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Petitioner: GHULAM RASOOL And Others VS Respondent: MEMBER, BOARD OF REVENUE, PUNJAB And Other
Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): M. S. H. Qureshi, Karam Elahi Chauhan Title:GHULAM RASOOL And Others vs MEMBER, BOARD OF REVENUE, PUNJAB And
Other Case No.: Civil Petition for Special Leave to Appeal No. 547 of 1976 Date of Judgment:1987-08-30 Reported As: 1987 SCMR 1530 Result: Leave granted Judgment ORDER KARAM ELAHEE CHAUHAN, J.--Learned counsel submits that provisions of the Law Reforms Ordinance which deal with abatement of cases are of a procedural nature and would be of a retrospective effect, with the result, that in the light of those provisions there would be no abatement of the writ petition in this case. He submits to consider this point leave to appeal has already been granted by this Court in Ch. Shafqat A.I v. Rao Abdus Sattar 1074 Law Notes 149; Ghulam Haider v. Mst. Raj Bhari and others 1975 SCMR 252 and Mst. Safia Begum, etc. v. Settlement and Rehabilitation Commissioner, etc. (in which leave was granted on 2-3-1981). Leave is granted in this case also. To be heard along with the last mentioned case. Security Rs.2,000.