Property & Inheritance2026
Mst. Meraj Bibi & another v. Mst. Zar Gula (deceased) through legal representatives & others
C.A. No. 909/2013 and connected appeals and petitions · Supreme Court of Pakistan
Key holding. A five-member Supreme Court Bench held that inheritance title vests on death, but Article 120's six-year period ordinarily runs only after an overt repudiation of the heir's right is brought to the heir's knowledge. An erroneous inheritance mutation alone is insufficient; separate protections apply to bona fide purchasers.
Read case analysis ↗Taxation2026
Commissioner Inland Revenue v. M/s Mapak Edible Oils (Pvt.) Limited
2026 SHC KHI 2168 · Sindh High Court
Key holding. The Sindh High Court held that for the relevant historical tax year, 'total equity' under section 65E(3) included retained profits and accumulated earnings as well as paid-up capital. The Tribunal's narrower tax-credit computation was modified in favour of the Revenue.
Read case analysis ↗Taxation2026
M/s Mackinnon Mackenzie & Co. of Pakistan (Pvt.) Ltd. v. Commissioner Inland Revenue
2026 SHC KHI 2169 · Sindh High Court
Key holding. Although later amendments to section 177 could not govern the taxpayer's completed special tax year, the Commissioner already had audit-selection power under the earlier law; citation of the later provision did not invalidate the selection in the absence of prejudice.
Read case analysis ↗Taxation2026
Commissioner Inland Revenue v. M/s Premier Oil Pakistan (Kirthar B.V.)
2026 SHC KHI 2167 · Sindh High Court
Key holding. The Sindh High Court left intact the Tribunal's fact-based findings on exploration expenditure, but remanded head-office expenditure because prior-year outcomes could not substitute for a reasoned examination of the evidence for the tax years under appeal.
Read case analysis ↗Taxation2026
Commissioner Inland Revenue v. Mst. Bushra Aitzaz Ahsan and others
Civil Appeals Nos. 1285–1288 of 2021 · Supreme Court of Pakistan
Key holding. The Supreme Court held by a 2–1 majority that separately assessed spouses could each claim the exemption under the Wealth Tax Act, 1963 for one home they separately owned and occupied as their own residence. The Court dismissed the Revenue’s four appeals.
Read case analysis ↗Taxation2026
M/s Zarai Taraqiati Bank Ltd. v. Federation of Pakistan and others
Civil Appeals Nos. 431–435 of 2026 · Supreme Court of Pakistan
Key holding. The Supreme Court held that the Federal Government’s 99.98% direct and indirect shareholding in Zarai Taraqiati Bank did not amount to whole ownership under section 134A of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001. The four Provincial Governments’ minority holdings were decisive. The Court dismissed the preliminary objection and held the appeals maintainable.
Read case analysis ↗Criminal Law & Procedure2026
Muhammad Nawaz v. The State and another
2026 LHC 8471 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. A Magistrate considering a request for medical re-examination of an injured person acts in an administrative capacity, not as an inferior criminal court. The Lahore High Court held that a Sessions Court had no revisional jurisdiction under sections 435 and 439-A CrPC over the Magistrate’s decision and set aside the order constituting a medical board.
Read case analysis ↗Corporate & Commercial2026
Dr. Muhammad Ahtisham Qamar v. Sapphire Industry and others
2026 LHC 8435 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. A buyer who pays for goods online remains a consumer even if the seller later cancels the order and refunds the payment. The Lahore High Court held that an associated claim for general damages does not convert a consumer dispute into an ordinary civil suit; the plaint was properly returned for presentation before the Consumer Court.
Read case analysis ↗Corporate & Commercial2026
Asim Textile Mills Limited v. Additional District Judge, Jaranwala and others
2026 LHC 8410 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. A company may authorise a natural person to institute proceedings on its behalf; the representative need not be a director, secretary or principal officer merely by designation. The Lahore High Court upheld concurrent findings based on a board resolution and authority letter, applying the doctrine of indoor management and declining to reappraise the evidence.
Read case analysis ↗Constitutional & Public Law2026
Faisal Bengali and others v. Province of Sindh and others
2026 SHC KHI 2104; 2026 SHC KHI 2130 · Sindh High Court
Key holding. The Sindh High Court directed the Chief Secretary to arrange a high-level interdepartmental committee to formulate a practical, monitored transport and traffic management master plan. It also directed preparation of draft vehicle-emissions rules under the Sindh environmental framework, finding that administrative reports alone do not implement statutory duties.
