Tag: Court

PESHAWAR - A local court of law Monday rejected bail application of Aaron Mark DeHeaven, a US national who was arrested under 14-Foreign Act by the security forces at Peshawar some four days back.
Civil Judge Qudrat Ullah Marwat after hearing arguments in favour and against of the plea, remarked that Heaven's visa had already expired and he should have left Pakistan.
Earlier Ali Raza Attorney of Aaron Mark DeHeaven pleaded before the court that DeHeaven has already

KARACHI - The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Saturday issued notices to the director generals (DGs) of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Pakistan Rangers (Sindh), and the Sindh Home Department secretary seeking explanation over the disappearance of two Malir judicial staffers.
The SHC division bench comprising Justice Maqbool Baqar and Justice Shahid Anwar Bajwa was hearing a constitutional petition moved by Shah Muhammad Brohi seeking the whereabouts of his brother, Shafqat

Lahore - Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry on Friday dismissed a petition seeking contempt of court proceedings against former Pakistan People's Party (PPP) information secretary Fauzia Wahab for giving contradictory statements about diplomatic immunity to US national Raymond Davis.
The LHC CJ dismissed the petition and observing that statements of politicians did not affect court proceedings, as they were personal views. Rana Ilmuddin had filed the

LONDON - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who rocked the US government by publishing thousands of secret diplomatic memos, must be extradited to Sweden to face sex crimes allegations, a British judge ruled on Thursday. Assange's lawyers said immediately they planned to appeal against the decision to London's High Court and it could still be months before the legal process in Britain reaches an end.
The 39-year-old Australian computer expert remains in Britain on bail in the

LAHORE - A court is to begin proceedings on Friday at a hearing into double murder charges against Raymond Davis, a US citizen who shot dead two men in Lahore last month, lawyers said.
The court where police filed double murder charges against Davis this month is to sit on Friday inside Kot Lakhpat jail, where Davis is being held, ahead of a High Court hearing to determine the diplomatic immunity issue, set for March 14.
"The hearing will be held inside Kot Lakhpat jail and

LAHORE - An additional district and session judge on Wednesday accepted an application filed by Moonis Elahi's lawyer and suspended the impugned orders by judicial magistrate Irfan Basra regarding proclamation for Elahi's arrest for allegedly being involved in National Insurance Corporation (NIC).
The court also set aside the arrest warrant of the suspect issued by the judicial magistrate. The application had been filed by Moonis Elahi through his counsel Muhammad Amir submitting

LAHORE - Malik Ali Raza Awan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Lahore, the other day issued an injunction in respect of singing, recording, releasing, re-recording, performing and broadcasting (through audio or video), the song 'Bijli Aye Ya Na Aye, Dhol Bajega', in any manner whatsoever.
The order was passed in a suit for permanent injunction, instituted by Meesha Shafi against Syed Farhad Hamayun and the public at Large, as the author of the song.

NEW DELHI - India's Supreme Court took the unusual step on Wednesday of freeing three gang-rapists who had served just a third of their sentences after they worked out a financial settlement with their victim. A lower court had sentenced the rapists to ten years in prison -- the minimum for gang rape under India law -- for the crime, committed in 1997.
But the men said that they had since agreed to pay the victim 50,000 rupees, the Press Trust of India reported. Lawyers for the

MUMBAI - Two Indian judges on Monday confirmed the death sentence for the sole surviving gunman of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, in which 10 Islamist militants laid siege to the city, killing 166 people. The Bombay High Court dismissed the claim by Pakistani national Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab that he was wrongfully convicted of taking part in the attacks.
The judges also threw out the state's appeal against a lower court's decision to acquit two Indian nationals accused of providing

ISLAMABAD - A seven-member special bench of the Supreme Court will resume hearing today (Monday) on intra-court appeals of dysfunctional and retired judges of the superior courts, seeking overturning of the SC February 2 decision of charging them with contempt for taking oath under the PCO.
The bench consists of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, Justice Sarmad

MUMBAI - The High Court in Mumbai will decide today (Monday) the fate of Mohammed Ajmal alias Amir Kasab, the alleged terrorist of Pakistani origin who was sentenced to death by a special court for his role in the terror attacks on the financial capital.
The High Court is likely to vindicate the death sentence given to Kasab by the special Indian court last May, sources said.
According to Indian law, death sentence given by a lower court has to be confirmed by the High

TOKYO - A Japanese court has ordered the government to give one man a record $2.4 billion tax refund, newspapers reported. The Supreme Court ruled tax authorities had no right to ask for 160 billion yen ($1.92 billion) in gift tax from Toshiki Takei, a former director of consumer loans firm Takefuji Corp., the Yomiri Shimbun newspaper said.
The court said the government should give the money back to Takei, who experts estimate will be entitled to interest at four percent, taking

LAHORE - Two more witnesses of the Sialkot lynching case Saturday recorded their statements in an anti-terrorism court (ATC), which summoned all the witnesses on February 25, a private TV channel reported.
Hearing of the lynching case, in which two brothers were killed by a mob, was held at the Central Jail Gujranwala. Two witnesses, Shehzad, a journalist, and Sakhawat Ali recorded their statements, while defence lawyers also completed their cross-examination. According to the

LAHORE - Additional District and Session Judge on Friday adjourned hearing of an application filed by Moonis Elahi challenging the impugned orders passed by judicial magistrate Irfan Basra regarding proclamation of the arrest of the absconder accused applicant till February 19.
Earlier, FIA authorities sought time to submit the reply of said application stating that the relevant record is in FIA's Islamabad office. The application filed by Moonis Elahi through his counsel

LAHORE - Punjab Assembly opposition leader Chaudhary Zaheer-ud-Din said his party will challenge the decision regarding the granting of separate status to the members of the forward bloc in the court.
Addressing a press conference at the Punjab Assembly's cafeteria on Thursday, he said consultation among his party members was in progress and soon his party will challenge Punjab Assembly speaker's decision, terming it as 'crossing the limits'. Condemning PML-N leadership, he said

ISLAMABAD - The government has started confrontation with the Supreme Court by not implementing its orders, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said on Tuesday. The chief justice was heading a seven-member special bench comprising Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday, which was hearing a suo motu case against the alleged corruption in

ISLAMABAD - The two senior most judges of the Sindh High Court (SHC) - Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany and Justice Amir Hani Muslim - took oath as the judges of the Supreme Court on Monday, raising the strength of the apex court to 18, excluding Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.
They were administered the oath by the CJP at the Supreme Court in a ceremony which was attended by the Supreme Court judges, chief justice Islamabad High Court, Attorney General for