Law: Contempt of Court Ordinance, 2003

Section: 3

Contempt of Court Ordinance (V of 2003)--- ----S.3---Contempt of Court---Execution of order passed by High Court in constitutional jurisdiction---Scope---Petitioner sought initiation of contempt proceedings against the respondents for non-compliance of the High Courts order whereby a settlement deed was arrived at---Validity---Order passed by the High Court in Constitutional petition could not be taken as a decree, which could be executed in a contempt petition or otherwise---Even if the petitioners contention that settlement deed had become part of the Courts order was considered, the same could not be enforced, for the reason that terms of settlement deal were changed materially---Contempt jurisdiction was only meant for criminal proceedings against the respondents, if the Court was convinced that contempt of Court was so committed and no direction for amendment in any order could be made in that situation---Contempt petition was dismissed with the observation that the petitioner could approach the appropriate Court of plenary jurisdiction for execution of settlement deed or subsequent events agreed between the parties. Salman Ijaz for Petitioner. Tariq Masood and Hassan Tariq for Respondent. Date of hearing: 24th November, 2021. "ORDER 1. The queries/demands of the Petitioner were heard and discussed in detail after which it was communicated to the…

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