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| 1990 SLG 996 1990 SLD 996 1990 SCMR 1228 |
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Civil Appeals Nos.694 and 695 of 1989, decision dated: 20-12-1989.
MUHAMMAD HALEEM, C.J., SHAFIUR RAHMAN, ZAFFAR HUSSAIN MIRZA, SAAD SAOOD, JAN, ALI HUSSAIN QAZILBASH AND A.S.SALAM, JJ
Gulab M. Rang, Advocate Supreme Court and Muzaffar Ali Khan, Advocate-on-Record for Appellant. Nemo for
Respondents.
Civil Appeals Nos.694 and 695 of 1989, decision dated: 20-12-1989.
MUHAMMAD HALEEM, C.J., SHAFIUR RAHMAN, ZAFFAR HUSSAIN MIRZA, SAAD SAOOD, JAN, ALI HUSSAIN QAZILBASH AND A.S.SALAM, JJ
Gulab M. Rang, Advocate Supreme Court and Muzaffar Ali Khan, Advocate-on-Record for Appellant. Nemo for
Respondents.
BHAGWANDAS-
VS
THE RETURNING OFFICER and others
Law:
Section:
Representation of the People Act (LXXXV of 1976)-----S.67(3)---Constitution of Pakistan (1973), Art.185(3)---Appeal to Supreme Court in election matters---Types of orders against which appeal is competent--Held: Only those types of orders as were enumerated in S.67(1), Representation of People Act, 1976, were appealable before Supreme Court---Order from which appellant had preferred appeals was not the type of order which could be treated as one falling under such enumeration---Appeals thus being incompetent were liable to be dismissed. JUDGMENT SAAD SAOOD JAN, J.---These are two appeals under section 67(3), Representation of the People Act, 1976 from the order dated 19-11-1989 of the Election Tribunal of Sindh, Karachi. 2. The appellant was successful in the election to the National Assembly from a scat reserved for the non-Muslims (Hindus/Scheduled Castes). Respondent No.2 who was also a candidate from the said seat but had lost the election, filed an election petition before the Chief Election Commissioner which was in due course referred for trial to the Election Tribunal of Sindh. During the course of hearing of the petition, the appellant moved an application seeking dismissal of the election petition on the grounds that it did not set out the details of the corrupt and illegal practices allegedly committed by him and that the accompanying annexures had not been verified in the manner required by law. On his part,…
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