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Petitioner: GHULAM ABBAS VS Respondent: BASHIR-UD-DIN
1969 S C M R 960
1969 S C M R 960
Present : A. R. Cornelius, C. J. and S. A. Rahman, J
GHULAM ABBAS‑Petitioner
versus
BASHIR‑UD‑DIN AND ANOTHER‑Respondents
Petition for Special Leave to Appeal No. 271 of 1967, decided on 26th October 1967.
(On appeal from the judgment and order of the High Court of West Pakistan, Lahore, dated the 21st July 1967, in Miscellaneous Petition No. 1674 of 1967).
Supreme Court Rules, 1956
---O. XIII, r. 1‑Delay‑Explaruztioli that petitioner's daughter was ill and so petition could not be filed in time‑Explanation not substantiated by documentary evidence Delay not condoned.
J. A. Parvez, Advocate Supreme Court instructed by M. B. Khizar Tamuni, Senior Attorney for Petitioner.
Nemo for Respondents.
Date of hearing : 26th October 1967.
ORDER
S. A. RAHMAN, J.‑This petition is barred by 12 days and there is no satisfactory explanation forthcoming for the delay in his application for condonation, the petitioner has himself stated that copies of the relevant order had been obtained on the 30th September 1967. Subsequently, it is claimed, the petitioner's daughter was ill in hospital, and therefore, he could not go to Lahore till the 5th October 1967, and lodged the petition on the 6th October 1967. This explanation is not substantiated by an documentary evidence, and we are not satisfied that the petitioner showed due vigilance in approaching this Court.
The petition is dismissed as time‑barred.
Petition dismissed.