AZIMUNNISA BEGUM vs CLAIMS COMMISSIONER, KARACHI AND LAHORE — 1971 PLD 8

Citation: 1971 PLD 8

Court: Sindh High Court

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-11-06

Parties: AZIMUNNISA BEGUM vs CLAIMS COMMISSIONER, KARACHI AND LAHORE

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1971 Karachi 8

Judgment Text

Court Name: Sindh High Court Judge(s): Sardar Muhammad Iqbal Title: AZIMUNNISA BEGUM vs CLAIMS COMMISSIONER, KARACHI AND LAHORE Case No.: Writ Petition No, 630 of 1969 Date of Judgment:1969-11-06 Reported As: PLD 1971 Karachi 8 Result: Petition dismissed Judgment ORDER Mst. Azimunnisa Begum, petitioner herein, was a displaced person having migrated from Royapettah Madras, and submitted a claim under section 5 of the Registration of Claims (Displaced Persons) Act III of 1956, in respect of the property which she abandoned in India. The claim was verified for a sum of Rs, 2,46,372.00. She was issued a compensation book indicating Rs, 84,480.00 as deferred amount. The case of the petitioner is that she is entitled to the payment of the entire sum of Rs, 2,46,372.00. She has, therefore, filed this petition with the prayer that "the respondent be directed to enforce the actual verification order by eliminating the slab system (deferred payments) and to reopen all such decided cases to whom substantial injury has monetarily been caused." 2. Learned counsel contends that once the claim was verified under the Registration of Claims (Displaced Persons) Act, 1956, it became an indefeasible right of the petitioner for the payment of the entire amount. The learned counsel, it appears, has not appreciated the precise purpose, extent and scope of the 1956-Act which was only promulgated for the purposes of registration and verification of claims of displaced persons in respect of the…

Read the full judgment on Al Wakeelo — Pakistan's AI-powered legal research platform.