Read case analysis ↗Taxation2026
Commissioner Inland Revenue v. Hyderabad Development Authority
2026 SHC KHI 2133 · Sindh High Court
Key holding. A statutory development authority cannot claim the provincial government's income-tax exemption merely because it performs public functions or is government-controlled. Section 49(4) of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 expressly excludes development authorities. The Sindh High Court set aside the Tribunal's exemption finding and remanded the remaining assessment grounds; the underlying tax demands were not automatically reinstated.
Read case analysis ↗Property & Inheritance2026
Mst. Husna and others v. Federation of Pakistan and others
2026 SHC HYD 2110 · Sindh High Court, Hyderabad Circuit
Key holding. The Sindh High Court held that a suit seeking only to negate another person's claimed marital status or inheritance entitlement, without seeking a declaration of the plaintiffs' own legal right, was not maintainable under section 42 of the Specific Relief Act, 1877. Although the trial court had improperly resolved disputed divorce facts at the plaint-rejection stage, the revision was dismissed on the separate legal-character ground.
Read case analysis ↗Banking & Finance2026
Muhammad Abid v. JS Bank Ltd
2026 LHC 8267 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. After issuing summons and receiving a defendant’s application for leave to defend, the Banking Court could not reject the plaint without first deciding that application in accordance with section 10 of the Financial Institutions (Recovery of Finances) Ordinance, 2001. The Lahore High Court set aside the decree and restored the suit for further proceedings.
Read case analysis ↗Property & Inheritance2026
Mst. Shaista Samiuddin v. Muhammad Jahanzaib and Others
2026 SHC KHI 2106 · Sindh High Court
Key holding. The Sindh High Court maintained an ejectment order where the occupant admitted paying rent to a previous owner but could not establish her alleged vendor’s title. A bare sale agreement did not displace the landlord–tenant relationship, and no material illegality was shown in the concurrent findings.
Read case analysis ↗Employment & Service2026
Pakistan Railways and others v. Province of Sindh and others
2026 SHC KHI 2102 · Sindh High Court
Key holding. The Sindh High Court dismissed Pakistan Railways' constitutional challenge to an overtime-wage direction. The employer had not filed its defence before the wages authority or used the statutory appeal route; a disputed employee-status objection could not first be raised in writ jurisdiction.
Read case analysis ↗Property & Inheritance2026
Muhammad Hanif Ansari v. Muhammad Haseeb Ansari and others
2026 SHC KHI 2100 · Sindh High Court
Key holding. A purchaser who acquired the disputed property while litigation was pending could not use later proceedings to escape the existing decree. The Sindh High Court maintained rejection of the fresh suit and refusal of restoration of possession.
Read case analysis ↗Constitutional & Public Law2026
Muhammad Usman v. NADRA through its Chairman and others
2026 LHC 8363 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. In a dispute concerning allegedly incorrect identity particulars, the Lahore High Court permitted withdrawal of the declaratory suit with leave to institute a fresh suit joining necessary parties. The merits were left open.
Read case analysis ↗Constitutional & Public Law2026
Commissioner Inland Revenue v. Muhammad Mustafa Gigi and connected matters
C.R.P. No. 25-K of 2022 and connected matters · Federal Constitutional Court
Key holding. The Federal Constitutional Court dismissed review petitions concerning the Income Support Levy Act, 2013, leaving undisturbed the earlier determination that the legislation had not followed the constitutionally required legislative process.
Read case analysis ↗Property & Inheritance2026
Mst. Bibi Khateeb-un-Nisa v. Abdul Rasheed
2026 PHC 6998 · Peshawar High Court
Key holding. The Peshawar High Court declined to disturb concurrent findings upholding a 1991 sale mutation. The allegation of fraud lacked satisfactory proof and the challenge was brought after a prolonged delay.
Read case analysis ↗Constitutional & Public Law2026
Chairman, National Accountability Bureau v. Adeel Ahmed and connected petition
2026 PLD 424 · Supreme Court of Pakistan
Key holding. The Supreme Court held that, after the relevant constitutional and accountability-law amendments, appellate jurisdiction in National Accountability Ordinance matters lies with the Federal Constitutional Court, including related bail jurisdiction.
