RAHIM BAKHSH vs KHALIL-U R-REHMAN — 1971 PLD 517

Citation: 1971 PLD 517

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-02-09

Parties: RAHIM BAKHSH vs KHALIL-U R-REHMAN

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1971 Lahore 517

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Sheikh Anwarul Haq Title: RAHIM BAKHSH vs KHALIL-U R-REHMAN Case No.: Civil Miscellaneous No, 5589 of 1970 Date of Judgment:1971-02-09 Reported As: PLD 1971 Lahore 517 Result: Application dismissed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT This application under section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure seeks the transfer of a suit entitled Rahim Bakhsh v. Khalil-ur-Rehman, from the Court of Sh. Abdul Razzaq, Civil Judge at Gujranwala, on the ground that on the 7th of October 1970 the learned trial Judge issued a notice to the plaintiff-petitioner asking him to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt of Court. The plaintiff had obtained an ad interim temporary injunction from the trial Court, and when the matter came up for its confirmation, the plaintiff's counsel reported to the Court that he had been instructed by his client to state that the defendant-respondent Khalil-ur-Rahman had told the plaintiff that the temporary injunction would be vacated, and accordingly the defendant had already told the intending purchasers of the land in dispute to get the sales registered the next day. The insinuation was that the defendant had approached the Court. It appears that when the Court enquired from the plaintiff whether he had given any such instructions to his counsel, he insisted that it was so. However, the defendant, denied having made any such remarks to the plaintiff. In these circumstances the learned Civil Judge drafted a notice stating…

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