THE PRESIDENT--Referring Authority vs MR. JUSTICE SHAUK ALI — 1957 PLD 635

Citation: 1957 PLD 635

Court: Shariat Appellate Bench

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-07-12

Parties: THE PRESIDENT--Referring Authority vs MR. JUSTICE SHAUK ALI

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1957 Kar. 635

Judgment Text

Court Name: Shariat Appellate Bench Judge(s):Hamoodur Rahman, Sajjad Ahmad Jan, Qadeer-ud-Din Ahmad, Muhammad Yaqub Ali Khan, B. A. Siddiqui Title: THE PRESIDENT--Referring Authority vs MR. JUSTICE SHAUK ALI Case No.: Special Reference No, 3 of 1970 Date of Judgment:1971-07-12 Reported As: PLD 1971 Supreme Court 585 Result: Reference answered Judgment REPORT Introduction HAMOODUR RAHMAN (CHAIRMAN).--This reference under Article 128 of the Constitution of 1962 read with the Provisional Constitution Order of the 4th April 1969, was received on the 20th of June 1970, and this report is being submitted in July 1971, after more than one year. The Council, therefore, considers it proper to give a resume of the proceedings, which will incidentally disclose the anxiety of the Council to be as fair to the respondent as it possibly could be, that some time was consumed in the course of the proceedings for reasons which were beyond the control of the Council, and that the conduct of the respondent was not at all conducive to smooth and expeditious disposal. A resume of the proceedings The Chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council was at Dacca with the Supreme Court when the reference was received. In the meantime, as a result of the dissolution of the One Unit, the High Court of West Pakistan had ceased to exist and in its place three new High Courts were set up in West Pakistan by the High Courts (Establishment) Order, 1970, promulgated on the 16th of June 1970. This affected the…

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