Read case analysis ↗Taxation2026
Maris International (Private) Limited v. Commissioner Inland Revenue (Zone-III), Islamabad
2026 PTD 1565 · Islamabad High Court
Key holding. The Islamabad High Court distinguished regulatory access and stock verification under section 38 from coercive search under section 40, and declined to intervene when the tax inquiry had not resulted in a final adverse determination.
Read case analysis ↗Employment & Service2026
Dr. Mohi-ud-Din Dilshad v. Mst. Asia Munir and others
2026 LHC 8275 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. The Lahore High Court dismissed competing challenges to the Governor's modification of a workplace-harassment penalty, distinguishing statutory harassment from general misconduct and limiting Article 199 review to recognised legal defects.
Read case analysis ↗Banking & Finance2026
Qaiser Shabbir and two others v. Federation of Pakistan and others
2026 LHC 7996 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. The Lahore High Court held that alleged wilful default under section 2(g) of the Financial Institutions (Recovery of Finances) Ordinance, 2001 requires prior determination by the Banking Court under section 9(1) before criminal proceedings under section 20(7) may be initiated through the FIA. The Court allowed the connected petitions and set aside the FIA notices.
Read case analysis ↗Arbitration & Dispute Resolution2026
Muhammad Amin v. Muhammad Tufail and others
2026 LHC 8100 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. The Lahore High Court held that an arbitrator's legal heirs were not necessary or proper parties to proceedings over an award made a rule of court. The arbitrator's role was personal, and no surviving right against his estate was identified. The constitutional petition was dismissed.
Read case analysis ↗Taxation2026
Khalid Nazir Spinning Limited v. Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue and others
2026 LHC 8284 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. The Lahore High Court held that the 2025 amended sections 45-B and 46 permit a registered person to take a final adverse sales-tax decision directly to the Appellate Tribunal, even if the Commissioner's decision rests on provisions outside the listed sections. The Court did not decide the substantive tax liability.
Read case analysis ↗Employment & Service2026
Turkish Maarif Foundation v. Punjab Labour Court and others
2026 LHC 7927 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. The Lahore High Court set aside a wage award and an appeal dismissal concerning a non-profit school operator, remanding the claim for fresh consideration of jurisdiction, the employer's legal status and relevant preliminary issues without deciding ultimate liability.
Read case analysis ↗Corporate & Commercial2026
Abdul Hameed and another v. Dildar Baloch and another
2026 LHC 6250 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. A damages suit alleging malicious prosecution cannot simply be dismissed at the threshold when proof of malice, causation and recoverable loss requires issues and evidence; the civil action was restored for trial.
Read case analysis ↗Taxation2026
Commissioner Inland Revenue, Multan Zone v. M/s Al-Muhammad Traders and connected matters
2026 LHC 6850 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. An issued show-cause notice does not by itself validate suspension or blacklisting under section 21(2) of the Sales Tax Act: the tax authority must particularise the alleged irregularities and base its satisfaction on sufficient material.
Read case analysis ↗Property & Inheritance2026
Bashir Ahmad (deceased), through legal representatives, v. Province of Punjab and others
2026 LHC 7066 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. The Lahore High Court set aside civil decrees in a government-land allotment dispute for want of jurisdiction under the Colonization of Government Lands (Punjab) Act, 1912, without deciding which party was entitled to allotment.
Read case analysis ↗Taxation2026
Commissioner Inland Revenue, Sahiwal Zone v. Shahbaz Ahmad, proprietor Shahbaz Auto Store
2026 LHC 6841 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. Retail availability and eventual replacement do not alone make batteries fast-moving consumer goods under the applicable income-tax definition; the Court restored minimum tax of 1% under section 113 for Tax Year 2015.
Read case analysis ↗Employment & Service2026
Security Organizing System Pakistan (Private) Limited v. Employees’ Old-Age Benefits Institution and others
2026 LHC 6327 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. EOBI cannot rely directly on section 12(3) for a contribution assessment without identifying the statutory failure contemplated by section 12(1) and considering available employer records; the challenged decisions were set aside and the case remanded.
Read case analysis ↗Taxation2026
M/s JK Sugar Mills (Pvt.) Limited v. Federation of Pakistan and others
2026 LHC 7034 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. Section 25(1) and (2) of the Sales Tax Act, 1990 operate as interconnected stages: a tax audit cannot be initiated first and justified afterward by a request for the record. The Court set aside the challenged notices.
