ISLAMABAD
The Supreme Court Monday imposed one million rupees fine as damages on the Punjab government for building a road on a piece of land without paying the owner any compensation. Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa expressed dismay while addressing Punjab’s Additional Advocate General Balighuz Zaman for arguing a futile case.
The CJP questioned how the provincial government built a road on someone’s land without permission or compensation. The petitioner did not gift the land to the government, nor did the government acquire the land according to the law, he remarked.
Addressing the Additional Advocate General, the CJP Isa said why he filed such a frivolous case in the Supreme Court saying genuine cases are sidelined whereas frivolous and false cases filed. “Public resources as well as court time are being wasted by filing frivolous cases,” the CJP remarked.
According to details, the provincial government had constructed a road in Gujranwala during the year of 2007 on the land of a citizen named Liaquat Ali. The Appellate Court and the high court had ruled in favour of the landlord and the Supreme Court upheld. Rejecting the appeal of the Punjab government, the top court bench issued directives to the provincial government to pay the landowner compensation amount according to the current rate of the land.
