Case Details

Citation(s)
1999 SLG 1147 1999 SLD 1147 1999 PLD 96
Lahore High Court
Civil Miscellaneous No. 2 of 1996 in Writ Petition No. 5766of 1995, decided on 29th October, 1998.
MALIK MUHAMMAD QAYYUM AND GHULAM MAHMOOD QURESHI, JJ
Imtiaz R. Siddiqui, Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Salman Akram Raja, Shahzad Jehangir, Ali Zafar, Umer Ata Bandial, Zaeem ul Farooq, Zia Ullah Kiyani, Ali Sibtain Fazli, Imran Aziz Khan, Irfan Qadir. Nawab Saeed Ullah Khan, Muzamil Akhtar Shabir, Muqtedir Akhtar

IHSANULLAHvsCOLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, CUSTOM HOUSE, Lahore and 4 others

Law:

Section:

(a) Interpretation of Constitution--- ---- Fundamental principles---Various provisions of Constitution must be read together in order to find out true intent of Constitution-makers---While interpreting such provisions, each and every word appearing therein must be given effect to. (b) Constitution of Pakistan (1973)--- ----Art. 199(4-A) & (4-B)---Performance of public duty ---Limitation--­Generally, all prescriptions of time within which public duty was to be performed , was to be considered as directory and not mandatory---If a case was not decided within a period of six months, no breach of Constitutional provision would take place---Article 199(4-B) of Constitution of Pakistan envisaged a situation where Court was prevented from deciding a case within a period of six months for sufficient cause and the only requirement was that sufficient case must be recorded. Multiline Associates v. Ardeshir and 2 others PLD 1995 SC 423; Federation of Pakistan v. United Sugar Mills PLD 1977 SC 397; Dewan Textile Mills v. Pakistan PLD 1976 Kar. 1368; Messrs Siddiq Trust v. Income Tax Officer 1987 CLC 2366; Punjab Cables v. Government of Pakistan PLD 1989 Lah. 121; Allah Wassaya and others v. Federal Land Commission and others PLD 1979 SC 44; Hassan Mahmood and others v. Federal Land Commission 1985 CLC 2665; Bibi Zuhra v. Member, Federal Land Commission and others 1988 CLC 129; Federation of Pakistan and others v. United Sugar Mills Ltd., Karachi PLD 1977 SC 397; Chaudhry Textile Mills Ltd., Lahore v. Central Board of Revenue and others PLD 1976 Lah. 1392; Messrs Noori Trading v. Federation of Pakistan and others PLD 1997 Kar. 663; AIR 1965 Assam and Nagaland 89 and State Wakf Board, Madras v.. Abdul Azeez Sahib and others AIR 1968 Mad. 79 ref. (c) Constitution of Pakistan (1973) ----Art. 189---Law declared by Supreme Court, unless reviewed by Supreme Court itself, would remain binding on High Court. (d) Constitution of Pakistan (1973)--- ----Art. 199(4-A)---Term "public revenues" as used in Art.199(4-A), Constitution of Pakistan (1973)---Connotation---"Fine" and "penalties"--­Whether "public revenues" ---Expression "public revenues" used in Art. 199(4-A) of…
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