Read case analysis ↗Customs & Trade2026
Atta Ullah and ten others v. Federation of Pakistan and others
2026 LHC 6682 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. Customs searches under section 163 must comply with applicable Criminal Procedure Code safeguards and FBR directions; an anticipated protest does not dispense with the required process for a nighttime raid. The Court declared the challenged search and seizure unlawful.
Read case analysis ↗Property & Inheritance2026
Dilawar Hussain v. Muhammad Iqbal and others
2026 LHC 6516 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. An inheritance mutation does not conclusively prove the pedigree it records. Evidence of family relationship from persons with special knowledge, and the non-production of material witnesses, must be evaluated before rejecting an omitted heir's claim.
Read case analysis ↗Property & Inheritance2026
Javaid Mukhtar v. Abdul Qadir and others
2026 LHC 7945 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. The Lahore High Court declined to interfere with orders refusing to dismiss a specific-performance suit merely because a bank guarantee was not furnished within an interlocutory deadline. The direction was independent of interim relief, specified no consequence of …
Read case analysis ↗Taxation2026
Sindh Revenue Board vs M/s. Media 5ive Holding, Karachi
2026 SHC KHI 2012 · Sindh High Court
Key holding. The Sindh High Court held that consecutive failures to file accurate monthly returns are distinct defaults, not one continuous offence, but repetition under section 43's enhanced penalty provision cannot be inferred from the number of defaults alone. The punitive…
Read case analysis ↗Corporate & Commercial2026
M/s. ABM Investment vs Civil Aviation Club & another
2026 SHC KHI 2011 · Sindh High Court
Key holding. The Sindh High Court maintained a stay of a commercial recovery suit involving an overlapping advance-booking transaction, finding no jurisdictional defect justifying interference under Article 199. It stressed that common facts alone are not enough under section…
Read case analysis ↗Corporate & Commercial2026
Abdul Sattar v. Muhammad Javed
2026 LHC 7562 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. A defendant who admits issuing a cheque may still obtain leave to defend where an affidavit raises a genuine dispute about consideration. The Lahore High Court restored the opportunity to contest a Rs 6.5 million recovery claim subject to security.
Read case analysis ↗Employment & Service2026
Muhammad Fayyaz ul Haq and another v. Director General Health, Government of Punjab and others
2026 LHC 7841 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. Six allied-health service petitions succeeded where the department withdrew upgradations and related financial benefits granted years earlier under a notified service structure, without adequately addressing the applicable one-time placement policy.
Read case analysis ↗Taxation2026
Rana Farzand Ali v. Commissioner Inland Revenue and others
2026 LHC 7785 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. The Lahore High Court held that section 221 of the Income Tax Ordinance permits correction of an apparent mistake, not substantive review. The department could not use a rectification application to revisit a tax addition after the tribunal's earlier decision.
Read case analysis ↗Taxation2026
Commissioner Inland Revenue v. M/s Asia Ghee Mills (Pvt.) Ltd.
2026 LHC 7702 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. A section 122(5A) amended assessment must rest on a demonstrable error prejudicial to revenue. The Lahore High Court rejected a revenue reference challenging tribunal relief on bad debts, vehicle depreciation and related deductions where the department did not establish legal or evidential error.
Read case analysis ↗Banking & Finance2026
Adamjee Insurance Company Ltd. v. Waseem Qadir Hashmi and others
2026 LHC 7629 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. The Lahore High Court set aside and remanded an insurance-claim award because the Insurance Tribunal did not give issue-wise findings on limitation, payment, calculation and the basis for liquidated damages.
Read case analysis ↗Customs & Trade2026
Collector of Customs (Headquarters), Karachi v. Eagle Clearing & Forwarding Agency, Karachi
2026 SHC KHI 1918 · Sindh High Court
Key holding. The Sindh High Court maintained restoration of customs agents' licences because the show cause notices omitted the particulars of the alleged bribery. An attempt to influence an officer can itself violate rule 102(1)(k), and a forensic report is not always required for electronic evidence, but procedural fairness remains mandatory.
