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2005 SCMR 1314

HAMZA BOARD MILLS LIMITED and 7 others vs HABIB BANK LIMITED and

Citation2005 SCMR 1314
CourtSupreme Court of Pakistan
Case No.Civil Appeal No,511 of 1995
Date2001-10-22
Judge(s)Nazim Hussain Siddiqui, Hamid Ali Mirza
ResultCase remanded

ORDER

' NAZIM HUSSAIN SIDDIQUI, J.--- Mr. K.M.A. Samdani, learned Senior Advocate Supreme Court for the respondent No,1 Habib Bank Limited submits that appellants' company viz. Hamza Board Mills, Limited has adjusted all its liabilities with the Bank and leaving nothing outstanding against the appellants' Company. A letter of said Bank dated 21-6-1999 addressed to Mr. Muhammad Saleem Sahgal, Advocate of the Company in above terms, is available on record.

2. Learned counsel for the appellants states that from the date of the impugned order dated 3-5- 1995 till stay was granted by this Court on 17-5-1995 nothing had happened during above period relating to the Company's financial affairs and no transaction whatsoever was done during said period. In other words, he submits that the Company's financial rights and obligations remained the same as were on 3-5-1995. Learned counsel also submits that, under the circumstances, the winding-up order of the Company is liable to be set aside and the Company is entitled to function as it was doing before. Although learned counsel has asserted as above but there is nothing on record to substantiate it. It is not clear whether other creditors of the Company would be affected or not by restoring the previous status of the Company.

3. Under the circumstances, impugned order/judgment is set aside and the case is remanded to High Court to decide it afresh on merits regarding restoring the previous status of the Company or otherwise, having taken into consideration all the circumstances and also keeping in view the interest of those other creditors of the Company, who are not party in this appeal.

4. Accordingly, the appeal is disposed of in above terms.

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