Case Details

Citation(s)
2015 SLG 2110 2015 SLD 2110 2015 SCMR 1348
Supreme Court of Pakistan
C.R.Ps. Nos. 309 to 312, 320, 321, 323 to 327, 348, 349, 354to 356, 361, 362, 364 to 366, 1429 of 2015 in C.R.P. No. Nilof 2015 in S.M.C. No. 11 of 2011. To review this Courtsjudgment dated 31-10-2013 passed in Suo Motu Case No. 11 of2011)
NASIR-UL-MULK, HCJ, AMIR HANI MUSLIM AND IJAZ AHMED CHAUDHRY, JJ
Makhdoom Ali Khan, Senior Advocate Supreme Court for Petitioners (in C.R.P. 309 of 2013). Hamid Khan, Senior Advocate Supreme Court for Petitioners (in C.R.Ps. 310 to 312 and 349 of 2013). Zahid Nawaz Cheema, Advocate Supreme Court and Syed Ali Zafar, Adv

ANJUM AQEEL KHAN and others/--AppellantsVsNATIONAL POLICE FOUNDATION through M.D. and others

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(a) Charitable Endowments Act (VI of 1890)--- ----S. 2---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 188---Review of Supreme Court "charitable purpose"---Scope---National Police Foundation---Launch of National Police Foundation Housing Society by the National Police Foundation for the general public---Legality---Illegalities, irregularities, mal-administration and corruption committed by Administration Committee and Board of Directors of National Police Foundation ("the petitioners") in collusion with a Member of National Assembly during procurement of land and allotment of plots in National Police Foundation Housing Society---National Police Foundation ("Foundation") was established under the Charitable Endowments Act, 1890---Main purpose for its establishment was to provide relief to the poor police officials throughout the country in the shape of medical relief, education, one time grant, artificial limbs, scholarships, dowry, vocational training centres etc.---Word 'charitable purpose' had been defined in S. 2 of the Charitable Endowments Act, 1890, which includes relief of the poor, education, medical relief and the advancement of any other object of general public utility, but did not include a purpose which related exclusively to religious teaching or worship---Administration Committee of the Foundation, in the present case, had framed rules according to its own choice irrespective of the scope of the Charitable Endowments Act, 1890, under which the Foundation was formed for welfare and benefit of poor and needy police officials all over the country---Foundation had deviated from the basic purpose of charity for which it was established---Foundation was authorized to launch private housing schemes but only for the help of beneficiaries and not for private persons or officers/officials of other departments under the garb of beneficiaries---Establishment and launching of private housing schemes for the general public was against the very object and aim of the Foundation---In the present case, only influential persons had gotten the benefit of the schemes launched by the Foundation and the needy poor police officials had been deprived of their right---Valuable plots had…
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