Read case analysis ↗Constitutional & Public Law2026
University of Agriculture, Faisalabad v. Provincial Ombudsman, Punjab
2026 LHC 7615 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. The Lahore High Court dismissed the University of Agriculture Faisalabad's petition, finding that the university qualified as an 'Agency' under section 2(1) of the Punjab Office of the Ombudsman Act, 1997. Governmental control derived from substantive statutory…
Read case analysis ↗Procurement & Construction2026
Muhammad Nazar Gondal vs Government of Sindh & Others
2026 SHC KHI 2000 · Sindh High Court
Key holding. The Sindh High Court rejected claims to mining permits based on preliminary auction letters where the statutory Mines Committee had not been constituted. It distinguished mining concessions from procurement and directed refund of the petitioners' deposited amounts.
Read case analysis ↗Constitutional & Public Law2026
Muhammad Umar Hassan and Another v. Deputy Commissioner Lahore and Others
2026 LHC 7512 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. The Lahore High Court allowed two petitions against sealing of registered laboratory sample collection centres. Routine compliance inspections required the statutory Punjab Healthcare Commission mechanism; an administrative anti-quackery directive did not…
Read case analysis ↗Corporate & Commercial2026
Fawad Ahmad Mukhtar vs SECP etc
2026 LHC 7540 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. The Lahore High Court set aside penalties for delayed beneficial-ownership disclosures where re-elected directors had not changed the underlying ownership, the filings were corrected voluntarily and the statutory objective had been met without concealment or…
Read case analysis ↗Taxation2026
Collectorate of Customs (Enforcement), Multan v. Customs Appellate Tribunal
2026 LHC 7680 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. The Lahore High Court dismissed customs references arising from seized skimmed milk powder and transport vehicles. Manufacturing documents and the department's own factory inspection substantiated the claim of domestic manufacture; packaging differences and…
Read case analysis ↗Constitutional & Public Law2026
Muhammad Yameen vs Government of Sindh through Chief Secretary Sindh & others
F.C.P.L.A. No. 581/2026 (unreported) · Federal Constitutional Court
Key holding. The Federal Constitutional Court held that Sindh's 2025 age limit for Anti-Terrorism Court presiding officers did not retrospectively terminate the fixed terms of judges appointed under the earlier law. It set aside the termination notification insofar as it…
Read case analysis ↗Banking & Finance2026
MCB Bank Ltd. vs Bashir Ahmad etc.
2026 LHC 7357 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. The Lahore High Court held that a valid registered mortgage survives the mortgagor's death and may be enforced against mortgaged property inherited by legal heirs, even where later finance renewals do not create personal liability for those heirs.
Read case analysis ↗Taxation2026
Ajmeer Electric Engineering Works (Pvt.) Ltd. v. Commissioner, Sindh Revenue Board
2026 SHC KHI 1900 · Sindh High Court
Key holding. The Sindh High Court dismissed two sales-tax references arising from repairs to HESCO distribution transformers. Returning an existing transformer to working condition was repair rather than manufacture; a tariff reclassification by the Tribunal did not defeat the…
Read case analysis ↗Property & Inheritance2026
Muhammad Sarwar vs Maqsoodan Bibi etc
2026 LHC 7198 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. The Lahore High Court dismissed the purchasers' revision because fraudulent gift mutations had deprived an heir of her property and the statutory requirements for protection of an ostensible-owner transaction were not met.
Read case analysis ↗Taxation2026
Punjab Revenue Authority etc vs M/s Captain Developers etc
2026 LHC 7193 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. The Lahore High Court set aside the Punjab Revenue Authority Tribunal's appointment of a Local Commission because the special tax statute prescribed a different procedure for further inquiry and conferred no general authority to import that power from the CPC.
Read case analysis ↗Banking & Finance2026
Pakistan Kuwait Investment Company (Pvt) Limited vs Amtex Limited & Others
2026 SHC KHI 1873 · 2026 SHC KHI 1874 · 2026 SHC KHI 1881 · 2026 SHC KHI 1882 · Sindh High Court
Key holding. The Sindh High Court held that statutory cost of funds does not extinguish accrued contractual mark-up, while also upholding procedural consequences for non-prosecution of leave-to-defend proceedings and recognising an agreed forum with territorial nexus.
Read case analysis ↗Arbitration2026
MS Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Limited vs Metro Metals Northwest inc.
2026 LHC 5799 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. The Lahore High Court upheld enforcement of the foreign arbitral award. Refusal must fall within the grounds recognised under Article V of the New York Convention; enforcement is not an appeal on the merits.
