{"id":63348,"date":"2020-03-29T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-29T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=63348"},"modified":"2020-03-27T18:08:26","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T13:08:26","slug":"covid-19-sc-extends-limitation-period-filing-legal-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-sc-extends-limitation-period-filing-legal-applications.html","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: SC extends limitation period for filing legal applications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The Supreme Court (SC) has announced an increase in the limitation period for filing all legal applications amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a news source reported. According to details, people would now have more time to file suits, petitions, appeals and other applications. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wbg-imf-seek-postponement-debt-repayments-developing-countries.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">WBG, IMF seek postponement on debt repayments by developing countries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The apex court\u2019s registrar office issued a notification for\ndealing with the problems faced by litigants in filing their applications due\nto the COVID-19 pandemic\nsituation in the country. Due to the government-imposed lockdown, many people\nwere hindered from filing their legal applications. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Exercising its powers under the Constitution of Pakistan 1973, the SC notified that \u2018the Institution Branch of the Court at the Principal Seat and Branch Registries shall be deemed closed from March 22, 2020 to April 21, 2020 for litigants unable to approach the court on account of the lockdown\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-govt-announces-pkr-1-2-tn-relief-package-petrol-prices-slashed-aid-for-4-months.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"COVID-19: Govt announces PKR 1.2 tn relief package; petrol prices slashed, aid for 4 months (opens in a new tab)\">COVID-19: Govt announces PKR 1.2 tn relief package; petrol prices slashed, aid for 4 months<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The notification clarified that the closure may be withdrawn\nearlier in case the novel\ncoronavirus situation\nimproves. It added that notwithstanding the statement issued, there should be\nno bar on filing the legal petitions, appeals, and other applications with the\nstatutory period of limitation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Supreme Court (SC) has announced an increase in the limitation period for filing all legal applications amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a news source reported. According to details, people would now have more time to file suits, petitions, appeals and other applications. Read: WBG, IMF seek postponement on debt repayments by developing countries The apex court\u2019s registrar office issued a notification for dealing with the problems faced by litigants in filing their applications due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation in the country. Due to the government-imposed lockdown, many people were hindered from filing their legal applications. Exercising its powers under the Constitution of Pakistan 1973, the SC notified that \u2018the Institution Branch of the Court at the Principal Seat and Branch Registries shall be deemed closed from March 22, 2020 to April 21, 2020 for litigants unable to approach the court on account of the lockdown\u2019. Read: COVID-19: Govt announces PKR 1.2 tn relief package; petrol prices slashed, aid for 4 months The notification clarified that the closure may be withdrawn earlier in case the novel coronavirus situation improves. It added that notwithstanding the statement issued, there should be no bar on filing the legal petitions, appeals, and other&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":60465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15015,15017],"tags":[24497],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-63348","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-legal-taxation","8":"category-notices-announcements","9":"tag-details-on-covid-19-sc-extends-limitation-period-for-filing-legal-applications","10":"cat-15015-id","11":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>COVID-19: SC extends limitation period for filing legal applications - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Supreme Court (SC) has announced an increase in the limitation period for filing all legal applications amid the COVID-19 pandemic.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-sc-extends-limitation-period-filing-legal-applications.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"COVID-19: SC extends limitation period for filing legal applications - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Supreme Court (SC) has announced an increase in the limitation period for filing all legal applications amid the COVID-19 pandemic.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-sc-extends-limitation-period-filing-legal-applications.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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