MIAN MUHAMMAD vs GOVERNMENT OF WEST PAKISTAN AND Another — 1970 SCMR 645

Citation: 1970 SCMR 645

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-12-31

Parties: MIAN MUHAMMAD vs GOVERNMENT OF WEST PAKISTAN AND Another

Headnotes

Case cited as 1970 SCMR 645

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Waheeduddin Ahmad, Mujibur Rahman Khan Title: MIAN MUHAMMAD vs GOVERNMENT OF WEST PAKISTAN AND Another Case No.:Civil Petition for Special Leave to Appeal No. 49-P of 1970 Civil Petition No. JUDGMENT Reported As: 1970 SCMR 645 Result: Leave refused Judgment JUDGMENT M. R. KHAN, J.-The petitioner is a resident of Talagang, district Campbellpur and belongs to Shia sect. He submitted an application to the Superintendent of Police, Campbellpur for the grant of a licence under section 30 of the Police Act to take out Zuljinah and Alam processions during Muharram of this year. The processions were intended to be taken out on the 18th March 1970, but the Superintendent of Police rejected the petitioner's application on the 25th February 1970. It was alleged that the Superintendent of Police not only refused to issue a licence to the petitioner, but also forbade him to take out any procession. On these allegations, the petitioner made a writ petition in the High Court of West Pakistan, Peshawar Seat on the 12th March 1970, seeking the following relief :- "------the respondents be directed either to issue a licence as required by section 30 of Act V of 1861 (Police Act of 1861) or in the alternative they may be directed not to interfere in the taking out of the procession." This writ petition was given an urgent hearing by a Division Bench of the High Court. It was mainly urged in the writ petition that while the Superintendent of…

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