Court Permission to Take Child Abroad in Pakistan: The Quick Answer If a court has appointed a guardian of a child (for example, the mother after a guardianship order), that guardian cannot take the child out of the court’s jurisdiction without the court’s leave. This rule is in Section 26 of the Guardians and Wards
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Annexures in Plaint Made Simple: Quick Answers First Annexures in a plaint confuse almost every new advocate and law student. Here are the answers you came for, in one place. Golden rule: One document, one label, used the same way in the plaint, the list of documents, and the evidence. Annexures in Plaint Numbering: The
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Guardians and Wards Act in Pakistan: Easy Guide With Court Examples Imagine this. Sara’s husband passes away. She is living in Karachi with her 6-year-old son. Within a week, her father-in-law arrives and says, “The child and his father’s plot are now my responsibility.” Sara is scared. Can he really take the child? Who decides?
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Set-Off vs. Counterclaim in Pakistan: Order VIII Rule 6 CPC and Court Fee Explained A suit is filed. The defendant submits a written statement. Issues are framed, and later even amended. The case is moving. Then, at a late stage, the other side says: we also want to claim an amount from the plaintiff in
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Preliminary Decree vs Final Decree in Pakistan: Section 2(2) CPC Explained In 1997, a brother in Karachi filed a suit to partition a property on Frere Road. The suit ended with a consent decree in December 2012. The decree holder filed for execution in 2014. Then the other brother raised one argument: this is only
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Res Judicata vs Res Sub Judice in Pakistan: Section 11 vs Section 10 CPC Two brothers. One plot in Karachi. Two different courts, and both brothers swear the plot is theirs. The first case is still being heard in one court. The second has just landed in another. Which case survives? Now change the story.
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Habeas Corpus in Pakistan: A Practical Guide to Section 491 CrPC A family comes to you in panic because someone has disappeared, or a client has been held by police for days without being produced anywhere. This is exactly the situation habeas corpus in Pakistan exists for. It is one of the fastest remedies the
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How to Draft a 249-A CrPC Application: A Practical Case Study Reading the bare text of Section 249-A CrPC tells you the power exists. It does not tell you how a good application is actually built. This post walks through a real Section 249A CrPC application, based on an actual Karachi case, with names and
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Section 265K CrPC: The Sessions Court’s Power to Acquit Early A serious offence lands in Sessions Court, the prosecution’s case falls apart during evidence, and the accused has already spent months attending hearings. This is exactly where Section 265K CrPC becomes relevant. It allows a Sessions Court to end a case early, without waiting for
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Section 63 CrPC: When Can an Arrested Person Be Discharged? A client is arrested, the police have doubts about the case, and someone says, “They will let him go.” Sounds simple, but in law it is not. Police cannot just release an arrested person informally. Section 63 CrPC sets the rules for exactly how a
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