Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973

Section: 142,143,199

Law: Pakistan Bar Council Legal Education Rules, 2015

Section: R.4

Law: Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act, 1973

Section: 55,56

(a) Words and Phrases--- ----"Equivalent", meaning---"Equivalent" meant equal in value, amount, function or meaning. New Oxford American Dictionary, Third Edn. p.586 rel. (b) Interpretation of statutes--- ----"Ejusdem generis" doctrine of---Application, scope and illustration---"Ejusdem generis" postulated that when a drafter had tacked on a catchall phrase at the end of an enumeration of specifics, for example "dogs, cats, horses, cattle, and other animals," then "other animals" in the same was to be read as other similar animals, the same implied addition of the word "similar" after the word "other" ---- When a general word or phrase followed a list of specifics, such general word or phrase would be interpreted to include only items of the same class as those listed. Antonin Scalia and Bryan A Garner, Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts. 2012. p.199; Black's law Dictionary. 10th Edition, p.631; Mercantile Traders (Pvt.) ltd. and another v. State Bank of Pakistan 2002 SCMR 250 and Jamat-i-Islami Pakistan through Syed Munawar Hassan, Secretary General v. Federation of Pakistn through Secretary Law. Justice and parliamentary Affairs PLD 2000 SC 111 rel. (c) Constitution of Pakistan--- ----Arts. 142, 143 & 199---Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act, (XXXV of 1973) Ss. 55 & 56 ---Pakistan Bar Council Legal Education Rules, 2015 R. 4---University of Punjab Admission Regulations 2016-2017, Regln. 24---Cooperative federalism---Overlap of legislative competence between Provinces and Federation---Educational Institution---Public University---Legal education (LLB)---Admission criteria, which was an affiliated Law College of the University of Punjab, impugned letters issued by the University, whereby students holding third division in their intermediate examinations, were denied admission to LLB, on the ground that students must hold at least a second division to be eligible for admission---Contention of petitioner inter alia was that the Rule 5 of Pakistan Bar Council Legal Education Rules, 2015, framed under Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act, 1973 did not provide a minimum threshold of second division for LLB program, therefore, the…