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What is an Intra court appeal
In Pakistan, an intra-court appeal refers to an appeal filed before division bench against the decision of single bench of high court where the original decision was made. It allows parties dissatisfied with a lower court's judgment to seek a review and reconsideration of the decision from a division bench within the same court. This process provides an avenue for parties to address perceived errors or injustices in the initial judgment before pursuing further legal remedies in Supreme Court of Pakistan.
پاکستان میں، انٹرا کورٹ اپیل سے مراد ہائی کورٹ کے سنگل بنچ کے فیصلے کے خلاف ڈویژن بنچ کے سامنے دائر کی گئی اپیل ہے جہاں اصل فیصلہ دیا گیا تھا۔ یہ نچلی عدالت کے فیصلے سے غیر مطمئن فریقین کو اسی عدالت کے اندر ایک ڈویژن بنچ سے فیصلے پر نظرثانی اور نظر ثانی کی اجازت دیتا ہے۔ یہ عمل فریقین کو سپریم کورٹ آف پاکستان میں مزید قانونی علاج کی پیروی کرنے سے پہلے ابتدائی فیصلے میں سمجھی جانے والی غلطیوں یا ناانصافیوں کو دور کرنے کا راستہ فراہم کرتا ہے۔
Intra court Appeal file keiy bghair Supreme Court ma petition file nahi kar sakte
Federal Government ki petition supreme court ne kharaj kar di
Supreme Court Case laws on Intra court appeal
Zernazar Supreme Court ki Judgement issi hawale se latest judgement ha ju ke Supreme court ke judges ne suni jiss main
Mr. Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah
Mr. Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail
Mr. Justice Shahid Waheed
Judges shamal the writ ka Title
Civil Petition No. 3739 of 2019
Federal Board of Revenue thr. its Chairman, Islamabad
& others
...
Petitioners
Versus
M/s Hub Power Company Ltd & others
... R
Supreme court ne qarar dia ke jab (ICA)
Ki remedy mojod thi or Federal board of Revenue ne High Court ma wo remedy avail nahi ki tu wo Supreme Court ma petition File nahi kar sakte .
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Mr. Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah
Mr. Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail
Mr. Justice Shahid Waheed
Civil Petition No. 3739 of 2019
(Against the order of Islamabad High
Court, Islamabad dated 26.07.2019
passed in WP No. 1228/2016)
Federal Board of Revenue thr. its Chairman, Islamabad
& others
...
Petitioners
Versus
M/s Hub Power Company Ltd & others
... Respondents
For the Petitioners:
(Through V.L. Karachi Registry)
Ms. Shazia Bilal, ASC
Syed Salauddin Gillani,
Addl. Commissioner
For Respondent No.1:
Mr. Jahanzeb Awan, ASC
Date of Hearing:
20.01.2023
ORDER
Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, J.- The learned counsel for
the respondent, at the very outset, raised an objection that the
petitioners have filed the instant petition without exhausting the
available remedy of filing an Intra Court Appeal (“ICA”) under
section 3 of the Law Reforms Ordinance, 1972 (“Ordinance”)
before the High Court, therefore, the instant petition is not
maintainable. In support of this contention, the learned counsel
has placed reliance on Col. (Retd.) M.R. Hassan1, Mst. Karim Bibi2,
Samina Masood3, Zia Mohy-ud-Din4, Ilyas Gujjar5 and Abdul
Ghani6.
1 Col. (Retd.) M.R. Hassan v. SHO Margalla, Islamabad,1998 SCMR 2738.
2 Mst. Karim Bibi v. Hussain Bakhsh, PLD 1984 SC 344.
3 PIAC v. Samina Masood, PLD 2005 SC 831.
4 Accountant General for Pakistan v. Zia Mohy-ud-Din, PLD 2008 SC 164.
5 Ch. Muhammad Ilyas Gujjar v. Chief Election Commissioner, PLD 2011 SC
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2.
On the other hand, the learned counsel for the
petitioners has also relied on Media Network7 to contend that the
instant petition is maintainable.
3.
We have heard the learned counsel for the parties
and have gone through the case law with their able assistance. It
is settled law that where the right to file an ICA before the High
Court under section 3 of the Ordinance exists, then a petition
before this Court without exhausting the said remedy, and
thereby circumventing the forum below, is ordinarily not
maintainable.8 The requirement of filing an ICA is a rule of
practice for regulating the procedure of the Court and does not
oust or abridge the constitutional jurisdiction of this Court.9 Such
petitions, however, have been entertained by this Court only
when certain exceptional circumstances exist, such as, where the
matter involves important questions of law of great public
importance having far-reaching consequences10, questions of law
as to the interpretation of the Constitution11 and validity of
provincial statutes12, and substantial questions of law involving
fundamental rights13, coupled with the fact that the objection
with regards to maintainability is taken at a belated stage before
the Court.
14 We note that no such exceptional circumstances
exist in the matter at hand and the objection regarding
maintainability of the petition was also duly raised at the first
instance. Reliance on Media Network (supra) by the learned
counsel for the petitioners is misconceived as in the said
judgment, this Court had noted that the objection as to
maintainability was taken at a belated stage and important
questions of law of great public importance having far-reaching
7 Commissioner of Income Tax v. Media Network, PLD 2006 SC 787; 2006 PTD
2502.
8 Imtiaz Ali Malik v. Mst. Surrya Begum, 1979 SCMR 22; Ch. Muhammad Ilyas
Gujjar v. Chief Election Commissioner, PLD 2011 SC 961; Government of
Punjab v. Metropole Cinema, 2014 SCMR 649; Accountant General v. Zia
Mohy-ud-Din, PLD 2008 SC 164; PIAC v. Samina Masood, PLD 2005 SC 831.
9 PTCL v. Iqbal Nasir, PLD 2011 SC 132; Commissioner of Income Tax v.
Messrs Media Network, PLD 2006 SC 787.
10 Commissioner of Income Tax v. Messrs Media Network, PLD 2006 SC 787.
11 The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973.
12 Province of Punjab v. Sargodha Textile Mills, PLD 2005 SC 988.
13 PESSI v. Manzoor Hussain, 1992 SCMR 441.
14 PTCL v. Iqbal Nasir, PLD 2011 SC 132; Commissioner of Income Tax v.
C.P. No.3739 of 2019.
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consequences were involved in terms of selection of cases for
audit under a Self-Assessment Scheme and policy guidelines
issued by the Central Board of Revenue. Whereas, the present
matter relates simply to adjustment of input tax with respect to
services received by the respondent against the sales tax on
services. Consequently, we find that the instant petition, having
been filed without availing the remedy of an ICA before the High
Court, is not maintainable.
4.
In the light of the above, the preliminary objection
raised by the learned counsel for the respondents is upheld and
the instant petition is accordingly
dismissed being not
maintainable.
Islamabad,
20th January, 2023.
Approved for reporting
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