The Lahore High Court on Tuesday sought personal appearance of Director General Anti-Corruption Establishment in connection with the bail petition of an accused who allegedly caused huge loss to the national kitty by carrying out registration of thousands of vehicles after tempering and forging official documents. Read more: LHC seeks details of country’s internal, external debts … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday restrained the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from taking coercive measures against the former director-general of the agency Bashir Memon in three pending investigations relating to money laundering, fraud and human trafficking. Bashir Memon approached the LHC through his lawyer Mian Ali Ashfaq and pleaded that the FIA … Read more
LAHORE: To mitigate environmental pollution, the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday directed Lahore Development Authority (LDA) to ensure plantation at the rooftops of multi-storey buildings while directing action against the violators. A single-member bench of LHC comprising Justice Shahid Karim issued this order on the petitions of Haroon Farooq and others. The petitioners had … Read more
Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday sought a comprehensive report from the Punjab government about non-release of inmates due to non-payment of fines on completion of their sentences. Advocate Saddem Sarwar has approached the LHC seeking the release of convicts rotting in jails for non-payment of fines. Read more: State to Pursue Prosecution in Usman Mirza … Read more
Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Tuesday said that the federal cabinet has approved to approach Lahore High Court (LHC) against Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) President and Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif. The minister was speaking to the media after a meeting of the federal cabinet chaired by Prime Minister … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday sought the assistance of leading lawyers on the legal issue of whether a case could be registered in Pakistan against a citizen who committed fraud abroad. Justice Anwar-ul-Haq Punnu sought the legal assistance during the hearing of a petition moved by Naseem Ahmed seeking registration of a fraud … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday directed the Punjab government to give a timeline on the appointment and training of Arabic language teachers for compulsory Quran classes in schools. Secretary Education also appeared before a two-member bench headed by Justice Shahid Waheed hearing a petition seeking enforcement of Punjab Compulsory Teaching of Holy Quran … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has ruled that only family courts have got exclusive jurisdiction to take cognisance of offences pertaining to solemnising second marriage without the permission of the first wife. In its five-page long judgment, Justice Muhammad Amjad Rafiq voided three months imprisonment and Rs 0.5million fine on Muzaffar Nawaz by a … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday dismissed a petition challenging the appointment of the Lahore region Director-General (DG) National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on being non-maintainable. A citizen, Ayub Khawar, had filed a petition against the appointment of NAB Lahore region DG Jamil Ahmed, a retired federal secretary hired on a one-year contract. Read … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday once again extended stay order against the show-cause notices of the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) issued to several sugar mills owned by politicians of the ruling and opposition parties, for alleged violation of laws to monopolise the commodity. SW Sugar Mills, Gojra Samundari Sugar Mills and … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday sought a roadmap from the Punjab government for the recruitment and training of Arabic language teachers for imparting compulsory education of the Quran in schools. A two-member bench headed by Justice Shahid Waheed was hearing a petition seeking enforcement of Punjab Compulsory Teaching of Holy Quran Act … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday extended a stay order against the show-cause notices of the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) issued to several sugar mills owned by politicians of the ruling and opposition parties, for alleged violation of laws in a bid to monopolise the commodity. SW Sugar Mills, Gojra Samundari Sugar … Read more
LAHORE: A Lahore High Court (LHC) judge on Thursday requested the chief justice to form a larger bench to hear similar petitions seeking annulment of several provisions of the Punjab Local Government Ordinance 2021. Read more: Dishonor of self cheque not an offence: LHC The ordinance envisages the annulment of existing local bodies till January … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday has ruled that a criminal case under section 489-F (dishonour of a cheque) Pakistan penal code could not be registered against an account holder for issuance of a “self cheque”. In its 14 page order, Justice Shan Gul declared that “a “self” dishonoured cheque (even if the reference … Read more
LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Ameer Bhatti on Wednesday issued a checklist to ensure the completion of all legal requirements at the time of filing cases in view of preventing unnecessary adjournment and delay in civil cases. According to a letter issued to all district & sessions judges of Punjab, no progress would be … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday reserved its verdict on the petitions of farmers challenging the Ravi Riverfront Urban Development Project (RRUDP). The LHC’s bench comprising Justice Shahid Karim heard the petitions against the RRUDP filed by Advocate Sheraz Zaka and others on behalf of the farmers. The applicants had challenged coercion in … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday summoned Sahiwal District Police Officer (DPO) for allegedly pressurising a key witness in the infamous 2019 Sahiwal encounter to resile from his statement which resulted in the acquittal of all six Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) personnel. The two-member bench of LHC headed by Justice Chaudhry Abdul Aziz conducted … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday expressed anger over the poor performance of Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) and remarked that it was not doing anything except issuing license after license. A two-member bench headed by Justice Jawad Hassan of the Lahore High Court was hearing petitions seeking action against those responsible for … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday sought personal appearance of the secretary special education Punjab to explain the delay in the transfer of a blind school teacher under the wedlock policy. The petitioner, Amna Arshad, pleaded that she was a teacher at Mandi Bahauddin’s School of Special Education and her husband was employed … Read more
LAHORE: While hearing petitions against the formation of Ravi Urban Development Authority, Justice Shahid Karim of the Lahore High Court remarked that the government does not show seriousness on important issues. Barrister Ali Zafar, also a senator of the ruling PTI government, appeared on behalf of RUDA and argued that no violation of law was … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday rejected petitions seeking inclusion of suspension period of local bodies due to the enactment of the Punjab Local Government Act, 2019 in their tenure to complete a five-year term. Read more: LHC seeks reply from Punjab LG secretary in LG representatives case Justice Jawad Hassan delivered the … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday directed the Security Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) to hold a meeting with all stakeholders to determine the legal status of cryptocurrency and submit a report in this regard on next hearing. Justice Jawad Hassan was hearing a writ petition challenging the jurisdiction of a special court … Read more
LAHORE: Lahore High Court on Thursday sought a reply from the federal government on a petition against issuing free air tickets to families of members of parliament. Read more: Lahore court extends Shehbaz, Hamza’s pre-arrest bail in Ramzan Sugar Mills case A citizen, Farid Ali, filed the petition, saying 25 annual free return airline tickets are … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC), on Thursday, sought a reply from Punjab Local Government Secretary Noor Amin Mangal on a petition seeking a compensatory term for elected representatives of local bodies due to their suspension following the enactment of the Punjab Local Government Act, 2019. Read more: LHC orders Punjab govt to run smog awareness … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC), on Thursday, expressed concern over smog in Lahore and directed the Punjab government to consider closing schools from December 20. Read more: NCOC shifts winter vacations to January in educational institutions: sources Justice Shahid Karim was hearing petitions of advocate Shiraz Zaka and others against the Punjab government’s alleged inaction … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday issued notices to the sugar mills owned by the Sharif family and Federal Minister for National Food Security Khusro Bakhtiar on the application of the Competition Commission of Pakistan seeking dismissal of the mills’ petitions. Appearing on behalf of the CCP, Barrister Ahmed Qayyum argued that since … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Saturday imposed an Rs500,000 fine on an Indian national for fraudulently getting land allotted in Pakistan. A single-judge bench of the LHC issued a written decision on a petition filed by Abdul Rehman, an Indian citizen, against the cancellation of the land allotted to him by the chief … Read more
LAHORE: A lawyer on Saturday filed a constitutional plea in the Lahore High Court (LHC) over shortage of gas in Lahore. Advocate Sardar Farhat Manzoor Chandio made the federal government, Ministry of Energy and Petroleum Division secretary, Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority and Sui Northern Gas Company. “With the arrival of winter, gas has become … Read more
