Supreme Court rules banking court can't award unclaimed markup
Most outlets reported the Supreme Court's ruling that a banking court cannot award markup to a bank if it was not explicitly claimed in the original plaint. Dawn and Profit both highlighted the court's decision to set aside a February 2019 Lahore High Court judgement and a banking court order in favor of Citibank. Profit also noted the court's reasoning that Section 152 of the Civil Procedure Code cannot be used to alter substantive rights or grant relief not sought in the plaint, while Dawn's excerpt ended before this detail.
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Supreme Court rules banking court cannot award markup not claimed in plaint
Court sets aside February 2019 LHC judgement and banking court order allowing Citibank markup; rules Section 152 CPC cannot be used to alter substantive rights or grant relief not sought in plaint
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Banking court can’t award unclaimed markup: SC
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has ruled that a banking court cannot award markup to a bank if it was not explicitly claimed in the original plaint, setting aside a Feb 2019 Lahore High Court (LHC) judgement that allowed Citibank to recover markup through an amended decree. A three-member SC bench, headed by Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, allowed the appeal, ruling that the banking court wrongly ad...
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