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Arbitration / Lahore High Court

Whether the recognition and enforcement of a foreign arbitral award can be refused on grounds outside those enumerated in Article V of the New York Convention?

MS Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Limited vs Metro Metals Northwest inc.

2026 LHC 5799 · 2026-09-09

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Employment & Service / Sindh High Court

Can an employer terminate an employee for alleged unauthorized absence without conducting a regular disciplinary inquiry?

Irshad Ali vs M/s Karachi Cooperative Housing Societies Union Ltd and others

2026 SHC KHI 1656 · 2026-08-31

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Constitutional & Public Law / Lahore High Court

Whether policy matters relating to the power sector, tariff mechanisms, and sovereign guarantees are justiciable under Article 199 of the Constitution of Pakistan?

Ashba Kamran vs NEPRA through its Chairman etc

2026 LHC 3378, PLJ 2026 Lahore 623 · 2026-06-03

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Procurement & Construction / Sindh High Court

Does an international financial agreement override local procurement rules in the event of inconsistency?

FUIJIAN LUGANG (GROUP) CO. LTD. Versus PROVINCE OF SINDH through Chief Secretary Government of Sindh

2026 PLD 359, 2026 SHC HYD 1789 · 2026-05-12

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Constitutional & Public Law / Sindh High Court

Is a writ of quo warranto maintainable when challenging the legality of a public servant's appointment or retention in office?

Irfan Qazi vs Province of Sindh & others

2026 SHC KHI 985 · 2026-04-23

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Banking & Finance / Lahore High Court

Can a suit under the Financial Institutions (Recovery of Finances) Ordinance, 2001 be validly instituted by an officer with a power of attorney without a foundational board resolution?

NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN Versus NASEEM ENTERPRISES AND TRADING (PVT.) LIMITED

2026 CLD 1104 · 2026-04-15

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Employment & Service / Sindh High Court

Whether an employee reinstated after an unlawful termination is automatically entitled to full back benefits?

Saqib vs Rollins Industries Pvt Ltd & Others

2026 SHC KHI 425, 2026 SHC KHI 426, 2026 SHC KHI 427, 2026 SHC KHI 428, 2026 SHC KHI 429 · 2026-02-25

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Procurement & Construction / Lahore High Court

Whether the Managing Director of the Punjab Public Procurement Regulatory Authority has the statutory jurisdiction to set aside decisions of a Grievance Redressal Committee and direct its reconstitution?

POPULAR INTERNATIONAL (PVT.) LTD. Versus GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB through Secretary Health

2026 CLC 1018 · 2026-02-16

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Taxation / Federal Constitutional Court

Is Serial No. 14 of Schedule 2 to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sales Tax on Services Act, 2022, ultra vires the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan 1973?

MATRACON PAKISTAN (PRIVATE) LIMITED, ISLAMABAD Versus APPELLATE TRIBUNAL FOR SALES TAX ON SERVICES, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA

2026 PLD 127 · 2026-02-02

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Taxation / Lahore High Court

Can the Punjab Revenue Authority initiate recovery proceedings under Section 52 of the Punjab Sales Tax on Services Act, 2012 against a service recipient in the capacity of a withholding agent?

FOUNDATION WIND ENERGY-II Versus COMMISSIONER PUNJAB REVENUE AUTHORITY

2026 PTD 542, 2026 LHC 1055 · 2026-01-28

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Arbitration / Islamabad High Court

Can a court grant substantive interim relief under Section 3 of the Recognition and Enforcement (Arbitration Agreements and Foreign Arbitral Awards) Act, 2011 in the absence of a final arbitral award?

PETROSIN CNG (PRIVATE) LIMITED Versus MARI ENERGIES LIMITED

2026 CLD 517 · 2026-01-14

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Banking & Finance / Lahore High Court

Whether a Banking Court is precluded from granting permission to a decree-holder to sell charged property without the intervention of the court after it has commenced execution proceedings in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908?

The BANK OF PUNJAB Versus AGRI INTERNATIONAL

2026 CLD 432, 2025 LHC 7720 · 2025-12-09

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Intellectual Property / Sindh High Court

Which forum has jurisdiction over intellectual property disputes and connected statutory applications under the Trade Marks Ordinance, 2001?

Dawn Foods Inc. vs Golden Harvest Foods (Pvt) Ltd., & another

2025 SHC KHI 3053 · 2025-10-21

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Banking & Finance / Supreme Court of Pakistan

Can a High Court exercise writ jurisdiction to enforce a refund of a performance guarantee in a contractual dispute involving a state instrumentality?

FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Ministry of Water and Power Versus SPENCER POWERGEN COMPANY OF PAKISTAN LIMITED

2026 SCMR 339 · 2025-10-02

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Intellectual Property / Lahore High Court

Can the validity of a copyright registration be challenged through collateral proceedings without invoking the statutory rectification process?

MANZAR LATIF MIAN Versus DEPILEX (PVT.) LTD., through Chief Executive, Ms. Masarrat Misbah

2026 CLD 479, 2025 LHC 7194 · 2025-10-01

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Property & Inheritance / Lahore High Court

Does the repeal of the Pakistan Administration of Evacuee Property Act 1957 remove the bar on the jurisdiction of Civil Courts regarding orders passed during its operation?

JAMSHED KHAN Versus AKBAR KHAN

2026 PLD 146 · 2025-06-18

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Property & Inheritance / Lahore High Court

Does the repeal of the Pakistan Administration of Evacuee Property Act 1957 remove the bar on the jurisdiction of Civil Courts regarding orders passed during its operation?

Jamshed Khan & 05 others vs Akbar Khan & 15 others

2025 LHC 5297 · 2025-06-18

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Corporate & Commercial / Supreme Court of Pakistan

Whether a company that has been ordered to be wound up can challenge the winding-up order in its name through its board of directors or the chief executive officer?

M/s Tanveer Cotton Mills (Pvt.) Ltd. (in C.P.L.A 1422-L/2021) M/s Tanveer

2024 SCP 219, 2024 PLD Supreme Court 830, 2024 CLD 1032 · 2024-06-28

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Banking & Finance / Islamabad High Court

Can a court restrain the encashment of an irrevocable performance security based on disputes arising from the underlying contract?

National Highway Authority vs Messrs KAC-UCC JV and others

2024 CLD 858, 2024 CLC 1514 · 2024-05-02

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Corporate & Commercial / Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan

Does filing quarterly financial statements with a stock exchange or registrar satisfy the statutory requirement to electronically transmit them to the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan?

Sohail Ahmed and others vs Additional Director, Listed Companies, Adjudication Department-I

2024 CLD 635 · 2023-08-25

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