Read case analysis ↗Employment & Service2026
Irshad Ali vs M/s Karachi Cooperative Housing Societies Union Ltd and others
2026 SHC KHI 1656 · Sindh High Court
Key holding. The Sindh High Court set aside a termination imposed without proof of compliance with mandatory disciplinary safeguards. The employee was reinstated, while lawful disciplinary proceedings remained available to the employer.
Read case analysis ↗Employment & Service2026
United Municipal Workers Union, CBA/CBU, All TMA(s) vs Registrar of Trade Unions
2026 PHC 4886 · Peshawar High Court
Key holding. The Peshawar High Court recognised standing for a rival union in the same bargaining unit to challenge office-bearer certification, but rejected an attempt to impose an unwritten 'worker' qualification on a person appointed within the statutory 25% outsider quota.
Read case analysis ↗Constitutional & Public Law2026
Ashba Kamran vs NEPRA through its Chairman etc
2026 LHC 3378 · PLJ 2026 Lahore 623 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. The Lahore High Court declined to intervene in broad challenges to power-sector economic arrangements. Courts review legality and constitutionality, not the wisdom of technical and commercial policy in the abstract.
Read case analysis ↗Banking & Finance2026
Muhammad Usman v. Federation of Pakistan and Others
W.P. No. 1553 of 2026 · Islamabad High Court
Key holding. The Islamabad High Court held that BankIslami Pakistan Limited had unjustifiably blocked Muhammad Usman's account without any freezing direction from the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency. The bank had already removed the debit block during the…
Read case analysis ↗Property & Inheritance2026
Dilasa Khan & others vs Shah Zaheer & others
2026 PHC 4203 · Peshawar High Court
Key holding. The Peshawar High Court held that revenue officers may entertain partition where an alternative statutory basis under Section 135 is established despite the absence of a regular settlement record. An unsupported claim of title dispute does not automatically defeat…
Read case analysis ↗Procurement & Construction2026
FUIJIAN LUGANG (GROUP) CO. LTD. Versus PROVINCE OF SINDH through Chief Secretary Government of Sindh
2026 PLD 359 · 2026 SHC HYD 1789 · Sindh High Court
Key holding. The Sindh High Court upheld the rejection of a non-responsive bid in an internationally financed procurement. Incorrect security, shortened validity and defective authorisation were material departures rather than harmless irregularities.
Read case analysis ↗Taxation2026
SHER MUHAMMAD MUGHARI Versus The FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Finance Islamabad
2026 PLD 155 · Federal Constitutional Court
Key holding. In a short order, the Federal Constitutional Court declared Section 7E of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 unconstitutional and void ab initio, setting aside actions and notices taken under the impugned provision.
Read case analysis ↗Arbitration2026
Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa through the Secretary to Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Irregation Department vs M/S Technicon Engineers & EPC Contractor Group
2026 PHC 3184 · Peshawar High Court
Key holding. The Peshawar High Court upheld judicial intervention under the Arbitration Act, 1940 where the parties could not agree on an independent arbitrator, and substituted a neutral sole arbitrator so the contractual process could proceed.
Read case analysis ↗Constitutional & Public Law2026
Irfan Qazi vs Province of Sindh & others
2026 SHC KHI 985 · Sindh High Court
Key holding. The Sindh High Court scrutinised the legality of a public official's promotion and reinstatement. It held that public office can be tested through quo warranto and that an authority cannot reopen a final decision without statutory review power.
Read case analysis ↗Banking & Finance2026
NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN Versus NASEEM ENTERPRISES AND TRADING (PVT.) LIMITED
2026 CLD 1104 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. The Lahore High Court accepted the recovery action instituted through a duly authorised bank officer. Contemporaneous audited financial statements also operated as evidence of the borrower's admitted liability.
Read case analysis ↗Taxation2026
IBRAHIM NIZAMI STEEL WIRE INDUSTRY (PVT.) LTD. Versus FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary (Rev)/Chairman, Federal Board of Revenue, FBR House Constitution Avenue, Islamabad
2026 PTD 1513 · Balochistan High Court
Key holding. The Balochistan High Court dismissed a constitutional petition seeking to apply an earlier Tribunal valuation ruling to past and future steel-wire imports. The prior decision operated between the parties for the relevant transaction, not as a universal assessment…
Read case analysis ↗Property & Inheritance2026
MUHAMMAD ISMAIL Versus Mst. BIBI SAFIA
2026 PLD 105 · Balochistan High Court
Key holding. The Balochistan High Court upheld an inheritance decree and refused to reopen an adverse finding on limitation that was not challenged in the appellate court. It also applied the evidentiary presumption governing a document over 30 years old from proper custody.
