MUHAMMAD IRFAN AZAD vs Mst. SULTANA BEGUM AND 8 OTHERS — 1971 PLD 91

Citation: 1971 PLD 91

Court: Sindh High Court

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-05-18

Parties: MUHAMMAD IRFAN AZAD vs Mst. SULTANA BEGUM AND 8 OTHERS

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1971 Karachi 91

Judgment Text

Court Name: Sindh High Court Judge(s): Durab Patel Title: MUHAMMAD IRFAN AZAD vs Mst. SULTANA BEGUM AND 8 OTHERS Case No.: Administration Suit No, 97 of 1966 Date of Judgment:1970-05-18 Reported As: PLD 1971 Karachi 91 Result: Application allowed Judgment ORDER The late Mr. Muhammad Usman Azad (hereafter called the deceased) was the Founder, Editor and Proprietor of an Urdu newspaper known as Anjam, and he died on 11-9-1964. Because of his deep interest in Urdu Journalism, he had made a will on 21st February 1964, bequeathing his income from shares owned by him in a company known as Super Art Engravers Ltd. and his income from three machines owned by him "for the promotion of Urdu Journalism". I shall refer to these shares and these machines as the said assets, and in order to carry out the trust created under his will, the deceased had appointed his brother Mr. Muhammad Umer Faruqui and Mr. Ilyas Rashidi, to be amongst the first trustees of his Trust. I may further observe here that, after his death, Mr. Muhammad Umer Farooqui had filed a suit in the Court of the 4th Civil Judge, First Class, Karachi, being Suit No, 294/65 of that Court, for a declaration that the said assets were subject to the trust created by the will of the deceased. The parties in the present suit were impleaded in that suit which was decreed by the 4th Chid Judge on 4th April 1966. Thereafter, as the heirs of the deceased were not able to administer his estate on 23rd April 1966, one of his sons…

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