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Petitioner: MUHAMMAD AYUB VS Respondent: ELECTION TRIBUNAL FOR LOCAL COUNCIL OF TEHSIL JUDGMENT
Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Khalil-Ur-Rehman Khan, Muhammad Zafarullah Title:MUHAMMAD AYUB vs ELECTION TRIBUNAL FOR LOCAL COUNCIL OF TEHSIL
JUDGMENT
Reported As: 1986 CLC 1276 Result: Petition allowed Judgment JUDGMENT MUHAMMAD ZAFARULLAH, J.--The election petition was dismissed by the Tribunal on an oral objection of respondent No. 2 that the petitioner had not provided to him a copy of the election petition. The petitioner, on the other hand, insists that a copy had been supplied and that this question had to be tried before his petition could be dismissed. The petitioner has furnished an affidavit sworn by Mr. Muhammad Abdul Rehman Janjua, Advocate to the effect that the question of supply of copy was not an admitted fact and had yet to be tried. 2. The question whether the provisions of rule 4 have been complied with or not and the consequences thereof is a question, which should have been determined after taking evidence. The petition is, therefore, allowed and the matter remitted to the Election Tribunal Sialkot for fresh decision on this question. There shall be no order as to costs.