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1983 CLC 3155

Syed ARIF ALI AND OTHERS vs ABDUL AZIZ

Citation1983 CLC 3155
CourtLahore High Court
Case No.Civil Revision No, 54 of 1981
Date1983-01-14
Judge(s)Muhammad Zafarullah
ResultPetition dismissed

' The petitioners' suit for declaration was dismissed for non-prosecution on 25th September, 1977.

The petitioners applied for restoration of the suit but. The application was dismissed on 26th March, 1978. He challenged the orders in appeal but his application was dismissed on 17th April, 1980.

2. There is a concurrent finding of the two Courts that there was no cause for restoration of the suit.

The case set up by the petitioners for restoration was that the diary maintained by his learned counsel had been misplaced and that the learned counsel missed the case when it was called on the proper date. This question was gone into by the trial Court and Arif Ali one of the petitioners appeared as his own witness. Has admitted in his cross-examination that he appeared in the case on every date of hearing. From this the learned trial Court concluded that even if the diary of the learned counsel was lost there is no reason to believe that Arif Ali was not aware of the next date of hearing. As regards the loss of the diary the learned counsel did not appear in evidence nor was any affidavit submitted on his behalf. The trial Court and subsequently appellate Court was, therefore, justified in holding that there was no cause for restoration of the suit. The petitioner has, therefore, no case in revision. It is dismissed with costs.

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