Read case analysis ↗Employment & Service2026
Muhammad Asad Islam Madni and Others v. Federation of Pakistan and Others
W.P. Nos. 989 · 967 · 1085 · 1144 · 1160 · 1848 and 2522 of 2025 · Islamabad High Court
Key holding. In seven connected petitions concerning the 29th High Powered Selection Board, the Islamabad High Court struck down the 2025 amendment imposing permanent ineligibility after two non-recommendations and set aside the board's recommendations relating to the seven…
Read case analysis ↗Corporate & Commercial2026
The CRESCENT TEXTILE MILLS LIMITED Versus SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN (SECP) through Chairman
2026 CLD 749 · Islamabad High Court
Key holding. The Islamabad High Court dismissed an intra-court appeal arising from SECP show-cause proceedings because the Companies Act, 2017 provides an appeal against the resulting statutory order, triggering the bar under the Law Reforms Ordinance.
Read case analysis ↗Employment & Service2026
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 · Sindh High Court
Key holding. The Sindh High Court restored full back benefits following reinstatement after unlawful termination. The employer had not established that the employees were gainfully employed elsewhere during the intervening period.
Read case analysis ↗Procurement & Construction2026
POPULAR INTERNATIONAL (PVT.) LTD. Versus GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB through Secretary Health
2026 CLC 1018 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. The Lahore High Court upheld the regulator's order requiring reconsideration by a reconstituted grievance committee. The direction addressed independence and procedural fairness without replacing the technical decision itself.
Read case analysis ↗Healthcare Regulation2026
Iskandar M. Khan v. Chairman, Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority and Another
W.P. No. 1801 of 2020 · Islamabad High Court
Key holding. The Islamabad High Court allowed a writ petition seeking enforcement of Pakistan Standards for polypropylene food sacks and cement packaging. The court rejected PSQCA's position that it could license packaging manufacturers but not pursue noncompliant sacks in…
Read case analysis ↗Procurement & Construction2026
MANAGING DIRECTOR, FRONTIER HIGHWAY AUTHORITY Versus BROTHERS CONSTRUCTIONS AND BUILDERS (BCB)
2026 PLD 94 · Federal Constitutional Court
Key holding. The Federal Constitutional Court declined to interfere with relief granted against a public agency that imposed additional bid security by reference to an undisclosed engineer's estimate. Essential tender requirements could not be changed mid-process without…
Read case analysis ↗Taxation2026
MATRACON PAKISTAN (PRIVATE) LIMITED, ISLAMABAD Versus APPELLATE TRIBUNAL FOR SALES TAX ON SERVICES, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA
2026 PLD 127 · Federal Constitutional Court
Key holding. The Federal Constitutional Court upheld the challenged provincial provision, treating the levy as a tax on services rather than a tax on goods. It also affirmed its power to address substantial constitutional questions arising in tax proceedings.
Read case analysis ↗Banking & Finance2026
UNITED BANK LIMITED Versus PRESIDENT OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN, AIWAN-E-SADAR, ISLAMABAD
2026 CLD 803 · Islamabad High Court
Key holding. The Islamabad High Court distinguished maladministration and failure to follow SBP directives from contested banking-fraud claims requiring trial. The Banking Mohtasib cannot adjudicate complex disputed facts or impose civil liability in place of a court.
Read case analysis ↗Employment & Service2026
SAPPHIRE TEXTILE MILLS LIMITED (UNIT NO.7 HOME TEXTILE), LAHORE Versus PUNJAB EMPLOYEES SOCIAL SECURITY INSTITUTION (PESSI) through Director (Legal)
2026 PLC 227 · Supreme Court of Pakistan
Key holding. The Supreme Court held that the statutory increase under Section 23 was penal in character and could not be imposed for the period when a valid stay order suspended the employer's enforceable duty to pay social-security contributions.
