Legal Principle & Question Decided

Ruling Summary: This decision was rendered by the Sindh High Court, officially reported as 2025 SHC 623. In this matter between Const. P. 1345/2025 (S.B.) Sindh High Court, Karachi - Amanat Ali (Petitioner) and the Respondent, 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: Sindh High Court CASE NO: Const. P. 1345/2025 (S.B.) Sindh High Court, Karachi CITATION: 2026 SHC KHI 623 PARTIES: Amanat Ali (Petitioner) ORDER DATE: 16-MAR-26 BENCH: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Adnan-ul-Karim Memon(Author), Hon'ble Mr. Justice Zulfiqar Ali Sangi A.F.R: Yes ------------------------------------------------------------ 1

ORDER SHEET IN THE HIGH COURT OF SINDH, KARACHI

Constitutional Petition No. S-1345 of 2025 (Amanat Ali versus Province of Sindh & others)

Date Order with signature of Judge

Before: Mr. Justice Adnan-ul-Karim Memon

1. For order on office objection Nos.1 to 4 alongwith reply as at “A” 2. For hearing of main case

16.3.2026

None present for the petitioner Mr. Ali Safdar Depar, Assistant AG Mr. Raza Mian, DSP (Legal-II) CPO SI Sultan, Additional SHO PS Malir Cantt. Karachi --------------------- ORDER

Adnan-ul-Karim Memon, J. This petition relates to the alleged illegal confinement of minor Umme-e-Habiba, aged about 4-5 years. 2. None appeared on behalf of the petitioner. 3. Learned AAG submitted that the minor is presently with her mother; therefore, no case for a habeas corpus petition is made out and the matter pertains to custody to be decided by the Family Court. 4. It appears from the record that the petitioner had earlier filed Habeas Corpus Petition No.529 of 2025 before the learned III -Additional Sessions Judge, Malir, Karachi, which was dismissed on 03.11.2025 on the ground that family litigation between the parties regarding custody and maintenance was already pending before the competent Family Courts. 5. In view thereof, the present petition is dismissed for non-prosecution.

JUDGE

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