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Weekly Law News Update (07-03-2026)

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Court Decisions • Legal Developments • Legal Awareness

🏛️ Supreme Court Moves to Protect Witnesses from Abusive Cross-Examination

The Supreme Court has emphasized that witnesses must be treated with dignity during trial proceedings and warned against abusive or humiliating cross-examination practices. Trial courts have been advised to intervene where questioning becomes oppressive or irrelevant.

📌 Legal Insight: Courts have the authority to control cross-examination to ensure fairness and protect witnesses from harassment.

— Ahsan Legal Services

👩‍⚖️ Lahore High Court: Women May File Khula Cases in Their District of Residence

The Lahore High Court ruled that women can file khula and haq-mehr cases in the district where they reside, making access to justice easier and reducing unnecessary hardship.

📌 Legal Insight: Family courts should facilitate litigants and avoid forcing women to travel to distant jurisdictions.

— Ahsan Legal Services

⚖️ Three Civil Judges Dismissed Over Misconduct

The Lahore High Court has dismissed three civil judges from Lahore, Rawalpindi, and Jhelum after misconduct allegations were proven through an inquiry.

📌 Legal Insight: Judicial accountability mechanisms ensure integrity and discipline within the judiciary.

— Ahsan Legal Services

🏛️ Federal Constitutional Court Reinforces Finality of Supreme Court Judgments

The Federal Constitutional Court has clarified that parallel appeals cannot be filed against decisions of the Supreme Court, emphasizing that litigation must eventually come to an end.

📌 Legal Insight: The Supreme Court remains the final authority on constitutional interpretation in Pakistan.

— Ahsan Legal Services

📜 Supreme Court Reviews Scope of Presidential Clemency Powers

The Supreme Court’s Shariat Appellate Bench has sought legal assistance regarding the extent of the President’s and Governors’ powers to grant pardons or sentence remissions under Qisas and Diyat laws.

📌 Legal Insight: The decision may clarify limits of executive clemency in criminal cases involving Islamic criminal law.

— Ahsan Legal Services

📢 Legal Tip of the Week

Before purchasing property, always verify:

✔ Approved housing scheme status
✔ Ownership documents
✔ Pending litigation or encumbrances

📌 Proper due diligence can prevent years of litigation. — Ahsan Legal Services

Imposition of fine – unregistered rent agreement

Hon’ble Lahore High Court, Lahore while deciding a Constitutional Petition, decided the issue of imposition of fine on filing of each application before Rent Tribunals on the basis of same unregistered rent agreement. Founder of Ahsan Legal Services – ALS with active aid of team presented the case on behalf of respondents. The Hon’ble Court was pleased to grant relief to respondents while holding;

“ … Where tenancy between the parties was not in consonance with the provisions of Punjab Rented Premises Act, 2009, Rent Tribunal could not entertain an application until and unless the requisite fine had been deposited by the party approaching the said forum — Provision of S.9 of Punjab Rented Premises Act, 2009, did not suggest that fine would be leviable against a party only for once — Imposition of fine under S.9 of Punjab Rented Premises Act, 2009, was to encourage registration of tenancy between the parties — If parties had not opted to bring the tenancy in conformity with the provisions of Punjab Rented Premises Act, 2009, then they should face the consequences — Defect in tenancy would not be cured until and unless same was brought in conformity with the provisions of Punjab Rented Premises Act, 2009 — Once the party had deposited fine even then it could be burdened with fine again, if he had approached the Rent Tribunal with a fresh application …..”

The judgment has been published and reported as PLD 2020 Lahore 713.

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