Case Details

Citation(s)
2023 SLG 1794 2023 MLD 1329 2023 SLD 1794
Lahore High Court, Bahawalpur Bench, Bahalwalpur
R.S.A. No. 02-2015/BWP, decided on 23rd November, 2021.Dateof hearing: 23rd November, 2021.
Before Safdar Saleem Shahid, J
Qamar Hameed Hashmi and Shabir Ahmad Malik for Petitioners.M. Karim Joiya and Ahmad Mansoor Chishti for
Respondents.Mian Muhammad Shahid Akhtar, Assistant Attorney General and Malik Shah Nawaz Kalyar, A.A.G.

Mst. ZAINAB (DECEASED) through L.Rs. and others---PetitionersVersusWAHID BUKHSH and others---Respondents

Law: Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984)

Section: 79,100,129(g)

(a) Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984)--- ----Arts. 79, 100 129(g)--- Original document not produced---Secondary evidence not properly produced---Thirty years old document losing its sanctity---Suit property was state land which was originally allotted to Y and A from whom the predecessor in interest of appellants/defendants (G) purchased the same through agreement to sell---G entered into agreement to sell with the respondents/plaintiffs with the condition that the respondents would pay the rest of the installments due regarding the allotment of the land (G had paid only 2 instalment)---Respondents/plaintiffs alleged that they paid all the instalments due to Y and A and that they were owners in possession of the land since then without any interruption---G filed an ejectment application before Assistant Commissioner/ Revenue Court which had dismissed the same declaring that G could not prove himself as the owner of the land---G filed suit (earlier suit) for specific performance against Y and A which was decreed by Trial Court---Respondents filed the present suit against G which was dismissed by Trial Court---Appellate Court reversed the of Trial Court---Appellants/defendants contended that the respondents filed the suit on the basis of agreement to sell, which was neither executed by G nor had any agreement to sell settled between the parties; that on the said date G had no status in the property; that he purchased half share from Y; that document exhibited was a premature agreement to sell and was a fictitious/forged document; that original document had not been produced and the copy produced before the court was inadmissible to be considered in evidence; that no witness of the said document had been produced before the court; that witnesses who merely certified that the copy was issued with a signature, could be said to be the witness of that document; that claim on the basis of revenue proceedings could not be considered to ascertain the ownership of any party; that the proceedings of the revenue department could not be taken into consideration for the confirmation of any title of the property; that respondents had knowledge of the litigation between G and Y and…
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