MUHAMMAD SHAKIL AAMIR GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN GOVERNMENT OF — 1972 SCMR 430

Citation: 1972 SCMR 430

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-12-31

Petitioner: MUHAMMAD SHAKIL AAMIR GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN GOVERNMENT OF JUDGMENT

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Case cited as 1972 SCMR 430

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Salahuddin Ahmad, Waheeduddin Ahmad, Hamoodur Rahman Title:MUHAMMAD SHAKIL AAMIR GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN GOVERNMENT OF JUDGMENT Reported As: 1972 SCMR 430 Result: Order accordingly Judgment JUDGMENT HAMOODUR RAHMAN, C. J.-These two appeals, of which one has been filed by the Government of Pakistan, arise out of a judg--ment of a Division Bench of the High Court of Sind & Baluchistan in a petition under Article 98 of the Constitution of 1962 read with the Provisional Constitution Order of 1969, filed by the respondent Miss Naseem Kausar Arbab, to challenge the selection of the appellant in Civil Appeal No. K-32 by the Navy Authorities for admission to the First year M. B., B. S. Course in the Dow Medical College, Karachi, for the year 1971-72. The said respondent claimed that the selection could only be made in the exercise of powers given by paragraph 12 of the Instructions contained in the prospectus of the Dow Medical College, Karachi, and according to those instructions, she claimed to have a preferential right to be selected having obtained 58.4 marks in the Intermediate Examination as against the said appellant's 48.6% to (as given in the High Court judgment). This petition was opposed by both the Government of Pakistan and the Government of Sind as also by the candidate whose selection was challenged. --- ## Page 2 The High Court, after hearing elaborate arguments, came to the conclusion that the criteria laid down by…

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