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Petitioner: Ch. SHAH MUHAMMAD, INSPECTOR C.IA. and anothers VS Respondent: RAMZAN BIBI and others
Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Muhammad Rafique Tarar, Manzoor Hussain Sial, Saad Saood Jan Title:Ch. SHAH MUHAMMAD, INSPECTOR C.IA. and anothers vs RAMZAN BIBI and
others Case No.: Civil Petition for Leave to Appeal No, 1089-L of 1992 Date of Judgment:1994-03-29 Reported As: 1994 SCMR 1880 Result: Leave granted Judgment ORDER MANZOOR HUSSAIN SIAL, J.---After hearing learned counsel for petitioners as well as the learned Additional Advocate-General, we grant leave to appeal in this case to consider, inter alia, whether the Lahore High Court in exercise of the Constitutional jurisdiction was competent to transfer investigation of a criminal case from one investigating officer to another particular police officer thereby interfering in the investigation of the case, contrary to law laid down by this Court in Emperor v. Khawaja Nazir Ahmad (AIR 1945 PC 18), Shahnaz Begum v. The Hon'ble Judges of the High Court of Sindh and Balochistan (PLD 1971 SC 677) and Malik Ghulam Ahmad v. Haji Muhammad Yousaf and others (PLD 1976 SC 271). ' On identical question, leave to appeal has also been granted by this Court on 16-3-1994, in Civil Petition for Leave to Appeal No,229-L/1994. This petition to be heard alongwith the same.