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| 1970 SLG 3008 1970 SLD 3008 = 1970 SCMR 66 |
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Civil Petition for Special Leave to Appeal No. 284 of 1967, decided on 12th October 1967.
Presented By: S. A. Rahman and Fazle-Akbar, JJ
Abdul Manan Sheikh, Advocate Supreme Court instructed by Tanvir Ahmad, Attorney for Petitioner. Nemo for
Respondent No. 1. Ghulam Mujtaba, Attorney (absent) for
Respondent No. 2.
Civil Petition for Special Leave to Appeal No. 284 of 1967, decided on 12th October 1967.
Presented By: S. A. Rahman and Fazle-Akbar, JJ
Abdul Manan Sheikh, Advocate Supreme Court instructed by Tanvir Ahmad, Attorney for Petitioner. Nemo for
Respondent No. 1. Ghulam Mujtaba, Attorney (absent) for
Respondent No. 2.
Haji REHMAT ULLAH-Petitioner
VERSUS
SETTLEMENT AND REHABILITATION COMMISSIONER, LAHORE AND ANOTHER-Respondents
Law: Supreme Court Rules, 1956
Section: 1
(On appeal from the judgment and order of the High Court of West Pakistan, Lahore, dated the 9th December 1966, in Letters Patent Appeal No. 896 of 1966). Supreme Court Rules, 1956, O. XIII, r. 1-Delay in filing petition alleged due to illness of petitioner-Illness not found such as to totally incapacitate him from giving even written instructions to his lawyer Condonation of delay refused. Date of hearing : 12th October 1967. JUDGMENT FAZLE-AKBAR, J -This petition is barred by time by 167 days. In the petition for condonation of the delay it is stated that as the petitioner had `a serious attack of rheumatism of back with sciatica' he could not file this petition in time. From the certificate of the doctor it appears that he suffered from the said ailments from 25-1-67 at frequent intervals. His illness was not of such a nature so as to…