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Citation: 1970 PLD 400
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 1970
Decision Date: 1970-07-08
Parties: In Re : KARAMATULLAH KHAN vs NOT
Case cited as PLD 1970 Supreme Court 400
Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s):Waheeduddin Ahmad, Mujibur Rahman Khan, Sajjad Ahmad Jan, Muhammad Yaqub Ali Khan Title: In Re : KARAMATULLAH KHAN vs NOT Case No.: Criminal Miscellaneous No. 38 of 1970 Date of Judgment:1970-07-08 Reported As: PLD 1970 Supreme Court 400 Result: N/A Judgment ORDER WAHIDUDDIN AHMAD, J.-Those proceedings have arisen out of a contempt notice issued to Mr. Karamatullah Khan, respondent, dated the 6th May 1970. The allegation against the respondent is that in disregard of the warning of the Court and in violation of the undertaking given by him, he addressed letters dated the 20th of April 1970 and 25th April 1970, to Mr. Justice Sajjad Ahmad and Mr. Justice Muhammad Yaqub A.I, Judges of this Court, containing in the first letter a false allega-- petition that Mr. Justice Sajjad Ahmad had given personal interview to Mr. Abdul Khaliq, Treasury Officer, Peshawar, to enable him to explain his case (C. A. No. 2-P/1968) prior to the hearing of the appeal on the 24th and 25th of March 1970. He further stated in the said letter as under:- "This information was a highly welcome and heartening piece of news for me, inasmuch as I had always been under the impression that such interviews with Judges might precipitate action under contempt of Court. I congratulate your Lordship on this welcome change in your Lordship's concept of contempt of Court." The respondent, Karamatullah, on the 14th May 1970, has stated in his reply that shudder of…
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