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| 1981 SLG 1569 1981 SLD 1569 = 1981 PLD 1 |
Shariat Petition No. 41 of 1979 (Lah.), decided on 13th December 1980.
Salahuddin Ahmed, Chairman, Agha Ali Hyder, Zakaullah Lodhi and Karimullah Durrani, Members
SALAHUDDIN AHMED, CHAIRMAN.
MR. B. Z. KAIKAUS---Petitioner
VERSUS
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN---Respondent
Law: Houses of Parliament and Provincial Assemblies (Election) Order (P.O.5 of 1977)
Section: 2 , 12 , 14 , 78 & 99
Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973
Section:
JUDGMENT
SALAHUDDIN AHMED, CHAIRMAN.---This petition has had a chequered career.
It was first filed on the 28th May, 1979 before the Shariat Bench of Lahore High Court. It was heard before the Bench from time to time until on the 15th September, 1979, one of the members of the Bench was replaced on the order of the Honble Chief Justice, who had originally been a member of the Bench. In course of hearing it was discovered that the laws which the petitioner sought to challenge had not been specifically mentioned. This necessitated the petitioner to file a fresh statement on