74/2017 H.C.A Standard Chartered Bank (Pak) Ltd. (Appellant) V/S Mst. Fatima Ehsan Al Ghori & others (Respondent)
Bench: Hon'ble Chief Justice Mr. Justice Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui(Author), Hon'ble Mr. Justice Jawad Akbar Sarwana
74/2017 H.C.A Standard Chartered Bank (Pak) Ltd. (Appellant) V/S Mst. Fatima Ehsan Al Ghori & others (Respondent) Sindh High Court
Bench: Hon'ble Chief Justice Mr. Justice Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui(Author), Hon'ble Mr. Justice Jawad Akbar Sarwana Order Date: 12-DEC-23
The appellant perhaps on their own obtained expert opinion on the basis of the photocopies which could not be considered at all on several counts. Firstly, it was done at their own and whatever material provided to the alleged expert is not known either to the respondent or to the Court. Secondly, undisputedly the report was based on the photocopy of a material document which is seriously disputed and was never produced throughout the proceedings and any forensic report of an expert based on photocopy, that too obtained unilaterally, cannot be relied upon and would be gross miscarriage of justice, if that is considered. Who acknowledged those bearer certificates is also a mystery and where and how such certificates were encashed (although were bearer) is also an untraced history and the appellant negligently avoided to lead evidence.