RADHA KANTA BANIK vs THE PROVINCE OF EAST PAKISTAN REPRESENTED BY — 1968 PLD 185

Citation: 1968 PLD 185

Court: Dacca

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-12-31

Parties: RADHA KANTA BANIK vs THE PROVINCE OF EAST PAKISTAN REPRESENTED BY JUDGMENT

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1968 SC 185

Judgment Text

Court Name: Dacca Judge(s): Abdul Hakim, B. A. Siddiqi Title:RADHA KANTA BANIK vs THE PROVINCE OF EAST PAKISTAN REPRESENTED BY JUDGMENT Reported As: PLD 1970 Dacca 457 Result: Rule discharged Judgment JUDGMENT SIDDIQI, C. J.---The petitioner in this Rule, one Radha Kanta Banik of Dewanbari Road, P. S. Kotwali, District Rangpur, has challenged the validity of requisition and acquisition notices dated 30th of May 1966 and 9th of July 1966. Petitioner's case is that he is a Pakistani citizen and has been for the last 30 years carrying on the business of a petrol and kerosene distributor of Caltex Ltd. At Rangpur. He has been for this purpose running a pump on Dewanbari Road in the town of Rangpur and alongside which he had two godowns for storage of kerosene oil. It is the further case of the petitioner that in the same premises he was carrying on business of some other articles, namely, Motor batteries, Motor parts, paints, etc. According to him he was carrying on this business under a licence obtained from the Government for dealing in combustible items to the satisfaction of everyone concerned. We shall here record certain dates which are necessary to follow the sequence of events upon which the adjudication of this case depends. On the 6th September 1965, no sooner had India attacked Pakistan, a State of Emergency was declared by the President of Pakistan, and to meet the situation, the Deputy Commissioner, Rangpur, as far as he was concerned, directed, by an order, the…

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