Supreme Court of Pakistan
Sarfraz Ahmad and others v. Ishtiaq Ahmad and others
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C.A. No. 288-L of 2015
Citation: Approved for reporting; reporter citation not printed
Background
Background
Supreme Court dismisses Sarfraz Ahmad’s pre-emption appeal: disputed Talb-i-Ishhad notices were unproved after an attesting witness was withheld.
The trial and first appellate courts decreed Muhammad Din’s claim to 30 kanals and 2 marlas. The Lahore High Court reversed those findings. The Supreme Court maintained dismissal because the statutory demands were unproved.
Legal questions
Legal questions
Whether the pre-emptors proved the statutory Talbs through legally sufficient evidence despite disputed notices and the unexplained non-production of an attesting witness.
Court holding
What the Court decided
Talb-i-Ishhad was not proved: only one attesting witness testified, with no explanation or lawful alternative proof for the other. That failure was sufficient to defeat the suit. The Court independently found no sustainable basis for treating the claimed first demand as timely.
Final outcome
Final outcome
Appeal dismissed without costs; Lahore High Court’s dismissal of the pre-emption suit maintained.
Practical effect
What the decision means in practice
Appeal dismissed without costs; Lahore High Court’s dismissal of the pre-emption suit maintained.
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Key legal principles
Key legal principles
- Talb-i-Ishhad was not proved: only one attesting witness testified, with no explanation or lawful alternative proof for the other. That failure was sufficient to defeat the suit. The Court independently found no sustainable basis for treating the claimed first demand as timely.
- Filing specifically denied notices does not establish their execution and dispatch. The missing attesting witness was neither accounted for nor shown to be unavailable.
- A claimed superior right of pre-emption cannot cure failure to prove the required Talbs.
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