Lawyers in Islamabad

Present:  Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb, J. ISLAMABAD   LAW   COLLEGE --Petitioner versus HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION through its Chairman and others--Respondents W.P. No. 3117 of 2016, decided on 2.2.2017. Constitution of Pakistan, 1973-- ----Art. 199--Legal Practitioners and Bar Council Act, 1973, S. 13(1)(j) & 55--Constitutional petition--Sole proprietorship--Islamabad Law College--Affiliation with I.U.B., required to obtain NOC from HEC--List of deficiencies--LL.B. program--Petition was instituted by I.L.C. through its principal--Defect in petition--It is well settled that legal proceedings can be instituted by a sole proprietor, but not the sole proprietorship--Since I.L.C. is not a juristic or juridical person, and does not have legal personality of its own, writ petition was not maintainable.        [Pp. 215 & 217] A & B Legal Practitioner & Bar Council Act, 1973 (XXXV of 1973)-- ----Ss. 13(1)(5...

Present:  Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb, J. ISLAMABAD   LAW   COLLEGE --Petitioner versus HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION through its Chairman and others--Respondents W.P. No. 3117 of 2016, decided on 2.2.2017. Constitution of Pakistan, 1973-- ----Art. 199--Legal Practitioners and Bar Council Act, 1973, S. 13(1)(j) & 55--Constitutional petition--Sole proprietorship--Islamabad Law College--Affiliation with I.U.B., required to obtain NOC from HEC--List of deficiencies--LL.B. program--Petition was instituted by I.L.C. through its principal--Defect in petition--It is well settled that legal proceedings can be instituted by a sole proprietor, but not the sole proprietorship--Since I.L.C. is not a juristic or juridical person, and does not have legal personality of its own, writ petition was not maintainable.        [Pp. 215 & 217] A & B Legal Practitioner & Bar Council Act, 1973 (XXXV of 1973)-- ----Ss. 13(1)(5...