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| 1981 SLG 1641 1981 SLD 1641 = 1981 PLD 46 |
Peshawar High Court
Shariat Petition No. 18 of 1979, decided on 1st October, 1979.
Before Abdul Hakeem Khan, C. J., Muhammad Khurshid Khan and Karimullah Durrani, JJ
M. Nazirullah Khan for Petitioner. Sahibzada Akhtar Munir Khan, Asstt. A.-G. (N: W. F. P.) for
Respondents. Khalid M. Ishaq and Dr. Tanzilur Rehman: Amicus curiae.
Shariat Petition No. 18 of 1979, decided on 1st October, 1979.
Before Abdul Hakeem Khan, C. J., Muhammad Khurshid Khan and Karimullah Durrani, JJ
M. Nazirullah Khan for Petitioner. Sahibzada Akhtar Munir Khan, Asstt. A.-G. (N: W. F. P.) for
Respondents. Khalid M. Ishaq and Dr. Tanzilur Rehman: Amicus curiae.
Maulvi BILAL HUSSAIN-Petitioner
VERSUS
GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN THROUGH MINISTRY OF LAW-Respondent
Law: Limitation Act (IX of 1908)
Section: 26 , 28
JUDGMENT
KARIMULLAH DURRANI, J.-In Shariat Bench Petition No. 18 of 1979 and Shariat Bench Petition No. 23 of 1979, the petitioners, Moulvi Bilal Hussain of Bilitung, Tehsil and District Kohat and Niaz Badshah of Isak Chauntra, District Kohat, respectively have invoked the jurisdiction of this Bench under Article 203-B of the Constitution of Pakistan to declare Articles 147 and 148 of the Limitation Act, 1908 repugnant to the injunctions of Islam. This order will dispose of both these petitions as the questions raised in both of these petitions are one and the same.