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Petitioner: Sharif Ahmad VS Respondent: Rashid Ahmad and others
Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Malik Shahzad Ahmad Khan, Yahya Afridi Title: Sharif Ahmad vs Rashid Ahmad and others Case No.: Civil Petition No. 1999-L of 2019 Date of Judgment:2024-11-27 Reported As: 2025 SCMR 215 Result: Petition dismissed
Judgment
ORDER YAHYA AFRIDI, CJ. Through this petition, the petitioner has challenged the order of the Lahore High Court, Lahore whereby his review application has been dismissed. 2. At the very outset, we confronted the learned counsel for the petitioner to point out whether any date of knowledge of case being dismissed for non-prosecution was stated in the application for restoration, the answer was in the negative; however, the learned counsel for the petitioner places reliance on the judgments reported as Hussain Bakhsh v. Settlement Commissioner, Rawalpindi and others (PLD 1970 SC 1), and Farman Ali v. Muhammad Yousaf Ali and another (PLD 1992 SC 330). We have gone through the said judgments and find that the same are not relevant to the instant case. Even otherwise, this Court has by now settled the principle that in cases where revisional court assumes suo motu jurisdiction, only such cases ought not to be dismissed for non- prosecution. No case for interference is made out. This petition is, therefore, dismissed and leave to appeal is refused.