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Pakistan: Man spends Rs35,000 to cancel Rs300 high quality

Advocate Saad Bin Safdar, the counsel for the petitioner, whereas speaking to Gulf Information on Sunday mentioned it was not a matter of Rs300 but it surely concerned a considerable query of legislation and the petitioner had sought the IHC’s intervention for its interpretation.

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Islamabad: A resident of Punjab’s Chakwal district spent over PKR35,000 (Dh832.87) difficult a visitors violation ticket price Rs300 (Dh7.14) issued to him by the Nationwide Freeway & Motorway Police (NHMP) for utilizing improper/duplicate quantity plates on his automobile.

The petitioner Mohammed Noman Awan needed to interact a lawyer, bear his journey bills and deposit court docket charge additionally to file a writ petition towards NHMP. He has requested the Islamabad Excessive Courtroom (IHC) to get that ticket withdrawn.

He challenged the NHMP act on the grounds that there was no particular violations/offences within the Motorway Ordinance below which plying automobiles on Motorway with improper/duplicate quantity plates was unlawful.

An official of the NHMP on February 27, 2021 had intercepted Noman’s automobile when he entered the M2 (Lahore-Islamabad) part of the Motorway from Balkasar Interchange. Upon inquiring he was informed by the Motorway official he was not utilizing specified quantity plates on his automobile. Nevertheless, the police official couldn’t present the precise legislation below which plying of automobiles on the Motorway with such quantity plates was an offence.

Advocate Saad Bin Safdar, the counsel for the petitioner, whereas speaking to Gulf Information on Sunday mentioned it was not a matter of Rs300 but it surely concerned a considerable query of legislation and the petitioner had sought the IHC’s intervention for its interpretation.

“Beneath the Motor Car Ordinance 1956, solely Motor Car Registration Authority points particular registration quantity plates which can be computerised and of comparable measurement and form. For the motorists plying their automobiles in Punjab it’s necessary to make use of these plates on their automobiles. Nevertheless, since Motorway falls below federal authorities’s jurisdiction, Punjab’s or some other province’s legal guidelines don’t apply there,” mentioned Bin Safdar.

Furthermore, he mentioned it’s the cardinal precept of the prison legislation that no conduct could also be held as prison until it’s exactly described in a penal legislation within the form of unambiguous statutory textual content, he mentioned.

There isn’t any such provision within the Nationwide Freeway & Security Ordinance 2000 that regulates visitors on the Motorway and offers with violations in that legislation, and there’s no point out of such anomalies as use of duplicate quantity plates, he mentioned.

Justice Babar Sattar after listening to the petitioner has issued notices to the Inspector Basic of the NHMP to submit an in depth reply by April 29.