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Petitioner: Supreme Court of Pakistani ABDUL MAJEED VS Respondent: ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE, LAHORE and 2 others
Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s):Faqir Muhammad Khokhar, Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday, Tanvir Ahmed
Khan Title:Supreme Court of Pakistani ABDUL MAJEED vs ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE, LAHORE and 2 others Case No.: Civil Petition for Leave to Appeal No. 588-L of 2002 Date of Judgment:2002-04-25 Reported As: 2003 SCMR 936 Result: Petition dismissed Judgment ORDER ' TANVIR AHMED KHAN, J.---Leave to appeal is sought against the judgment, dated 6-12-2001 of the Lahore High Court, Lahore, whereby Writ Petition No,10785 of 2000 filed by the petitioner has been dismissed. ' The Impugned order was passed by a learned Single Judge of the Lahore High Court, Lahore, on 6.12-2001 burdening the petitioner with special costs of Rs.10,000 to be paid to respondents Nos,2 and 3 for embroiling them in uncalled for litigation in spite of the fact that no restraint order was passed. The petitioner has not complied with the direction of the learned Single Judge in spite of the fact that no restraint order is in the field. ' On 25-4-2002 when this petition came up for hearing we asked the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner regarding payment of the costs to respondents Nos.2 and 3 as awarded by the learned Single Judge. The case was, accordingly, adjourned for today. The direction for payment of costs, even till today, has not been complied with and the learned counsel again wants time as according to him, the petitioner has gone for arranging money. ' We are not persuaded to grant this request made by the learned counsel so as to prolong this uncalled for litigation. The instant petition is, accordingly, dismissed.