Case Details

Citation(s)
2021 SLG 289 2021 SLD 289 2021 PLJ 77
Supreme Court of Pakistan
C.P. No. 4178 of 2019, decided on 5.12.2019, Date of hearing: 5.12.2019. (Against the order Dated 18.10.2019 passed by the Lahore High Court, Lahore in Writ Petition No. 11802 of 2019)
UMAR ATA BANDIAL, IJAZ UL AHSAN AND MUNIB AKHTAR, JJ.
Mr. Ghulam Farid Sanotra, Advocate Supreme Court and Mr. Arshad Ali Chaudhry, Advocate-on-Record for Petitioners. Nemo for
Respondents.

AMBREEN KHATOON AND OTHERS

VS

MUMTAZ BIBI AND OTHERS--RESPONDENTS

Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973

Section: 212(3)

Constitution of Pakistan, 1973-- ----Art. 212(3)--Dismissal of constitutional petitions--Direction to incorporate names of respondents as legal heirs in revenue record--Challenge to--Legitimacy of marriage--Documentary evidence--Violation of rights--Abuse of law--Entitlement of share in property--We agree with findings of lower Courts in that Respondents Nos. 1 and 2 were widow and son of deceased Ghulam Ghulam Mohy-ud-Din Hasan--Record clearly reflects that there is sufficient evidence to establish marriage of Respondent No. 1 with Ghulam Mohy-ud-Din Hasan--This is evident from CNIC issued to Respondent No. 1 wherein she was stated to be his spouse--Furthermore, CNIC was also issued to Respondent No. 2 stating his father to be Ghulam Mohy-ud-Din Hasan--Birth register entry and DNA test results also conclusively put this issue to rest and it can be stated with finality that Respondents Nos. 1 and 2 were widow and son of Ghulam Mohy-ud-Din Hasan as was correctly held by all fora below--ASC for Petitioners did not point us to any evidence that may even remotely have rebutted this finding--It is unfortunate that father of deceased attempted to disinherit widow of his son and his own grandson from their rightful share--However, we cannot allow such abuse of law and violation of rights of widows and orphans for petty personal gains--Such practices point towards moral and ethical degeneration and such greed cannot be perpetuated by relying on technicalities and Hyper-technicalities--There cannot be worse abuse of legal process and cannot be countenanced--Respondents Nos. 1 and 2, being rightful legal heirs of deceased Ghulam Mohy-ud-Din Hasan are legally entitled to their lawful share in his property--We do not understand under what legal regime Revenue authorities took it upon themselves to refuse to implement findings of Courts of competent jurisdiction--It is beyond question that decisions of Courts are binding on Revenue Authorities as has been held by this Court numerous times--Counsel for Petitioner was unable to show legal, procedural or jurisdictional defect, error or flaw in impugned nor was he able to demonstrate any misreading or non-reading of evidence or…
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