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| 2026 SLG 201 2026 SLD 201 = 2025 SHC 2082, = 2026 CLD 613 = 2026 PLD 167 |
Sindh High Court
Spl. H.C.A No. 135 of 2013
PRESENT: Mr. Justice Muhammad Iqbal Kalhoro Mr. Justice Muhammad Osman Ali Hadi
Appellant : Through Ijaz Ahmed Zahid, Advocate
Respondent No.1 : Through Mr. Muhammad Haseeb Jamali, Adv.
Respondent - SBP : Through Syed Saad Bin Khurram, Advocate Dates of Hearing : 14.05.2025 Date of Announcement : 22.08.2025
Spl. H.C.A No. 135 of 2013
PRESENT: Mr. Justice Muhammad Iqbal Kalhoro Mr. Justice Muhammad Osman Ali Hadi
Appellant : Through Ijaz Ahmed Zahid, Advocate
Respondent No.1 : Through Mr. Muhammad Haseeb Jamali, Adv.
Respondent - SBP : Through Syed Saad Bin Khurram, Advocate Dates of Hearing : 14.05.2025 Date of Announcement : 22.08.2025
[Standard Chartered Bank (Pakistan) Limited
VS
. Mr. Yawar Faruqui and another]
Law: Defamation Ordinance, 2002
Section: 5, 9, 10, 11, 12
Law: Limitation Act, 1908
Section: 13, 22, 24, 25, 28
Law: Financial Institutions (Recovery of Finances) Ordinance, 2001
Section: 9
Law: Code Of Civil Procedure, 1908.
Section: 2, 10, 73
Law: Banking Companies Ordinance, 1962
Section: 93
Law: Contract Act, 1872
Section: 73
Case Summary
This is an appeal against a Banking Court judgment in Banking Suit No. B-26 of 2007, where the Plaintiff (Respondent No. 1) was awarded Rs. 125,491/- plus damages of Rs. 5,000,000/- for alleged wrongful debiting of his bank account, mental stress, and defamation caused by the Bank (Appellant).
Key facts: