Summary Chief Justice says the agreements of land lease are not registered.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – During the hearing, chief justice declared that there is no substantial evidence that Jahangir Tareen bought the land on lease and demanded the land lease record from Tareen, to which, lawyer Sikandar Bashir stated that the land was bought on lease on record and the lease payments were paid via cross checks.
Justice Atta Bandhyal reasoned that selling 200 acres of land which was extremely profitable, does not make sense.
Chief justice remarked that the identity of land’s owner can be known through finance department record, the court requires the ownership and land cultivation record from the finance department.
Hanif Abbasi’s lawyer said that investigation by tax officials does not prove that land was bought on lease and Jahangir Tareen did not pay tax relavant to the documented land. Resoponding to the argument, Jahangir Tareen’s lawyer said that there is no body of system that reviews the agricultural income in Punjab Agricultural Tax law and so his client cannot be declared guilty in the absence of such a sytem.
The furthur case proceeding was delayed till Wednesday.
