Law: Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908)

Section: 91 , 8

  Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908)--- ----S. 91 & O. 1, R.8---Public nuisance---Opening of private school in residential area-- -Representative suit---Maintainability---Nuisance by opening a school in residential area was of such a nature that would infringe the personal rights of the petitioners---Objection to the maintainability of suit could not sustain. PLD 1996 Lah. 442; 1992 CLC 2540; PLD 1993 Kar. 631; 1996 SCMR 416; PLD 1966 Lah. 566; PLD 1994 SC 693; PLD 1967 Lah. 218; 1989 CLC 2178; PLD 1969 Lah. 95; 1986 CLC 2923; PLD 1954 Lah. 575; PLD 1970 Lah. 412; 1982 CLC 93; PLD 1995 Lah. 98; PLD 1995 Quetta 50; 1983 CLC 1280; PLD 1970 SC 139; 1990 CLC 1069 and Sahibzada Muhammad Umar Baig's case PLD 1971 SC 13 ref. Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908)--- ----O. XXXIX, R.2---Grant of injunction--- "Prima facie" ---Meaning. PLD 1962 Kar. 59; A. Karim's case 1990 MLD 2073; G. Hussain's case 1990 PCr.LJ 577; Mrs. N. Shaukat Khan's case 1992 CLC 2540; M. Ahmad's case 1990 CLC 1756; Mst. Hameed Begum's case PLD 1996 J,ah. 442; Syed Muhammad `Khurshid Abbas Gardezi and 5 others v. Province of Punjab and 2 others 1988 CLC 362; Sardar Begum's case 1997 CLC 962 and Agha Saif-ud-Din's case 1997 CLC 302 ref. Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908)---- ----S. 91---Nuisance---Conversion of a residential property into commercial in residential area---Such conversion was a nuisance affecting peace of entire locality. Naz Shaukat Khan's case 1992 CLC 2540 and PLD 1993 Kar. 631 ref.   Umar Kamal Khan for Petitioners. Mian Shamah-ul-Haq Ansari for Respondents Date of hearing: 13th January, 1998. JUDGMENT The brief facts out of which the present revision petition arises are that respondent No. l got premises to establish school under the name and style Lahore Lycium School in Multan at 46-Qasim Road, Multan, but the Military Estate Officer prevented the petitioner to open the school in the said premises. Therefore, the respondent No. l obtained the present premises in dispute on rent vide lease agreement, dated 10-9-1997 from respondent No.2 for the purpose to establish and open school. The petitioners came to know about the said…