Mst. GHULAM FATIMA vs THE FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN THROUGH GENERAL — 1958 PLD 340

Citation: 1958 PLD 340

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-12-31

Parties: Mst. GHULAM FATIMA vs THE FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN THROUGH GENERAL JUDGMENT

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1958 Lah. 340

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Dr. Sheikh Abdul Rahman, Muhammad Afzal Khan Title:Mst. GHULAM FATIMA vs THE FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN THROUGH GENERAL JUDGMENT Reported As: PLD 1970 Lahore 493 Result: Appeals dismissed Judgment JUDGMENT A. R. SHEIKH, J.---This judgment will dispose of Regular First Appeals Nos. 2 and 3 of 1963 filed in forma pauperis arising out of two suits filed by Ahmad Din and Mst. Ghulam Fatima, appellants in the two appeals respectively, which suits were consolidated and heard together in the trial Court. 2. Briefly stated the facts are these. Ahmad Din was employed as a semi-skilled workman, holding ticket No. 5924 (in the Reclamation Shop No. 44) of the Carriage and Wagon Shops of the Pakistan Western Railway at Mughalpura. While he was cutting down the body of a condemned carriage in the open yard of the Reclamation Shop on the 26th of January 1954, a heavy plate fell on him and he sustained various injuries, details of which appear at page 124 of the paper-book. He brought a suit on the 21st of March 1955 in forma pauperis against the respondent claiming damages to the tune of Rs. 45,000.00 for injuries sustained, disabilities suffered and expenses incurred on private treatment. Only four days thereafter his wife, Mst. Ghulam Fatima, also instituted a separate suit in forma pauperis for recovery of Rs. 50,000.00 as damages for loss of happiness and enjoyment of life on account of impotency, resultant of the aforesaid accident, of her husband…

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