YOUSUF ALI KHAN, BARRISTER-AT-LAW vs THE WEST PAKISTAN BAR COUNCIL — 1972 PLD 404

Citation: 1972 PLD 404

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-12-31

Parties: YOUSUF ALI KHAN, BARRISTER-AT-LAW vs THE WEST PAKISTAN BAR COUNCIL JUDGMENT

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1972 Lahore 404

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Maulvi Mushtaq Hussain, Shafi-ur-Rehman, A. R. Sheikh Title:YOUSUF ALI KHAN, BARRISTER-AT-LAW vs THE WEST PAKISTAN BAR COUNCIL JUDGMENT Reported As: PLD 1972 Lahore 404 Result: A. Judgment JUDGMENT MUSHTAQ HUSSAIN, J.-By our short order dated 24-4-1972. We accepted the Writ Petition and declared the impugned order of the West Pakistan Bar Council dated 28-12-1971, suspending the licence of the petitioner, to be without lawful authority and of no legal effect. We, however, did not pass any order as to costs. The reasons which led us to pass that order are given below. 2. Mr. Yousuf Ali Khan, who is a Barrister-at-Law and an Advocate of this Court, was convicted by a Division Bench of this Court comprising S. Anwar-ul-Haq, J. (as be then was) and Muhammad Gul, J., by their order dated 17-12-1968 under Article 123 of the Constitution of 1962 read with section 3 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1962. This order was passed in Criminal Original No. 150 of 1968. 3. The Judgment of the Bench contained the following observation also- "The proceedings in this case as well as in the connected case have revealed a serious mental defect in the respondent, having a direct bearing on his fitness to continue to act as an Advocate of this Court, and accordingly a copy of the orders in both these cases shall be sent to the West Pakistan Bar Council for necessary action to consider, in the interest of litigant public, whether the respondent is a fit…

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