Read case analysis ↗Taxation2026
FOUNDATION WIND ENERGY-II Versus COMMISSIONER PUNJAB REVENUE AUTHORITY
2026 PTD 542 · 2026 LHC 1055 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. The Lahore High Court set aside recovery proceedings against a service recipient pursued under Section 52 of the Punjab Sales Tax on Services Act. The asserted substantive liability lacked sufficient footing in the parent statute, and the territorial scope of the…
Read case analysis ↗Arbitration2026
PETROSIN CNG (PRIVATE) LIMITED Versus MARI ENERGIES LIMITED
2026 CLD 517 · Islamabad High Court
Key holding. The Islamabad High Court dismissed an attempt to obtain substantive interim relief through Section 3 of the 2011 Act before any foreign arbitral award existed. The earlier order directing arbitration had also attained finality.
Read case analysis ↗Arbitration2026
Petrosin CNG (Private) Limited v. Mari Energies Limited
Enforcement Petition No. 04 of 2025 · Islamabad High Court
Key holding. The Islamabad High Court dismissed Petrosin CNG's section 3 enforcement petition arising from a gas sale and purchase agreement providing for London-seated ICC arbitration. No foreign award yet existed. The court held that section 3 did not provide a route to…
Read case analysis ↗Banking & Finance2025
The BANK OF PUNJAB Versus AGRI INTERNATIONAL
2026 CLD 432 · 2025 LHC 7720 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. The Lahore High Court recognised the Banking Court's power to permit sale of charged property without further court intervention even after execution proceedings had commenced, subject to statutory requirements and a conscious order.
Read case analysis ↗Intellectual Property2025
Dawn Foods Inc. vs Golden Harvest Foods (Pvt) Ltd., & another
2025 SHC KHI 3053 · Sindh High Court
Key holding. The Sindh High Court directed that a transferred infringement suit be heard alongside the connected statutory trademark application. Joint treatment avoided conflicting decisions and duplication of proceedings.
Read case analysis ↗Banking & Finance2025
FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Ministry of Water and Power Versus SPENCER POWERGEN COMPANY OF PAKISTAN LIMITED
2026 SCMR 339 · Supreme Court of Pakistan
Key holding. The Supreme Court upheld relief against the encashment of a performance guarantee where the public authority's actions conflicted with government decisions concerning its return. A contractual setting did not immunise arbitrary state action from judicial review.
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MANZAR LATIF MIAN Versus DEPILEX (PVT.) LTD., through Chief Executive, Ms. Masarrat Misbah
2026 CLD 479 · 2025 LHC 7194 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. The Lahore High Court upheld protection of a registered trade name and artistic work. Registration carried a presumption of validity unless challenged through the statutory rectification process.
Read case analysis ↗Property & Inheritance2025
JAMSHED KHAN Versus AKBAR KHAN
2026 PLD 146 · 2025 LHC 5297 · Lahore High Court
Key holding. The Lahore High Court rejected a belated challenge to a mutation made under special settlement legislation. Civil-court jurisdiction, limitation and the predecessor's prior knowledge were decisive notwithstanding the inheritance claim.
Read case analysis ↗Property & Inheritance2025
Syeda FOUZIA JALAAL SHAH Versus FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Law and Justice, Islamabad
2025 PLD 1 · Federal Shariat Court
Key holding. The Federal Shariat Court declared customs that deprive female heirs of their Quranic inheritance shares un-Islamic and without legal effect, while declining to grant case-specific personal relief outside its Article 203-D jurisdiction.
Read case analysis ↗Corporate & Commercial2024
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 · Supreme Court of Pakistan
Key holding. The Supreme Court rejected the objection to the company's appeal. Directors retained residual authority to challenge a winding-up order on behalf of the company, notwithstanding the appointment of a liquidator.
Read case analysis ↗Banking & Finance2024
National Highway Authority vs Messrs KAC-UCC JV and others
2024 CLD 858 · 2024 CLC 1514 · Islamabad High Court
Key holding. The Islamabad High Court set aside an injunction against encashment. The performance security was enforceable on its own terms, independently of the unresolved dispute under the underlying contract.
Read case analysis ↗Corporate & Commercial2023
Sohail Ahmed and others vs Additional Director, Listed Companies, Adjudication Department-I
2024 CLD 635 · Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan
Key holding. The SECP appellate bench upheld the penalty for failure to transmit quarterly financial statements electronically to the Commission in the prescribed manner. Submission to another recipient did not meet that separate obligation.
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