ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court (SC) has rejected the plea to grant relief on verbal agreement.

The Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa has remarked verbal agreement has no legal standing.  The land agreements are too much lingered on in Punjab. We will have to shut the door of verbal agreements now.

The CJP gave these remarks while presiding over a 3-member bench during hearing of the case yesterday.

The petitioner Muhammad Rafiq had made agreement of Rs 152 million to purchase 4 acres land. The petitioner could pay only Rs 15 million in two months.

The CJP remarked people have abandoned making agreements in connection with land. People have understood it that lawyers linger on such cases for  20 years. The petitioner makes agreement verbally and then seeks relief from court. Has the verse of the Holy Quran not been violated by making verbal agreement.

According to the teachings of the Holy Quran agreement is written and not verbal. The court said in the decision that the petitioner failed in paying the agreed amount during prescribed period, therefore, the petition is rejected.

Published in The Daily National Courier, November, 15 2023

Like Business on Facebook, follow @DailyNCourier on Twitter to stay informed and join in the conversation.