The Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi Bench, was once again pleased to bestow a great honour on Imran by inviting him to address the court as amicus curiae (friend of the court). He was called upon to assist the court in proper interpretation of Article 199 of the Constitution of Pakistan governing powers of the court to issue writs of quo warranto to holders of public office. In compliance, Imran appeared and made his submissions on 01-03-2022. The Honourable Court was very generous in its appreciation for the amicus curiae.
All praise is for God alone!
On 02-12-2021, Imran Hassan Ali appeared as amicus curiae (friend of the court) before a Division Bench of the Honourable Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi Bench, to assist the court in respect of some questions of first impression about Order XXVII-A of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. He had been specially invited by the court to assist the court in the matter.
It was a great honour for Imran. All praise if for Allah alone!
The Honourable Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court constituted a special division bench to resolve the conflict of opinions between various benches in respect of interpretation of certain provisions of the Police Order, 2002. On 12-10-2021, the specially constituted division bench was pleased to appoint Ch. Imran Hassan Ali and Mr. Tanvir Iqbal Khan as amici curiae (friends of the court) to assist the Court in the matter.
On 08-12-2021, after hearing the parties’ counsel as well as the amici curiae, the Court held that offences by police officers under Article 155 of the Police Order are cognisable and that ex-officio Justices of the Peace have the power to order registration of FIR against such police officers.
The judgment has been reported at 2022 YLR 1131 Lahore and 2021 LHC 8399 and can also be accessed on the Lahore High Court website by clicking here.
It was a double honour for Imran. Being appointed an amicus curiae by the High Court is itself a great honour. It was an additional honour to be appointed alongside Mr. Tanvir Iqbal Khan, ASC, who is an eminent senior lawyer and is considered to be among the very top lawyers of Rawalpindi.
All praise is for Allah alone!
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The Honourable Lahore High Court recently appointed Ch. Imran Hassan Ali, ASC, as an amicus curiae (friend of the court) to assist the Court regarding Islamic Jurisprudence in respect of Talaq-i-Mubarat i.e. divorce between husband and wife with mutual consent, and whether such a divorce is unilaterally revocable by the husband.
Ch. Imran Hassan Ali was appointed amicus curiae (friend of the court) by the Honourable Mr. Justice Muhammad Ameer Bhatti, to assist the Court as to what would be the appropriate remedy against an order of rejection of plaint passed in exercise of revisional jurisdiction.
The said case was fixed before Honourable Mr. Justice Arshad Mahmood Tabassum – may his soul rest in peace – on 02-12-2015 when Ch. Imran Hassan Ali appeared as amicus curiae and addressed the Court on the question of maintainability. Accepting his submissions, the Court held that the only remedy available against such an order would be a constitution petition (writ of certiorari) and that an appeal would not be maintainable.
The judgment is reported as “Ghulam Akhtar vs. Naseer Ahmed” (2017 CLC Note 29 Lahore).