RASHID AHMAD GHULAM HASSAN AND Another vs HIGH COURT BAR — 1970 SCMR 643

Citation: 1970 SCMR 643

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-12-31

Parties: RASHID AHMAD GHULAM HASSAN AND Another vs HIGH COURT BAR JUDGMENT

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Case cited as 1970 SCMR 643

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Waheeduddin Ahmad, M. R. Khan Title:RASHID AHMAD GHULAM HASSAN AND Another vs HIGH COURT BAR JUDGMENT Reported As: 1970 SCMR 643 Result: Leave refused Judgment JUDGMENT M. R. KHAN, J.--.These two petitions for special leave involve a common question of law, and this order will dispose of both of them. The point involved is whether Rashid Ahmad, the petitioner of Petition No. 190 of 1969 and Ghulam Hassan and Muhammad Asadullah, the petitioners of Petition No. 191 of 1969 were duly declared to be touts under -section 36 of the Legal Prac--titioners Act. The High Court Bar Association, Lahore, at a special general meeting convened on the 9th September 1967, passed a unanimous resolution stating that as many as 20 persons named therein, including the present petitioners, habitually act as touts. These 20 persons also included two Advocates, namely, Raja Maula Dad and Raja Muhammad Ayub. It was further resolved to send the names of those 20 persons to the High Court of West Pakistan for placing their names on the list of touts. A learned Single Judge of the High Court proceeded against those persons other than the two Advocates against whom disciplinary action was being taken under the provisions of the Bar Council Act. The learned Judge gave the petitioners and others an opportunity of defending themselves and took down evidence and thereafter declared the 18 persons including the present petitioners to be touts. The persons who…

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