GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB THROUGH SECRETARY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, LAHORE versus KHYBER INTERNATIONAL PRINTER THROUGH PROPRIETOR
Article 10 Constitution of Pakistan (1973), Article 173 (3) Government Purchase Rule of Punjab, Chapter I, Para 2 (Note) (I) Evidence of Oral Contracts The Plaintiff price the printed banners provided to the Government on oral order. Sued for recovery The trial court ruled in favor of the prosecutor, but the authorities emphasized the decision and the ruling that no contract with the government could be made orally under Article 173 (3) of the constitution, Oral agreement was not forbidden under the provisions of Article 173. )) It was not a matter of the Constitution that the oral agreement was not done by the parties' independent consent or that the parties were not eligible to enter into the agreement or that the agreement was not valid or that their object was not lawful or that the oral agreement was otherwise invalid. ? The oral contract was not excluded from enforcing section 10 of the Contract Act 1872, though in the case of an oral agreement, clear and more satisfactory evidence would be demanded. The court also emphasized section 1, section 2 (note) (I) of the Purchase Manual (Government of Punjab) and had dealt with the transaction in case of emergency, a document prepared by the authorities showed. It was said that the verdict after the oral purchase was denied by the High Court in the judgment and the trial court's order passed in favor of the plaintiff was dismissed in the circumstances. \ R \ n
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