DR. MAZHAR ALI HASHMI vs ABDUL QADIR AND 2 OTHERS — 1971 PLD 278

Citation: 1971 PLD 278

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-07-03

Parties: DR. MAZHAR ALI HASHMI vs ABDUL QADIR AND 2 OTHERS

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1971 Lahore 278

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Sheikh Anwarul Haq Title: DR. MAZHAR ALI HASHMI vs ABDUL QADIR AND 2 OTHERS Case No.: Criminal Original No, 209 of 1970 Date of Judgment:1970-07-03 Reported As: PLD 1971 Lahore 278 Result: Application dismissed in limine. JUDGMENT JUDGMENT This petition under Atticie 123 of the 1962-Constitution pra's that the respondents be punished for contempt On the ground that during the subsistence of a status quo order passed by the High Court in favour of the present petitioner in Writ Petition No, 366/R of 1969 respondents 1 and 2 had carried out certain structural alterations at the instance of respondent No, 3, so as to make it appear that the nature of the property was different from what the petitioner was alleging it to be before the Settlement Courts. It may be stated that the dispute is about a shop situate on Hall Road, Lahore. 2. The writ petition had come up before the then Chief Justice on the 24th of April 1969, when it was admitted and an interim order was made to the effect that "meanwhile, status quo to be maintained". Subsequently, the question of the interim relief to be afforded to the petitioner again came up before the Court on the 8th of February 1970 and it was directed that the tenants occupying the property shall continue attorning to the party to whom they were attorning on the 24th of April 1969, i,e,, the date on which the ad interim status quo order was made. The allegation in the present application is that…

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