All India Live Stock Supply Agency v The Governor-General, India, Pakistan

• Jurisdiction: Pakistán
• Court: Obsolete Court (Pakistan)
• Date: 01 January 1952
• Docket Number: Case No. 24

Pakistan, Chief Court of Sind, Karachi (Original Civil).

(Vellani J.)

Case No. 24

The All India Live Stock Supply Agency

and

(1) The Governor-General in Council, (2) The Dominion of India, (3) The Federation of Pakistan.

State Succession — Contractual Obligations — Benefit of the Contract — Partition — Succession by Components of Former Union to Contractual Liability of the Union — Pakistan and India — India Independence (Rights, Property and Liabilities) Order, 1947 — The Law of Pakistan.

The Facts.—Under an agreement entered into with the Governor-General of India (acting on behalf of the Government of a then united India) before August 15, 1947, the plaintiffs agreed to supply milch and in-calf cows to the Military Farm at Malir, near Karachi, situated in territory which subsequently became part of Pakistan. The plaintiffs duly performed their part of the agreement before...