MUHAMMAD ASLAM NAZ vs DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, KARACHI AND ANOTHER — 1971 PCRLJ 192

Citation: 1971 PCRLJ 192

Court: Sindh High Court

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-12-31

Parties: MUHAMMAD ASLAM NAZ vs DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, KARACHI AND ANOTHER

Headnotes

Case cited as 1971 PCRLJ 192

Judgment Text

Court Name: Sindh High Court Judge(s): Dorab Patel, Illahi Bakhsh Khamisani Title: MUHAMMAD ASLAM NAZ vs DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, KARACHI AND ANOTHER Case No.: Writ Petition No. 414 of 1967 Petitions Nos. 349/67 Date of Judgment:- Reported As: 1971 P Cr. L J 192 Result: Petitions dismissed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT DORAB PATEL, J.-In all these petitions, the petitioners have challenged the validity of the orders passed against them under the Karachi Control of Disorderly Persons Act, 1952 (hereafter called the said Act) on the ground that the said Act is an invalid piece of legislation. Counsel for all the petitioners have conceded that they wish to press their petitions on the sole ground that the said Act is no longer valid or in force, therefore, it is not necessary to discuss the facts of each petition and we shall dispose of all the petitions by this judgment. 2. In order to appreciate the arguments of learned counsel, it is necessary to set out the history' of the said Act. The said Act was promulgated on the 28th of April 1952 by the Central Government when Karachi was the Federal Capital and section 1 of the said Act stated :- 1. (1) This Act may be called the Karachi Control of Disorderly Persons Act, 1952. (2) It shall come into force at once, and shall continue in force for five years. By Ordinance II of 1957 the Central Government amended subsection (2) quoted above, deleted the words "for five years" and substituted them by "up to and inclusive of 30 April 1962". This…

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