Case Details

Citation(s)
2020 SLG 1277 2020 SLD 1277 2020 PLD 528
Lahore High Court
Writ Petition No. 2816 of 2020, decision Dated: 3rd March, 2020.
MAMOON RASHID SHEIKH,C.J.
Mohammad Azhar Siddique, assisted by Mian Shabir Asmail, Jamil Asif and Mian Ali Asghar for Petitioner/Applicant (in C.M.No.9 of 2020). Asif Mehmood Cheema, Addl. Advocate-General. Hashim Javed for
Respondent No.7-PTA. Ahsan Masood for
Respondent No.8-

MUNIR AHMAD

VS

FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN AND OTHERS

Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973

Section: 15,16,17,19

Constitution of Pakistan--- ----Arts. 15, 16, 17 & 19---'Aurat March, Lahore 2020' ('the March') proposed to be held on International Women's Day---Apprehension of petitioner that participants of March could carry placards or deliver speeches that were obscene, immoral, against the teachings of Islam or came within the ambit of hate speech---Held, that rights conferred upon the citizens of the country under Arts. 15, 16, 17 & 19 of the Constitution were subject to any reasonable restrictions imposed by law---High Court directed the District Administration to process and decide the application of the organizers of the March for issuance of an NOC for holding the March, at an early date, strictly in accordance with the law, whilst bearing in mind the guidelines set down by the organizers of the March as well as the freedoms guaranteed to the citizens under Arts. 15, 16, 17 & 19 of the Constitution---Order accordingly. ORDER C.M.No.9/2020 MAMOON RASHID SHEIKH, C.J.---Through the instant C.M. the applicants seek permission to be impleaded as petitioners in the main petition. 2. Notice. 3. The learned Law Officers for the Federation and the Province accept notice and pray for time to file replies to the C.M. 4. Relist for 26.03.2020 along with the main petition. C.M.No.5/2020 5. The learned counsel for the respondent/petitioner prays for further time to file a reply to the C.M. 6. The learned Law Officers for the Federation and the Province also pray for further time to file replies to the C.M. 7. The learned counsel for the applicant does not object. 8. Relist for 26.03.2020, along with the main petition. C.M.No.6/2020 C.M.No.8/2020 9. The petitioner has filed a reply to C.M. No.8/2020. 10. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that C.M. No.6/2020 was moved primarily with a view to making the organizers of the Aurat March, Lahore 2020, ("the Aurat March") aware that they have a duty under the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, and the law to abide by the reasonable restrictions imposed by the State through legislation upon certain freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution. 11. Refers to Articles 15, 16, 17 and 19 of the…
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