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Law reports--- ----Headnotes/Case notes of s published in law reports---Scope---Headnotes were not part of the , therefore, it was neither safe nor desirable (for courts) to cite headnotes in their s. The headnotes preceding the of a court were not a part of that but were the notes prepared by the editors of the law-reports, highlighting the key law points discussed in the and were supplied just to facilitate the reader with a summarized version of the salient features of the case which helped in quickly scanning through the law reports. Headnotes were at times misleading and contrary to the text of the . Headnotes by the editors of the law-reports could not be taken as verbatim extracts of the and relied upon as conclusive guide to the text of the reported, hence they should not be cited as such. Therefore, it was neither safe nor desirable to cite a dictum by reference to the headnotes. Salah-Ud-Din v. Zaheer-Ud-Din PLD 1988 SC 221; Nahar Industrial Enterprises Ltd. v. Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation AIR 2009 SC 6262 and Farhat Nasreen v. Muhammad Hussain PLD 1997 Kar. 204 ref. Supreme Court observed that it was sanguine that in future the High Courts and the District Courts while referring to a precedent or case law in their s and orders would cite the actual text of the rather than place reliance on the headnotes thereof. ORDER SYED MANSOOR ALI SHAH, J.--- We have heard the learned counsel for the petitioners at some length and have gone through the impugned order and the record of the case, with his able assistance. The learned counsel has not been able to point out any legal error in the impugned order passed by the High Court, which may justify grant of leave to…

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