Case Details

Citation(s)
1966 SLG 106 1966 SLD 106 1966 PLD 717
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Civil Petition for Special Leave to Appeal No. 123 of 1966, decision dated: 27th May 1966.
FAZLEAKBAR AND MUHAMMAD YAQUB ALI, JJ
Nasim Hasan Shah, Senior Advocate Supreme Court, (Shaukat Ali Khawaja, Advocate, Supreme Court, with him) instructed by Khalilur Rahman Chaudhri, Attorney for Petitioners. Nemo.

MUHAMMAD SADIQ AND others

VS

BASHIR AHMAD AND ANOTHER

Law:

Section:

Constitution of Pakistan (1962), Art. 58(3)--Leave to appeal to Supreme Court-Ordinarily leave is not granted against interim orders passed in execution of discretionary powers such powers not being used arbitrarily or unreasonably-[Interim injunction against construction of water-channel granted by trial Court, set aside by District Judge-Order setting aside injunction upheld by High Court-Letters Patent appeal dismissed in limine-Leave to appeal declined by Supreme Court]. Ordinarily the Supreme Court would not interfere in exercise of its special jurisdiction under clause (3) of Article 58 of the Consti­tution (1962) with orders of interim nature, which do not adjudicate finally upon the rights of the parties and are usually made in the exercise of discretion by the Courts below. A Court to which an appeal lies as of right would not lightly interfere with such orders unless it is shown that discretion has been exercised arbitrarily or in an unreasonable manner. To grant special leave to appeal a case of extraordinary nature should be made out, such as, involves abuse of powers by a Court or wanton exercise or discretion -resulting in miscarriage of justice. In the instant case there was no ground to call in question the order of the District Judge setting aside the interim injunction issued by the trial Court which if allowed to remain in operation would have cut off the supply of water to the lands of the respondents without a corresponding loss to the petitioners in case of refusal. The balance of both convenience and inconvenience was thus in favour of refusing the grant of interim injunction. Petition for leave to appeal was dismissed. ORDER MUHAMMAD YAQUB Ali, J.-By this petition leave is asked for to appeal from the order of a Division Bench of the High Court of West Pakistan at Lahore dated the 18th January 1966. By that order an appeal preferred by the petitioner herein from the order of a learned Single Judge of that Court under the 10th Clause of Letters Patent was dismissed in limine and the order of the District Judge, Gujranwala, allowed to remain in field whereby he had set aside an interim injunction granted by the trial Court restraining…
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