| Citation(s) |
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| 2008 SLG 2728 2008 SLD 2728 2008 PLD 458 |
Sindh High Court
Suit No. 164 of 2007 and C.M.As. Nos. 4708, 8186, 1216 of 2007, decided on 29th May, 2008
KHALID ALI Z. QAZI, J
Syed Saeed-ud-Din Nasir for Plaintiff. Muhammad Khalid for Defendants.
Suit No. 164 of 2007 and C.M.As. Nos. 4708, 8186, 1216 of 2007, decided on 29th May, 2008
KHALID ALI Z. QAZI, J
Syed Saeed-ud-Din Nasir for Plaintiff. Muhammad Khalid for Defendants.
RASES GHULAM SARWAR through Attorney--Plaintiff
VS
MANSOOR SADIQ ZAIDI and 4 others----Defendants
Law:
Section:
(a) Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908)--- ----O. VII, R.11---Rejection of plaint in piecemeal---Scope---Plaint could not be rejected in piecemeal---Where even one prayer was maintainable, plaint could not be rejected under O. V11, R.11, C.P.C. Younus Textile Mills v. Muhammad Fazal Tayyab 2004 MLD 1081 rel. (b) Defamation Ordinance (LVI of 2002)--- ----Ss. 3, 4, 9 & 13---Civil Procedure Cede (V of 1908), S.9---Libel, suit for damages---Jurisdiction of civil court---Scope---Jurisdiction of civil court to entertain such suit under general law (i.e. S.9, C.P.C.) not specifically ousted by Defamation Ordinance, 2002---Jurisdiction of civil court under S.9, C.P.C. and that of District Judge under Defamation Ordinance, 2002 to entertain such suit was concurrent---Open to plaintiff to choose either to pursue statutory remedy under Defamation Ordinance, 2002 or general law remedy, under S.9, C.P.C.---When plaintiff once opted to pursue general law remedy under S.9, C.P.C. then his statutory remedy under Defamation Ordinance, 2002 would be completely barred and vice versa---Principles. M. Moosa v. Mahomed and others PLD 1959 Kar. 378; M. Moosa v. Mahomed and others PLD 1968 SC 25; Government of Punjab v. Mst. Kamina 1990 CLC 404; Ghulam Ali v. Abdul Hafiz PLD 1962 Lah. 765; Adeeb Javedani v. Yahya Bakhtiar 1995 CLC 1246; Capt. Benaras Khan v. Commodore Akhtar Hanif and another 1988 CLC 1093; Syed Mehmood Ali v. Network Television Marketing (Pvt.) Ltd. and another PLD 2005 Kar. 399; Major (Retd.) Tanvir Hussin Shah v. Government of the Punjab and others 1989 MLD 1086 and Mohiuddin Ansari and another v. Muhammad Arif Siddiqui 1989 MLD 3875; Wolverhampton New Water Works Company v. Hawkesford 1859) 37 LJ 248; Mian Sultan Ali Nanghiana v. Mian Nur Hussain PLD 1949 Lah. 301; Tanveer Jamshed v. Raja Ghulam Haider 1992 SCMR 917 and Mst. Fehmida Begum v. Muhammad Khalid 1992 SCMR 1908 rel. Shafqat-ur-Rehman v. Daud-ur-Rehman PLD 2006 Pesh. 206 not fol. (c) Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908)--- ----S. 9---Enforcement of legal right recognized in general law or created by special law---Remedy under special or general law, availability of--Principles. In the first category are the…
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