SAEEDUDDIN Alias SAEEDA vs The STATE — 1971 SCMR 776

Citation: 1971 SCMR 776

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-11-30

Parties: SAEEDUDDIN Alias SAEEDA vs The STATE

Headnotes

Case cited as 1971 SCMR 776

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Hamoodur Rahman, Sajjad Ahmad Jan Title: SAEEDUDDIN Alias SAEEDA vs The STATE Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. K-14 of 1971 Date of Judgment:1971-11-30 Reported As: 1971 SCMR 776 Result: Order accordingly Judgment ORDER HAMOODUR RAHMAN, C. J.----The learned Advocate-on-Record was ,engaged to file the petition for special leave at Lahore and he appeared with another learned Advocate before a learned Judge of this Court in chambers for moving an application for interim bail. The bail was refused and the petition was sent to Karachi for registration as it was directed against an order of the High Court of Sind and Baluchistan. The petition was fixed for hearing at Karachi during the last session of the Court there and due intimation of this fact was given to the Advocate on Record by Registered Post/ Acknowledgment Due but when the petition came up for hearing before the Court no one, was present. It was passed over and again called on after all the other petitions had been disposed of. Again no one was present. The Court, after examining the record and finding that notice of the date of hearing had been duly served by Registered Post/ Acknowledgment Due on the Advocate-on-Record, dismissed the petition for non-prosecution. Thereafter, another petition was filed by another Advocate---on-Record at Karachi for the restoration of the petition on the ground that the Advocate-on-Record engaged at Lahore had not intimated to his client…

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