----- Term 'sufficient reason' does not authorize reviewing court to act as appellate Court. (d) Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908)----- -----O. XX, R. 4(2)-----Term 'reasons for such decision'-----Scope-----Term 'reasons for such decision' leaves nothing ambiguous that 'decision' should be based on reasons-----If a decision does not find conformity with reasons for such decision, it cannot be a 'legal ' because it is the reasoning which result into conclusion. (e) Words and phrases----- -----Decree-----Defined. Black's Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition rel. (f) Fraud----- -----Proof-----Uttering word 'fraud' itself never establishes fraud but it is the circumstances, facts or documentary evidence through which 'fraud' can only be established.…
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