Case Details

Citation(s)
1996 SLG 1314 1996 SLD 1314 1996 CLC 69
Lahore High Court
First Appeal from Order No. 187 of 1995, decision dated: 27-09-1995
IHSAN-UL-HAQ CHAUDHRY, J
Muhammad Riaz Lone for Appellants. Riaz Karim Qureshi for
Respondent

PROVINCE OF PUNJAB and others

VS

Messrs RANA & SONS

Law:

Section:

(a) Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908)-----S. 20(a), (b)---Case against Government---Applicability of S.20(a), (b), C.P.C.---Government does not carry on any business in its normal functioning; it does not reside at any place nor does it personally work for gain-.-Provision of S.20(a), (b), C.P.C. being applicable to natural persons such terms would not apply to case against Government. Dominion of India v. Gopal Chandra Tapadar and others AIR 1951 Cal. 37; Pakistan v. Waliullah Sufyani PLD 1965 SC 310; Fushrej Thanmull v. Union of India AIR 1960 Cal. 458; R.J. Wyllie & Co. v. Secretary of State AIR 1930 Lah. 818; Azizuddin & Co. v. Union of India AIR 1955 Mad. 345; Mian Fazal Muhammad Nizam-ud-Din Baig & Co. v. The Province of West Pakistan and others PLD 1969 Lah. 453 and Muhammad Saeed v. Federation of Pakistan PLD 1954 Sindh 117 rel. Mian Fazal Muhammad Nizam-ud-Din Baig & Co. v. The Province of West Pakistan and others PLD 1969 Lah. 453; Agha Mahbbob Shah v. Balochistan through the Secretary to Government and others PLD 1982 Quetta 84; Province of Punjab v. Hameed Ahmad 1988 CLC 1764 .and Fauji Foundation and others v. Yousuf 1985 CLC 2799 ref. (b) Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908)--- ----Preamble--"Cause of action"---Connotation---Term "cause of action" has not been defined in C.P.C.---Term "cause of action" would mean all material facts, which would be necessary for plaintiff to allege and prove in order to succeed---Every allegation, however, would not form part of "cause of action", unless plaintiff has to prove the same in order to succeed in his cause.--[Words and phrases]. Dominion of India v. Gopal Chandra Tapadar and others AIR (38) 1951 Cal. 37; Mian Niaz Hussain and another v. Imdad Hussain PLD 1965 (W.P.) Lah. 172; Abdul Hakim and 2 others v. Saadullah Khan and 2 others PLD 1970 SC 63; Abdul Rahman v. Wahid Bakhsh and 9 others PLD 1977 Lah. 1243; Muhammad Khalil Khan and others v. Mahboob Ali Mian and others AIR 1949 PC 78; Debendra Nath Mandal v. Sakhilal Kar and others AIR 1950 Cal. 526 and Fushraj Thanmull v. Union of India AIR 1960 Ca1.458 rel. (c) Arbitration Act (X of 1940)--- ----Ss. 8 & 20---Appointment of arbitrator in…
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