Court Documents: A.K. Fazlul Huq vs. Muhammad Ali Jinnah - Suit Regarding Expulsion from Muslim League

Sub title : Written Statement of Defense and Case Resolution

Subject: Indian Legal History | All India Muslim League | Party Discipline | Constitutional Law

Date of publication: 1947

Language: English

Page: 21 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 27427

Keyword: M. A. Jinnah — A. K. Fazlul Huq — All India Muslim League — Expulsion — Calcutta High Court — Written Statement | Legal Defense — Orr Dignam & Co. — S.C. Isaacs — Party Discipline — Madras Resolution

Abstract: This file contains the final resolution and the complete Written Statement of Defense in the lawsuit filed by A.K. Fazlul Huq against M.A. Jinnah (Suit No. 201 of 1942). The case, heard in the High Court of Calcutta, concerned Huq's expulsion from the All India Muslim League by Jinnah in his capacity as President. The core of the file is the detailed Written Statement, drawn by Barrister S.C. Isaacs, which systematically defends Jinnah's action.

Description: The complete legal defense and final outcome of a significant lawsuit that tested the internal disciplinary powers of the All India Muslim League against one of its most prominent provincial leaders. The documents provide a thorough legal and constitutional justification for the authority of the League President (Jinnah) to expel members for actions deemed detrimental to the party's policy and integrity. The dismissal of the suit in 1947 represents a definitive legal victory for Jinnah's centralized leadership and the organizational structure of the League on the eve of Pakistan's creation. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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