Legal Principle & Question Decided

Ruling Summary: This decision was rendered by the Sindh High Court on 2023-08-15, officially reported as 2023 SHC 506. In this matter between Muhammad Ibrahim & Others and Province of Sindh & Others, the court adjudicated key questions of statutory construction, procedural regularity, and legal precedent under Pakistani law.

Core Holding: The honorable bench evaluated governing statutory provisions and judicial authorities to establish the rights of the parties, delivering the binding reasoning set out below.

Full Judgment Text & Judicial Ruling

Court Name: Sindh High Court Judge(s): Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui, Arshad Hussain Khan Title: Muhammad Ibrahim & Others vs Province of Sindh & Others Case No.: C.P. No.D-873 of 2023 Date of Judgment:2023-08-15 Reported As: 2023 SHC 506 Result: Petition Dismissed

Judgment ORDER Mr. Muhammad Hayat Mughal advocate files vakalatnama on behalf of respondent No.3 which is taken on record. Petitioners in order to seek their postretirement benefits seek an amendment in the Sindh (Regularization of Contingent Paid or Work-Charged Employees of Left Bank Outfall Drainage (LBOD) Act, 2018 commonly called Sindh Act No.XL of 2018. In terms of Article 199 of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan 1973 this Court cannot cause any amendment in the impugned Act of 2018 ibid Act referred to above. It is only the legislative competence which could overcome such an issue and not by virtue of any amendment order to be passed by this Court. Petition being misconceived is dismissed.

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