Aggrieved party

  1. It is not necessary that an aggrieved person should have a strict juristic right to enforce it by filing a writ petition but on the other hand if he can show prima facie some interest which has been adversely affected by an executive or judicial order he becomes fully competent to file appeal. Aftab Ahmed and 5 others v. Muhammad Aftab Ahmed and 3 others 1999 SCR 119 (A)
  2. An aggrieved party is one whose rights are threatened or whose rights are being denied or whose rights have been affected by a decision. Ch. M. Yasin v. Sr. M. Naeem Khan 2010 SCR 17 (B)
  3. Word ‘rights’ is not used in strict juristic sense — It is sufficient if the person alleging to be an aggrieved has a personal interest in performance of a legal duty which if not performed would result in the loss of some personal advantage. Ch. M. Yasin v.  Sr. M. Naeem Khan 2010 SCR 17 (C)
  4. A party who stands to lose or gain an advantage by observance or non-observance of law is an aggrieved party. Ch. M. Yasin v.  Sardar M. Naeem Khan & 3 others 2010 SCR 17 (D)
  5. A person aggrieved must be a person who has suffered a legal grievance or he must be a person against whom a decision has been pronounced which has wrongly deprived him of something or wrongfully refused him something or wrongfully affected his title to something. Ch. Muhammad Yasin v. Sardar Muhammad Naeem Khan & 3 others 2010 SCR 17 (E) 2008 SCR 619 rel.
  6. According to respondents the official work of the department will be affected and the schemes prepared by them will be jeopardized by present petitioner — Held: The schemes prepared by Ministers are not their personals schemes — It is an official work — A Minister working in such capacity works for the welfare of the people — Not for his personal interest — He is not expected to derive any personal advantage — The respondents could not be termed as ‘aggrieved persons’. Ch. Muhammad Yasin v. Sardar Muhammad Naeem Khan & 3 others 2010 SCR 17 (F)
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